Packrat-class Cargo Ship

[Toshiro]

https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=yggdrasillackrat

Here's a civilian cargo ship, which can salvage and serve as a cargo craft or a personal craft. The fact it can load itself and has two 4.5 meter cargo bays means that it can be used for things like vehicles and furniture.

 

[Exhack]

The damage rating for the grapplers is way too high for what are essentially tiny space hands. I mean that in the context that they're too small and simple to be able to deal as much damage as a mid-sized nuclear weapon impact, by what is implied to be punching or grabbing things.

 

[Toshiro]

That rating is more for the pulser beams, which are elaborated upon in the grappler article in the wiki.

Edit: Completely redid the Grapplers' specs.

 

[Zack]

Going to approve this tomorrow if there are no objections.

 

[Nashoba]

One small issue, the engines are mounted way out of line with the center of gravity. Which means that the craft will go into an inverted loop.

 

[Zack]

Good point, gravimetric engines would also be the most power intensive engine that you can use and it says they were selected for 'power considerations'.

 

[Toshiro]

Hmm...in that case, what kinds of engines would you recommend? I'd seen Gravimetric Engines in use on Antimatter craft and on things like early Power Armor, so I considered them in the "energy efficient" niche.

 

[Wes]

No objections.

 

[Toshiro]

Edited to have Nuclear Fusion Thrusters instead, and have grapplers aid in load balancing.

 

[Exhack]

Good enough for me. You've gone out of your way to resolve all of the issues that have been raised, so I think this is a done deal.

This submission is approved for IC usage.