Shapeshifter (mobile turrets)

-=BACKGROUND STORY=- XSSN-842 "Shapeshifter" development began just before the end of the war following a requirement to produce an attack submarine that would be faster and better armed yet manned by a smaller crew than the traditional designs due to manpower shortage. The experimental design shipyard came up with a concept codenamed "Shapeshifter" capable of redeploying its artillery around the ship to concentrate its firepower. A single prototype was produced before the war ended and the project was cancelled and classified shortly afterwards due to budget cuts. Nobody knows what happened to the prototype afterwards. If you ask the former employees of the shipyard they will tell you "One day it was just not here anymore".

-=TECHNICAL DATA=- Displacement: 18.366 flat-tons Cruise Speed: 21km/h WEP speed: 29km/h Dive speed: -17 / +16 Armament: 2 mobile "Scythe" turrets armed with quad coilguns 2 unfolding artillery turrets with railguns

-=FEATURES=- - Vertical and horizontal sliding turrets - Automatic batteries with two modes (recharge/anti-surge) - War emergency power mode for the engine requiering both reactor and battery power at the same time. - Maintenance mode for the ballast to facilitate the elimination of ballast flora - Automatic flooding management with two modes (flush/isolate)

Read the captain's log for more detailed information.

-=DESIGN NOTE=- - This ship can be manned by a relatively small crew in comparison to its size. It has a very powerful armament but the guns cannot be everywhere at once so you have to plan ahead. - For friendly play there are extra IDs in the captain's safe with colors corresponding to their role. Comments and bug reports are welcome, I will fix them as soon as possible. - AI have problem accessing the horizontally movin turrets