CVN-19 "Kita" Aircraft Carrier (NO DLC)

The CVN-19 "Kita" Medium Aircraft Carrier is an incredibly versatile and robust aircraft carrier capable of operation on all planets, moons, and gravity fields up to 1.5Gs. With a massive internal hangar capable of transporting 32+ fighters, a quadruple redundant array of critical systems, and a greatly simplified manufacturing process the Kita is quite possibly the cheapest and most robust carrier your fleet will ever operate.

Armament

• Fighters: 32x Internal Capacity, 16x Runway (Reaver)
• Shuttles: 6x Internal Capacity, 5x Runway (Valkyrie 2A)
• Drones: 4x Compact Drones (Vulcan I)
• Drop Pods: 8x General Purpose Drop Pods (OMEAV MkII)
• Turrets: 8x Gunner direct artillery turrets. 16x Gatling Turrets

Features

• All Environments: Capable of flying on all planets/moons. Floats well with Water Mod.
• Loading/Offloading Ramp: Single frontal ramp capable of loading and offloading virtually any land vehicle.
• Internal Ship Printer: 7x7 Internal Ship Printer. Complete manufacturing facilities make it a functional base.
• Complete Interior: Fully constructed interior with crew quarters, mess hall, spare rooms etc.
• Highly Robust Design: Quadruple redundant critical systems. Armored CIC. Remote piloting systems.
• DLC Free + Survival Ready: Only two subgrids (the ramp and printer head) - I built one in survival.

Recommended Roles

• Captain: The ranking officer on the ship. Responsible for issuing orders, creating battlefield strategies and flying the ship.
• Navigator: Second in command on the ship. Responsible for plotting and executing jumps, coordinating landings, and communication with other ships.
• Engineer: Third in command on the ship. Responsible for managing subsystems, operating guns and executing critical repairs in combat.
• FDC/Flight Director: Chief pilot and air traffic controller. Responsible for coordinating aircraft takeoffs and landings, operation of drones and coordinating combat flights.
• Crew: Miscellaneous crew. Responsible for general damage control, infantry combat, aircraft operation and execution of daily tasks aboard the ship.

Datasheet

• PCU: 65,000
• Block Count: 10195 (9,960 Without Ramp)
• Non-Armor Blocks: 2,694
• Triangles: 6,393,734
• Grid Mass: 9,580,011 kg
• Lifting Capacity: 5,000,000 kg

Scripts

Included are five optional scripts. The vehicle will operate with no issues on worlds with scripts disabled, but some features are only accessible with them. These include AI-turret slaving, ship-wide lighting tweaks, damage readouts and automatic airlocks.

• Whip's Automatic Airlocks
• Whip's Turret Slaving
• Whip's SIMPL
• Isy's Lighting Controller
• Automatic LCDs 2

DLCs and Redistribution

This ship is entirely DLC free and Vanilla. A large reason I started this project was as a challenge to myself to make an aesthetically pleasing craft without relying on my usual crutches. Should you wish to modify this craft and re-upload it, you are free to do so in any manner - just please link or reference the original.

Special Credits

My good buddy Nharwhal was instrumental in helping me conceptualize this build in its early phases. Much of the general profile of the ship comes from his work. If and when he uploads blueprints on his steam workshop, it will be linked below. NHARWHAL: COMING SOON

Suggestions

I'm always open to suggestions or ideas so please let me know if you have any! There are also likely some some small latent issues hiding in the ship, so if you find those let me know so I can fix them ASAP. There will also be a DLC version of this ship and a full complement of fighters, bombers and drones releasing in the near future. Stay tuned!