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Manticore - (WM) Shipyards

The Manticore is a versatile and durable armored craft that fills in the role of dedicated fighter bomber, capable of inflicting grievous wounds onto cruisers and other capital sized vessels, with the use of heavy anti-ship ordnance and multiple rocket launcher systems.

This is a practical ship reproduction, intended to perform well under real combat conditions, it is thus not 100% accurate to the original.

(Blueprint version.)



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Features

- Survival ready, all the systems are connected. Does not support oxygen yet.
- Modular ordnance launch bay with mounted bombing camera, payload stabilizers and reload mechanism.
- x5 reloadable rocket launchers.
- x12 front mounted rocket launchers.
- x6 modular hardpoints, for optional small ship auto-gun turrets.
- Dual large reactors with redundant small reactor array.
- Emergency auxiliary power supply.
- 6x XL industrial thrusters.
- Detachable cockpit module with self contained power, thruster array and gyroscopes.
- Reinforced hull structure, making use of heavy armor in key areas to improve survivability.
- Retractable landing gear system.
- Easily accessible fuel and ammo loading ports.

This build will receive updates as new features and future relevant mods become available.


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Mods

Used on the ship.


- Armor thrusters (Darth Biomech)

- Landing gear small (FreddyKrug)

- Industrial thrusters (EctoSage)

- Small Ship Interior Lights (DWM|MKnetchtel)

Used on the Sky dock.

- Kolt - Command console pack (Kolt16)

- Industrial thrusters (EctoSage)

- Skybox - storm planet (Trollo)

- Letters mod (Darth Biomech)


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Credits

- I would like to thank Tostito for the EVE model export that was used to make this ship a reality.

- This replica was based on the EVE Online stealth bomber frigate Manticore, which is the copyright of CCP games.
I take no credit for the original design of the hull, only in the craftsmanship and ingenuity that went into its reproduction.

- The skydock hangar that comes with this vessel, was designed by myself, to showcase my small ship builds.


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Known issues and bugs

- Landing gear rotors are capricious and can sometimes "Jiggle" themselves into oblivion during high speed maneuvers, they still need some work. Landing too fast can also cause the rotors to just break.

- Ordnance pistons are very "Jiggly" as well while in flight and require lateral bracing, achieved with the landing gears next to them, to keep the whole mechanism from exploding while bomb gears are lowered. This will only be an issue if you forget to activate the bomb stabilizers before accelerating, otherwise everything holds up fine.

- Impact bombs may not detonate, depending on the angle they impact a ship, explosive containers are not super reliable.

- This build was optimized for DX9. Colors and lighting will not look as intended if used with DX11, we are waiting for KSW to further refine their DX11 settings before commiting time and effort to it.

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