Reflection upon the Milky Way: A high-speed, open-deck warship with an all-forward main battery

Overview

Designed for elegance, simplicity, and ease of operation.

• A high-speed, open-deck warship with an all-forward main battery | Built for multiplayer servers and modded play
• Reduced wall obstruction provides clearer sightlines. The layout keeps the crew together as much as possible, leaving fewer opportunities to slack off. With the entire main battery mounted forward, most crew members get a proper look at the monsters they’re fighting, making battles more engaging. Automated turrets let the crew take in the view on deck.
• Overcomes the low speeds common to open-deck vessels and fixes the underwater mast-climbing bug. A built-in vertical engine enables higher vertical speeds as the ship is upgraded. The integrated vertical engine (used with the original author's permission) requires Lua for Barotrauma to function.
• Custom systems for speed and combat: bow collision protection, automated turrets, offset sonar, and braking.
• Some spectacularly questionable warship engineering.
• [spoiler]an old-school pressurized-water reactor / an electrical room with its own gun / an engine the size of two rooms / and more.[/spoiler]

Ship Specifications

• Build size: 512 items · 329 structures · Tier 3
• Armament: 6 shipboard turrets covering a full range of weapon types
• Fabrication & Storage: 3 fabricators, 3 deconstructors, and 8 large steel cabinets
• Speed: 40 km/h horizontally · 23 km/h vertically

Visual design, polish, and other contributions: Ank Technical support, consultation, and circuit design: GZZZ

This ship is dedicated to the strangers who advanced with me through the thrilling campaigns across the oceans of Europa.

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A Word from the Creator

This is my first ship, so there may still be a few rough edges. I’d love to hear your thoughts after taking her out for a trial run. I’ll be awaiting your verdict, captains, with a mixture of hope and nerves.

If you like this ship, please, pretty please, give her a thumbs-up! Your support keeps me motivated to work on future updates.

My skills aren’t quite up to bringing the mecha musume from the cover art into the game just yet. She’ll probably, possibly, maybe make it into a future update.