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Roach Transport

In the style of Splitsie and Capac and their creation The Cockroach (https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1594855597&searchtext=cockroach) this ship merges one Scutler Mk7 (https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1287771358) and one Supply Transport (https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=973387971) to create what I'm calling The Roach-Transport. Born from an idea to make The Cockroach with a differnt interior by merging two Scutler Mk 7s together the was Splitsie and Capac did and making versions that merged three and even four together I came up with the idea to try one Scutler with another ship from the Air Traffic mod. I liked the result so well that this is the first one I painted. Paying tribute to the donor ships I tried to merge the colors together in a pleasing way. I made a full front glass cockpit because I like them and wanted one. I understand Splitsie's reasoning that a front glass cockpit is to vulnerable so the ship does have a backup cockpit in the back next to the Medical Room and the second Jump Drive. I'm not very good at interior designs yet and after trying to make crew quarters I just added the second Jump Drive to use some of the space and made a single bunk room. As Splitsie did before he and Capac captured the second Scutler I moved the Scutlers main hydrogen thrusters back and added extra Hydrogen Tanks. Splitsie briefly gave The Cockroach a front Rocket Launcher but I feel he needed more pilot controlled weapons for most situations. Learning from Splitsie and Capac having to improvise ways in to get Hydrogen the ship has ladders on both sides. Unfortunately the Atmospheric Thrusters used for forward flight do not provide enough lift to keep the ship hovering on its tail.

The only mod is the Deflector Shield Mod but it is not required. The ship does use blocks from the DLCs. Both the Atmospheric and Hydrogen Thrusters are on when you paste it in Creative so it will not crash if you do so on a planet.

I'd love to write a Lore for this ship but I'm not sure how to start it. I was thinking I would be a mechanic at a scrapyard that Thumbs rudely orders to repair The Cockroach. While reviewing The Cockroaches history I get the idea to merge a couple ships from the salvage yard to make my own version of The Cockroach.

The ship features:
13 Gatling Turrets (1 Small Grid)
5 Interior Turret (1 Inside, 4 Outside)
9 Gatling Guns
2 Rocket Launchers

12 Small Cargo Containers
1 Large Cargo Container
1 Medium Cargo Container (Small Grid)
6 Large Hydrogen Tanks
2 Oxygen Tanks
7 Batteries
7 O2/H2 Generators
10 Small Reactors

2 Assemblers
2 Basic Assemblers
3 Basic Refinery

1 Medical Room
11 Gyroscopes
2 Jump Drives
1 Ore Detector
5 Parachute Hatches
1 Remote Control (The Scutlers original remote)

Since I was given permission to use the Scutler and Supply Transports by there authors they are of course, and anyone else, allowed to use this ship if they want.

I will try to add more screenshots soon.