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Augustus-7 Exploration Corvette

⚠️ - This build does not work in adventure as it uses a magic cube. You can get rid of the magic cube and it should still work fine at the cost of limited maneuverability.

The Augustus-7 Exploration Corvette, a spaceship created and upgraded over the course of a few weeks to be perfect for interplanetary exploration. This spaceship can travel between planets quickly through the use of different drive modes (see interior). This spaceship is also atmosphere-suitable and can be used to get from A to B within atmosphere, acting like a plane. It also comes with autopilot that allows you to point prograde, point retrograde, point towards a target, point towards the horizon, maintain a speed, etc. You can even auto-land or hover in place with the autopilot which is super handy for landing somewhere specific, like on a landing pad or into a catching tower (👀).

This spaceship has been tested extensively and is truly great for navigating around planets and moons. Consider hopping on the XHP Inc. server to explore many custom planets and moons using this, the thrill of the exploration is quite fun!

The ship broadcasts a signature via the beacon at all times for other vehicles using a signature system to identify the ship. The source code can be found here[github.com] if you would like to incorporate this into your own vehicle. All of my vehicles will use this system.

The ship comes with a system that allows you to search frequencies 1-10000 quickly using over 10 antennae at once. The system can also identify the signals on any found frequencies via the signature system. The found frequencies are also saved so you can input them into the beacon and navigate towards the target.
Source Code[github.com]

The ship comes with something called drive modes which allow you to switch the mode of the thrusters and therefore the acceleration and speeds you can achieve. Be careful using anything above "Atmosphere" when in atmosphere.

The following drive modes exist:
Atmosphere: Fully uses thrusters, no "magic".
Cruise: Partially uses thrusters, some "magic" (useful for getting into orbit fast)
Boost: Barely uses thrusters, lots of "magic" (same as above but faster)
Interplanetary: Barely uses thrusters, even more "magic" (useful for navigating towards another celestial body quickly)

You can use a screen in the interior to switch between modes.

The ship has RCS all over the ship allowing you to move in all directions as well as rotate in all directions. This also makes docking easy which is yet another feature on this spaceship.

The ship also uses a magic cube for rotating quickly. Remove the magic cube from the ship to remove this feature. Note that removing the magic cube will mess with the drive modes so you'll have to stick to the atmosphere drive mode.

RCS Controller Source Code[github.com]



The ship has an autopilot system that can majorly assist in performing tasks like getting into orbit, navigating to a signal, etc. The autopilot can be interacted with on the right side of the interior via a dashboard. The dashboard also holds a screen showing autopilot status.

Note that you can still manually turn the ship via seat controls with autopilot on, albeit with resistance.

The autopilot has multiple modes:
Prograde: Points the ship to prograde
Retrograde: Points the ship to retrograde
Target: Points towards navigation instrument target (can be set to a signal via screen on left side of interior)
Horizon: Points towards the horizon of the celestial body the spaceship is orbiting/on
Surface: Points the ship directly up relative to the ground if possible.
Landing: Lands the ship automatically by pointing up and controlling throttle to land smoothly. This mode also cancels out velocity to ensure you stay perfectly still (⚠️ | Use atmospheric drive mode for best results!)
Hover: Hovers the ship in place by pointing up and controlling throttle. This mode also cancels out velocity to ensure you stay perfectly still (same warning as above)
Speed Hold: Holds the set speed by controlling the throttle. You can set the desired speed via the keypad in the same area as everything else autopilot-related.

The interior has 3 sections:

Pilot Section


The pilot section contains the pilot seat along with a navigation instrument and two dashboards used to control most of the ship.

A main screen is also shown in front of this section taking up a lot of space. This screen shows you when to burn to get a stable orbit, when engines are off, the information of the signal being received via the beacon, the celestial body you're orbiting, whether or not you're docked and whether or not autopilot is on. It also shows battery levels and the current throttle.

Communication Section

The communication section has a seat for someone to occupy. The section also contains two keypads for setting the receiving and transmitting frequencies for the ship's beacon. This section also contains a screen which holds the stalker feature documented above as well as UI for displaying information on the beacon's frequencies set and the incoming signal if any. This screen also allows you to redirect the signal to the navigation instrument allowing the pilot to travel towards the signal.

Autopilot Section

The autopilot section also has a seat for someone to occupy. In this section, autopilot can be toggled and tinkered with. The section also contains a screen showing autopilot status, etc.

Pitch | Pitch
Roll | Roll
Yaw | Yaw

This assumes the spaceship is facing forward relative to the ground like so:
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Translate Forward | Move Forward
Translate Backward | Move Backward
Translate Left | Move Left
Translate Right | Move Right
Translate Up | Move Up
Translate Down | Move Down

Aux 1 | Increase Throttle
Aux 2 | Decrease Throttle
Aux 3 | Max Throttle
Aux 4 | Cut Throttle (set to 0)
Aux 5 | Brakes (cheaty)
Aux 6 | Toggle Autopilot


My GitHub - Click Here[github.com]