Swiftfire OXP
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:05 pm
Please find the Swift-fire for your perusal.
"She's 60 meters and all Engine"
Capt. D Angel, Swift-fire "The Dawn of September" test pilot
The Swift-fire light frigate is designed to deliver dogfighting superiority against highly manoeuvrable adversaries. Utilising unique rotating engine nacelles to provide vectored thrust the craft matches or exceeds the turn rate and speed of smaller fighters to bring about an advantage in an engagement.
Several specialist construction and design techniques have been applied to the Swift-fire to cope with the extreme forces that high dexterity manoeuvres cause.
Firstly, because of the stresses on joins, normal fixings would disintegrate under load, the swift-fire was constructed with specialised nanobots that formed the hull and superstructure molecule by molecule so that there are no imperfections, faults or welds in the smooth structure. This construction, although incredibly strong does put a premium on repairs.
Secondly, to minimise the increased g-forces on the crew, despite gravity dampers, the living quarters, cockpit and other accessible areas are kept as close to centre of gravity as possible where the effects of centrifugal forces are minimised. This has a knock on effect, combined with the oversized engines of very cargo space is severely.
Engine nacelles are held in place and rotated with extremely strong electro magnetic couplers to maximise column response and force is delivered against a reinforced buttress over 1.2 meters thick behind the cockpit.
Any spare space has been given over to weaponry and defensive systems. Having a size advantage on its common adversaries (such as the Falcon de-lacy Asp II) this is utilised to house large energy banks. All tertiary onboard equipment is held within the outrigger wings.
http://www.filedropper.com/swiftfire11_1
OXP is in a playable beta state, still to do
Add AI ships
Adjust engine contrails to match nacelle rotation
Additional colour ships
Stats balancing - is this ship too uber?
Special Engine Functions
"She's 60 meters and all Engine"
Capt. D Angel, Swift-fire "The Dawn of September" test pilot
The Swift-fire light frigate is designed to deliver dogfighting superiority against highly manoeuvrable adversaries. Utilising unique rotating engine nacelles to provide vectored thrust the craft matches or exceeds the turn rate and speed of smaller fighters to bring about an advantage in an engagement.
Several specialist construction and design techniques have been applied to the Swift-fire to cope with the extreme forces that high dexterity manoeuvres cause.
Firstly, because of the stresses on joins, normal fixings would disintegrate under load, the swift-fire was constructed with specialised nanobots that formed the hull and superstructure molecule by molecule so that there are no imperfections, faults or welds in the smooth structure. This construction, although incredibly strong does put a premium on repairs.
Secondly, to minimise the increased g-forces on the crew, despite gravity dampers, the living quarters, cockpit and other accessible areas are kept as close to centre of gravity as possible where the effects of centrifugal forces are minimised. This has a knock on effect, combined with the oversized engines of very cargo space is severely.
Engine nacelles are held in place and rotated with extremely strong electro magnetic couplers to maximise column response and force is delivered against a reinforced buttress over 1.2 meters thick behind the cockpit.
Any spare space has been given over to weaponry and defensive systems. Having a size advantage on its common adversaries (such as the Falcon de-lacy Asp II) this is utilised to house large energy banks. All tertiary onboard equipment is held within the outrigger wings.
http://www.filedropper.com/swiftfire11_1
OXP is in a playable beta state, still to do
Adjust engine contrails to match nacelle rotation
Additional colour ships
Stats balancing - is this ship too uber?
Special Engine Functions
