Space Engineers

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18 Jul, 2014 @ 11:15am
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Solar Powered Battery Recharging Vessel

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Greetings! Since this is my first Workshop post, I am going to introduce myself and my group!

I'm Lazareis, of the Lazareis Legion, a part of FT Corp Shipyard Industries!

Now that is out of the way, on to what we have here. Any military commander knows that before any boots hit the ground or ships launch, there is a great deal of work that must be done to ready said troops and craft. To that end we of FT Corp Shipyard Industries(FTCSI) know, understand and have come up with solutions to any commanders, military or otherwise, logistical needs.

The need to refuel is always an issue, even more so in deep space and on long voyages. Its costly, time consuming and in many cases impractical to either have enough fuel on board to meet your needs or have the ability to mine, refine and process your own fuel.

With that in mind, we have designed and built a solar powered deep space recharging station. It is able to be launched into deep space ahead of any fleet operations or scouts to allow ships to refuel. They can also serve as local recharging stations where it would be too costly in terms of manpower or materials to maintain a fuel processing plant and its crew. Legion engineers have built it from hardened steel plating to withstand impacts and for survivability in deep space. It also features light armaments to ward off any would be salvagers or pirates who may come across it. Thrusters serve to both move the vessel and to keep it in a stable orbit. There is an airlock so that maintenance crews can access the vessel to fix, reload or modify any of the systems. Internal security is also installed should the hull be breached or should the vessel be boarded. The solar array is attached to rotors allowing the array to be rotated for maximum power output. A small storage bay and conveyor system is installed to feed the weapons, and to act as a small cargo hold. A connector serves as the transfer point from the vessel to any ships docking.

And as all items that come from FTCSI, at the hands of Legion engineers, it is painted in the Legion's colors. Any modifications done voids warranty. Warranty void where applicable. Thank you for coming to check out our products and be on the look out for more, by both the Legion and FTCSI!
5 Comments
Bumbleton 1 Nov, 2014 @ 6:09pm 
i think he meant why not just ue the ship's abilty to move to manuever the panels into a good position. but anywho, i think the rotors are a good touch, and a good reason for the rotors is thus: if you have a ship recharging, its a bit dangerous to change the entire ships position to allign with the sun.
Lazareis  [author] 20 Jul, 2014 @ 10:24am 
NrKy thank you and during our testing we found that it was very easy to bump into the vessel and without some sort of stabilizers, it would be knocked out of its orbit or drift off slowly into the void, and felt that either of these situations were not good for the vessel or those whom use it. Feel free to use it as you wish, but it was designed to be "flown" into position and then use the thrusters to keep it in place. Also, without the thrusters, the act of adjusting the solar array will cause the ship to spin unless you adjust both rotors at the same time but have them spin in opposite directions.
Callistemon 20 Jul, 2014 @ 3:22am 
Interesting how you chose to put rotors on the solar array arms. I've seen that on a few stations with two-axis rotors, but on a ship with thrusters, gyro and a cockpit, it doesn't really seem necessary. Good work, anywho!
Lazareis  [author] 18 Jul, 2014 @ 3:35pm 
Thank you and I am glad that you like it =D
gFleka 18 Jul, 2014 @ 1:02pm 
I like it, and its lore :)