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Skipjack Tunnel Master mk2

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NEW AND IMPROVED!!!

1. Completely revised the propulsion system to use hydrogen thrusters so the tunneler will work on planets, moons, or in space (asteroids). Changing to hydrogen thrusters also eliminates the need for the large reactor that was necessary to drive the large atmospheric thrusters in the old design, so it's a much better solution for early survival play when you're trying to establish a new underground base quickly.

2. Decreased the number of drills and optimized the spacing of the four corner drills; I moved those drills outward and upward/downward one block to eliminate the need to use a hand drill to do final clearing for placement of the corner blocks.

3. Replaced the blast door guides, which tend to be "sticky" and "sparky," with wheel suspensions. Although a bit "bouncy" when setting the tunneler onto the armor block scaffold line, the wheels guide the tunneler into alignment much more easily and allow the tunneler to move forward much, much more smoothly. (Thanks, Herr Doktor, for the great suggestion!)
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Have you ever wanted to punch a really straight tunnel into a hill or asteroid? Now you can with Spiff's Skipjack Tunnel Master! Designed as a low-budget solution for tunnel creation, this ship will clear a tunnel of any length with a finished inside size of 9-blocks wide and 5-blocks high for installation of airtight hangar doors. Optionally extending the tunneler's drill grid will correspondingly expand the tunnel's size.

The tunneling process is simple:

1. Build part of the tunnel's floor to establish its level and direction.

2. On top of the tunnel floor, lay a single row of armor block scaffolds going into the ground; hand-drill as necessary to provide clearance for yourself and this single row of blocks; the armor block scaffold assembly is the tunneling guide.

3. Using hotkey {9}, engage the hydrogen thrusters and fly the tunneler over and positioned onto the armor block scaffold guide.

4. Using hotkey {8}, engage the downward facing hydrogen thrusters to provide a clamping force onto the guide.

5. Select drills {1}, right-click and hold for clearing, and rapidly tap the forward key to nudge the tunneler forward, watching that it does not bind and rotate forward; if it gets caught, just keep tapping the forward key lightly until it unsticks.

6. Drill as far (deep) as desired, extending the guide, if desired.

7. Remove the tunneler, grind off the guide scaffold, and finish the tunnel with armor blocks.

SHIP STATISTICS
- PCUs: 8,779
- Blocks: 496
- Empty Mass: 68 tons
- NO MODS, NO DLC, NO SUBGRIDS