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ICM Raihani - modified Siren-class frigate

The ICM RAIHANI is a retrofit of the KMI Siren-class frigate, created by Papple2. It has been extensively modified to serve for my personal needs.

This ship was heavily inspired by "The Expanse" novels and tv-series and comes with many design-elements from this fandom. This includes an interior that is aligned perpendicular to the main source of thrust. The thruster-layout also leans heavily towards a 'flip-and-burn'-style of piloting.


The RAIHANI was created for and is being used on our survival-server. It is fully conveyored, thruster-damage compatible and uses no mods. Some scripts are preinstalled, but aren’t necessary to run the vessel. In favor of a hassle-free gameplay and easier repairs, this blueprint also comes without any subgrids.


Attention: However, since this is my personal vessel, it is specifically shaped to my own preferences and might not meet your requirements for a survival-ship.

For the latest revision I’ve also installed DLC-blocks. From like… all of them. So if you want to use this ship without owning the DLCs you will have to fill a lot of holes as well as put in a whole new floor for every deck. Sry for this, but once again: This is my personal ship and every design-choice was only made for myself. But I haven’t forgotten about you guys who don’t own and don’t want to buy the DLCs: There’s new stuff coming for you too in the near future!


Blocks: 2,686
Non-armor blocks: 1,081
PCU: 29,886
Triangles: 8,047,510
Grid mass: 3,015,037 kg

Dimensions:
Length: 95 m
Height: 30 m
Width: 35 m

Capacities:
Crew (by stations): 1-6

Cargo space: 480,503 l
Fuel capacities (H2): 42,350,000 l

Acceleration: 11.8 m/s²

- see full details on Space Engineers Praisal[spaceengineerspraisal.net]


Being a modification of another vessel, this frigate-variant comes with an all hydrogen-conversion and is capable to land on vanilla planets and moons. Armament has been reconfigured to a less offensive potential in favor for more gatling turrets with a good 360° coverage since the RAIHANI is mostly fighting packs of small crafts and drones. For protection, the forward bulkhead has been reinforced and two nacelles carry a pair of decoys connected to repair-welders to redirect incoming fire away from the main weapon battery.

• Thruster conversion
  The Siren-class received a full thruster-conversion from a mixed setup to a full-hydrogen layout. The allows the Raihani to maintain her agility while carrying extra-weight and also using less overall maneuver-thrusters. The ship is also capable to land on and lift off from vanilla planets and moons.
  
  
• Interior redesign
  In conjunction with the thruster-conversion the ships conveyor-network had to be re-routed. Several key-components were relocated as well, so the whole vessel was hollowed and the interior was renewed from scratch.
  
  
• Armor layout
  In result of multiple battles, both against AI and other players, the Raihani received an armor-overhaul in key-locations. This includes some heavy armor reinforcements to the forward bulkhead as well as some light multi-armor layers where possible without impacting the ships weight to much. Additional turret-hardpoints were incorporated as well, resulting in some redesigns in the ships outer hull. Overall the Raihani grew in size by one block in length and two in width.
  
  
• Armament
  The forward-facing rocket launchers have been reduced from 8 to 6, missile turrets have been relocated and two additional gatling-turrets were installed.

I’ve been a big fan of The Expanse pretty much since the TV-Series was launched. While I’m still catching up with the books, I’m more and more falling in love with the story and the designs of this fandom. And like some other creators I’ve started to apply the shows spaceship-designs into my own contributions - like the Angurvadal Destroyer. When designing this vessel, I’ve learned a lot by using Papple’s KMI designs as a reference in terms of size and layout. If you’re into Expanse-themed warships, I seriously recommend you check out his workshop-page. You’ll find anything from light corvettes, various frigates and cruisers up to big-ass battleships that will melt your PC.

While working on the Angurvadal (and several other ships), I had a Siren-class nearby - a very nice, well round up frigate, that I instantly fell in love with. Initially parked there as a scale-reference, I soon started tinkering around with it, whenever I got stuck with one of my designs. A full hydrogen-conversion followed, as well as a redesigned interior. I even started to test PDWs on it. I gave her a new paint job and eventually brought her to our server, to replace the ridiculously overpowered - and therefore quite PCU-heavy - Angurvadal. From there on I kept improving her under live gameplay. Modular Encounters and some PVP action put the frigate under a heavy stress test, so I started to revamp her once more. And while was at it, I also included the new small hydrogen-tanks into the build and made some cosmetic changes with the SOTF-DLC-Pack. Now that I’m done with the next revision, I want to share the ship with the world. Big thanks to papple who gave me his permission to do so!



Original blueprint

• Knightmare Industries’ Siren-class frigate
  by Papple2

Scripts

• Automatic LCDs 2
  by MMaster
  
  
• Simple Airlock
  by Dathknight
  
  
• ThrusterLights (unpublished)
  by Dathknight
  This script was used with permission of the creator!
  
  
• Retro Braking (unpublished)
  by Whiplash141
  This script was used with permission of the creator!

Visual Mods & Skyboxes for Screenshots

• Milky Way Skybox (insane resolution)
  by Darth Biomech
  
  
• Scratch and Edge Be Gone!
  by Whiplash141
  
  
• Screen Gunk Be Gone!
  by Whiplash141

Varia

• Logos were converted to LCD-Panels with Whips Image Converter[github.com]
  by Whiplash141
  
  
• Blueprint analysis provided via Space Engineers Praisal[spaceengineerspraisal.net]
  by Akuukis