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Plunder Bus mk2

Plunder Bus mk2 uses 12 Nanobot Build and Repair Systems to quickly and efficiently strip a ship's or station's carcass clean. Just park this bad boy next to your latest conquest and watch it strip it to nothingness in very short order. Intended for planetary use using atmospheric thrusters, the Plunder Bus carries three large cargo containers for booty. Requisite power for all the thrusters is provided by 6 large and 12 small batteries, and 16 small reactors. The original version had two gatling turrets for defense and significantly fewer thrusters, but I found that adding more thrusters and two drills nicely serves two purposes: 1) much better acceleration, especially when fully loaded, to escape hostile NPCs, but if necessary you can quickly burrow underground for protection, and 2) you can approach and overcome a hostile station quickly and efficiently by tunneling to your destination; just select drills and right-click to begin tunneling.

As a last-minute change, I added an ejector to each drill to dump the drills if/when using them for mining. Although not its primary purpose, Plunder Bus can act as a rudimentary miner by drilling for ore; the ejected ore will be automatically picked up by the Nanobot Build and Repair Systems and stored in the cargo containers. I've turned off stone collection for the Nanobot Build and Repair Systems, but some of my testing showed that stone was being collected anyway. Go figure.

See change notes for description of updates.

NO DLC, ROTORS, OR PISTONS, and ONLY 1 MOD.

STATISTICS
  - Blocks: 372
  - PCUs: 7,052
  - L × W × H: 15½m × 6½m × 5m
  - Empty Mass: 120½ tons
  - Gross Mass: As much as you can safely carry; I've successfully flown with a full load of mixed components on all planets.

CONTROLS
{1} Nanobot Build & Repair Systems ON/OFF
{2} Drills
{3} Batteries AUTO/RECHARGE
{4} Docking Connector Throw Out ON/OFF
{5} Landing Gear ON/OFF
{6} Landing Gear LOCK/UNLOCK
{7} Camera Down View
{8} Docking Connector LOCK/UNLOCK
{9} Atmospheric Thrusters ON/OFF

NOTES FOR BUILDING WITH A PROJECTOR IN SURVIVAL
(See the last picture for the projector's configuration.)
1. Build a rotor frame on a powered grid; remove the large-grid rotor head and replace with a small-grid rotor head and lock rotation.
2. Stack 3 armor blocks, minimum, vertically atop the small-grid rotor head to provide sufficient clearance for building the ship.
3. Build a small-grid projector on top of the topmost armor block; for consistency, rename the projector to be "PB - Projector".
4. Load the blueprint into the projector; click on the setting to retain the blueprint after construction is complete.
5. Build the blueprint.
6. When completed, grind away the small-grid rotor head, armor blocks, and rotor frame, leaving the projector in place for future repairs.

REQUIRED PARTS FOR BUILDING IN SURVIVAL
  - 1,539 Steel Plates
  - 164 Metal Grids
  - 400 Interior Plates
  - 2,952 Construction Components
  - 2,178 Motors
  - 175 Large Steel Tubes
  - 301 Small Steel Tubes
  - 426 Computers
  - 20 Displays
  - 56 Bulletproof Glass
  - 144 Power Cells
  - 48 Reactor Components
  - 4 Radio-Communication Components