[UES] The HMS Erebus - A Colonial Icebreaker Vessel

Overview

The HMS Erebus is a scout-class Icebreaker submarine equipped for a crew of 2-3 people. Icebreaker vessels saw extensive use in the early colonial period of Europa's Cold Caverns, though they have since fallen out of favor due to the colonists expansion into warmer oceans. As such, it is not uncommon to see an icebreaker submarine sold secondhand for a good price in Coalition waters. The Erebus is equipped with a fixed forward railgun and depth charge tube, along with two standard coilguns.

This is intended to be an alternative to the Dugong and is priced accordingly, being available at the beginning of a campaign. Whether I achieved that or not remains to be seen.

Background

This is in part inspired by the real life HMS Erebus, a ship which was part of the failed Franklin Expedition to the north of Canada. The Erebus along with the HMS Terror under the command of Sir John Franklin were searching for the fabled 'Northwest Passage', a hypothetical route around the north of Canada which would allow merchant vessels to navigate past the continent more conveniently than sailing around Argentina. At the time of the Third Franklin Expedition however, the Northwest Passage was not truly passable, and as a result the two ships became trapped in the glacier and were eventually abandoned by the crew. Not a single survivor is known to have lived through this expedition.

Icebreaker ship, exploring the far reaches of the world, freezing to death in the brutal ocean. I think you can see where I am going with this.

Get out there and the find that Northwest Passage, lad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjwseMZxyn8

Weaponry

-Fixed, forward facing railgun -Fore depth charge launcher -Two coilguns (located on the upper fore and lower aft)

Features

-Full suite of crafting stations (Med, Deconstructor and Fabricator) -Compact design, easy to crew with two players or solo -That's kinda it. What, regular subs not good enough for you? Need some special systems just to get through a mission? Seethe.

Back in my day we had to swim both ways to the objective with psychosis and no sonar, and we liked it!

If you like this sub, check out my others inside my collection.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2685047869

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