USS Wahoo

A tier 1 scout submarine based on the USS Gato class submarines widely used in the initial colonization of Europa.

Upgraded with a nuclear reactor and a fully automatic battery buffer system, it allows the minimum amount of crew while maintaining combat efficiency. The lack of airlock and the lackluster firepower is compensated by a much lower cost, making it an ideal choice for new captains seeking to run transport and escort missions.

Play Style

This submarine is relatively small (Slightly larger than the Dugong), and plays like a Dugong, avoiding enemies while using agility to dodge any attack. While the engine is slightly overpowered at a top speed of 28.0 km/h, it has much fewer bulkheads, with no middle walls along the vertical axis (2 floors sharing the same bulkhead), making it prone to leaking and more vulnerable than the Dugong. While initially built for early game, it appears to be doing fine in middle- and even late-game given it having all of the essential fabricators with a decent amount of storages.

Properties

Class: Scout Tier: 1 Cost: 5,500 mk Size: 42x11m Crew: 3-7 crews (Experienced Crew) Horizontal Velocity: 28.0 km/h (Base speed w/o conformal airlock, 27.5 km/h w/ conformal airlock) Descent Velocity: 13.5 km/h (Descent), 18.0 km/h (Ascent) Storage Size: 20 crates

Armaments

2x Upgradable coilguns, 1x Small hardpoint 1x Electrical discharge coil

Features

3x Auto-targetting spotlights Battery buffer system (Protects circuit boxes and allow varying load with automatically controlled reactor) Complete fabricating stations (Fabricator, Medical fabricator, Deconstructor)

Note

The reactor is expected to be loaded with 2 fuel rods and maintained on automatic control. While this submarine does not have a built-in airlock, an airlock is avaible through a conformal parasitic airlock on the bottom of the ship that can be detached in the navigation terminal. The ship is not 1:1 scale to the original Gato-class, it is around 1:2.5 to 1:2 on the length, and around 1:1.5 on the height to make it more manuverable in Barotrauma.