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HopeTech Hauler
By Bored Peon
Some friends complimented me on the design and ask for a guide on how to build this ship design.
   
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Assembly Information

The parts used are found in Hopetown (Valo system) and Red Mile (Porrima system)
You need to be about level 50 and have Class C piloting to see all the pieces.
I think most parts can be available at the large landing pad in your outpost (if you visited the shops) with the exception of the 2x3 Hopetech Cargo bay.

The full cost to build from scratch is about 1 million credits (cargo containers add up quick.) I did not keep exact track (sorry) as I had to do some design changes as I play tested it.

The cargo containers and fuel tanks are flexible. I used the smallest fuel tanks to keep the mass down and a player only needs about 800 fuel to cross the galaxy.

The cargo containers I used are assorted for the colors because they paintbrush will not change colors of the shipping containers. This also means you can go up or down in container sizes. Be warned going up in cargo containers will encounter "not enough landing thrust errors.)

The shielded cargo is low as only the two on the reactor are shield. The rear cargo containers are not shield, but they can be swapped with shielded ones at Red Mile.

The ship is exactly 80m long, which can be a nuisance in certain landing areas.

If it is too bothersome the design could go with three columns of containers rather than four. Reducing a section would bring it down to 75m and end this.
Hopetech Hauler Layer 1

9 Stroud landing gear (the blocky center one)
1 Hopetech Landing bay
8 Panoptes width cargo containers
3 of the big SAL engines
Habitat pieces are optional, I choose Engineering and Workshop which could easily be replaced.
2 Hopetech bumpers
Hopetech Hauler Layer 2

1 Hopetech 2x3 Cargo habitat
1 Hopetech Docking port
2 Hopetech bumpers
8 Deimos Landing gear
4 Hopetech Habitat spines (creates hall to connect front and rear habitats)
3 Hopetech habitats
8 Dogstar cargo containers of varying size.
2 Hopetech Caps
2 Hopetech Mids
2 Equipment plates
4 Turrets

Hopetech Hauler Layer 3

1 Hopetech Control Station
1 Hopetech Overseer cockpit
1 Porthole Fore
1 Hopetech cap aft
1 J-52 Gamma Drive
2 600t HE3 tanks
1 Pinch 8z Reactor
3 Hopetech 2x1 Habitats
2 Hopetech cap mid
2 Hopetehc markers
2 Titan He3 tanks
1 Shield generator
4 300g HE3 tnaks
2 Ballast shielded cargo
4 Caravel Cargo unshielded (can swap for shielded version)
3 SAL engines
2 Spark supressors (more of cab light design thing)






Hopetech Hauler Layer 4

2 Hopetech Pipe mid
2 Hopetech Pipe ends
2 Hopetech radiator
1 Hopetech Control station
2 Galleon Cargo Holds
2 Equipment plates
2 Turrets

2 Comments
Bored Peon  [author] 14 May @ 9:26am 
Thanks.
Leha_Leopard 14 May @ 8:45am 
Wow awesome build!