Update of Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser (fixes problems and adjusts to later Oolite versions) now available on the expansion manager or additionally here:Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser Fix
Overview
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Shipbuilders Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser is based on the Constitution-class Refit of Star Trek.
Further information's of the original ship could be found at
Constitution class
This package is fixing some bugs, upgrades to features from later versions of Oolite and, inspired by Shipbuilders original
message "Whilst you are free (and encouraged) to re-use any of the scripting, models or texturing in this OXP", includes some
new features, all of them to be removed if Shipbuilder disagrees.
Fixes
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changed "rear_weapon_type" to "aft_weapon_type" (shipdata.plist)
included the missing "exhaust", following the Star Trek design (shipdata.plist)
included "explosive_shrapnel" which is used in "death_actions" but not part of the OXP (shipdata.plist)
relocated some flashers and used "colors = " instead of "color = " (shipdata.plist)
added shiplibrary.pist to replace the obsolete demoships.plist
some small modifications at the model
Upgrades
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changed fore lasers to "multiply" to be similar to the Star Trek concept (shipdata.plist)
changed "death_actions" to a ship-script:
The scrip is handling messages, death actions (including escape pods), and some new features
included a normal map and modified the diffuse map slightly to work better with the normal map (and to fix some problems)
included "gloss"
New Features
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As mentioned above this are not part of the original OXP and will be removed if Shipbuilder disagrees:
added 2x port and 2x starboard weapons (same as in the Star Trek movies NPC's hardly use them)
based on Star Trek individual names for the ships (script)
based on Star Trek ranks for rescued crew members (script)
assigned GalTech escape pods to the ships (a bit redesigned to fit Starfleet)
included Class-G Shuttlecrafts to be spawned if the ship is destroyed
The shuttles are based on the Diamond Shuttles from liners.OXP and act as the next generation of Class F Shuttlecrafts
(Star Trek). More information's could be found here:
Class F shuttlecraft
Credits
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original work and escape pods: Shipbuilder
Class-G Shuttlecraft: Thargoid and P.A.Groove (Diamond Shuttle, liners.OXP):
cargo container: amah (concept) and Griff (model & original diffuse map)
Dependencies
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to work correct this pack needs to install Montanas Resource Pack 01 OXP as well
License
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This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
To view a copy of this license visit
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Version History
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V 0.50:
first release
V 0.51:
included "burning quirium fuel" to the ship explosions, part of Montanas Resource Pack 01 OXP (new feature)
outsourced "explosive_shrapnel" to Montanas Resource Pack 01 OXP
added another version of cargo container (new feature)
changed the assignment of cargo (new feature)
Comments, suggestions and error reports are, like always, welcome. 
However, I intend to compare today your version with the version uploaded to make sure it's the original and not one of my oldest modifications.