Nomad-ST Armored

This is an up-armored version of jrandal's wonderful Nomad-ST, with its ENORMOUS hangar. This version is tough, but requires WAY fewer resources than his Nomad-XT. It's unlock level 10. I built mine before warping anywhere by salvaging three different wrecks, and hitting a few POI's.

In my opinion, his design is one of the finest, and most versatile on the workshop. Large enough to serve almost any role, and still a reasonable size for players who have only been to a few worlds. I present this design as a bootstrap-plus model, and a near-endgame model for PvE players. In my opinion, there is really no need for more capitol ship, as a PvE player, except for an additional, custom capitol miner.

The Original Nomad-ST: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1391695640

Exterior: This version has 18 designated turret hardpoints around the body, including a spot for a 5x3 turrret up top. Some hardpoints are marked with an R, M, or C to suggest Rocket, Minigun, or Cannon turrets. There are also 6 crowd-control turrets on various nooks around the lower-exterior, to help with the locals when disembarking planetside. ;-) The landing pad has more substantial cover for docked ships. There are also four designated long-gun spots, two of which are set up for rocket launchers with pretty good armor/cover.

Interior: I changed the grow-room/cockpit wall to allow for fridges and a food processor in the grow-room. I put the two advanced constructors near each other, surrounded by some cargo containers so that one might stand in one place and do all your costruction-shuffling wtihout running around much. I also added secondary oxygen, fridge, and med-clone services on either side of the main hangar door, for easy access during retreats/engagements. Redundant O2 and Med services available in the cockpit. There is a second control-chair in the main hangar for easy access.

I have also reorganized the grouping of various ship's systems, such that it is easy to enter differing low-power modes when in orbit or landed on a planet. This includes a MAIN-Thrust configuration, and a COMBAT-Thrust addition, that allows for much more efficient exploration, and still provides significant maneuverability for high-G planets and combat.

NOTE: Some of my exterior texture and ploy/block-work leaves something to be desired, but I tried to mesh my expanded armor with the existing shapes where possible, and I provided extra 'extruded' shapes to provide cover for turrets and thrusters. There is also a fair bit of extra space in the front 'thruster pods' that could fit more RCS or larger thrusters.

IRON: 5680 SATH: 5063 NEOD: 2470 COBL: 1568 SILC: 1555 COPP: 745 WOOD: 1 Plastic: 11 GrowSteel: 54

Production Time: 4 hours

Thanks again to jrandall for his inspired original design: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1391695640