The Helican Omicron class is updated to fit the Alpha 13b profile. Notable changes:

* Roughly 300-400 Tracks removed, along with about 50 robot arms.
* Added 8 Deflectors along the length of the ship. It'll get pummelled head on, but deflect quite a bit of cannon fire at range. Angling the ship when it opens fire is surprisingly effective.
* A lot of Cargo containers added to the ship. You may want to adjust contents depending on your mission profile; the current cargo configuration is set up for Combat zones.

Quick update: incorporated refinement of Hyperspace Isotopes so the ship can now create its own Deuterium - although I doubt it'll keep up with three fusion reactors, and corrected and tidied up some weapon problems.

After a surprise star billing in Introversion's Alpha 8 announcement video, there was a scramble at the DRX shipyards to get a vaguely up to date version of this ship into the field. And here she is, updated for Alpha 8

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Shuffled stuff around. Added ammo conveyor belts and robo-arms; Weapons Officers and consoles; an R&D section in the starboard nacelle (you'll need to unlock all four weapon console slots via research); gas, explosive, FTL charge production; scrap metal processing, simple mineral ammo production (this is no industrial ship); and better life support. The Helican works best when it eats others.

You'll still need to provide some food, fuel, and Deuterium occasionally. For the solo adventurer, accept no substitutes.

[h1] Updated for Alpha 2! [/h1]

No Creative Mode here! The Helicans have all been the same ship, slowly built up in-game, running from Anomalies, OP Workshop ships, spiralling costs, and weird bugs.

New in the Helican Omicron II

* 3 Fusion reactors! (Bought a Workshop ship at a Shipyard and stripped it for stuff.) Don't forget to buy your Deuterium at every stop.
* Restored all old engines, and added 4 new ones. Plus retros - need all this to escape those OP monsters out there.
* Added extra armour, and some more point defences, some additional turrets.
* 120 crew, 42 drones.

Industry:
* 4 rear facing mining lasers tucked behind the hammerhead.
* Big gas extractor system, fuel and FTL charge production.
* A little smelting, explosive production (switch the fuel Chemical Labs to explosive as needed), and some ammo production, just in case.
* Less big tanks. Most stripped out, replaced with Loaders set to Unload. Easier to track resources and fleet share.