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[SIM] Heavy Prospecting Vehicle [HvPV]

No Mods. Survival Ready.

Please rate if you like my work.

This Vehicle was made for AutoMCD's June Competition:
http://forum.keenswh.com/threads/contest-from-concept-to-creation-june-prospector.7361441/

Vehicle Details

Name: Heavy Prospecting Vehicle
Class: Mining Ground Vehicle
Role: Prospecting, Mining

Dimensions

Mass: 2,696,754Kg
Length: 107.5m
Width: 57.5m
Height: 52.5m

Performance

Maximum Speed: Approximately 2m/s
Maximum Power Output: 90MW
Cargo Capacity: 1,626,000L

Weapon Systems

4 x Gatling Turrets

Support Systems

8 x Refinery (2 Prod, 2 Effi)
4 x Arc Furnace
2 x Oxygen Generator
2 x Assembler
1 x 70m 13D Bore Hole Drill
1 x 5D Trenching Drill
2 x Stone Ejection System

Support Craft

4 x [SIM] Prospecting Drone [PrD]
4 x [SIM] Mining Drone [MD01]
1 x [SIM] Prospecting Drone Rover [PrDR]
2 x [SIM] Small Cargo Drone [CGD01]

Crew

6-16

Description

Starting mining operations on asteroids and planets is an expensive business. Without detailed geological surveys, investing in mining operations can be extremely costly to a corporation should the celestial body in question turn out to be a worthless rock. The SIM Heavy Prospecting Vehicle is designed to mitigate this risk. Delivered to the surface by dropship, the crew of the SIM HvPV can survey a large moon in a relatively short amount of time. Multiple support craft allow a wide area to be covered each day, and full processing facilities exist to ensure no ore is wasted. Alongside it's 70m bore hole drill, the SIM HvPV also utilises a trenching drill to remove surface materials and flatten surfaces for future landings. SIM HvPVs are also popular with smaller companies looking for an all in one mining solution.

Notes

On asteroids, piloting the HvPV is currently more like an sailing an ocean liner on a rough sea than driving a few thousand tons of mining equipment. This is probably because it uses space balls to keep itself on the ground. I will update the drones and hopefully improve the handling characteristics once planets and natural gravity arrive.

The bore hole drill, the trench drill, the hangar door and the rover deployment system are all timer based. Due to this, you must wait for the sequence to complete before reversing it. I.e The bore hole drill must reach it's maximum depth before it is retracted. Yeah, I wish I could code too.

I try to make all my ships suitable for use in survival, if you use my ships and find a bug/problem, let me know.

Credits:
MMaster – Configurable Automatic LCDs
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=403921671