HS-359 Kipouros Class Salvage Vessel

NO MODS SCRIPTS REQUIRED SURVIVAL READY

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The Kipouros is a massive mobile base equipped for extensive journeys outside the bounds of triumvirate supply routes with its primary role being post-battle salvage and acting as a mobile station capable of refitting, rearming and refuelling light to medium craft. The Kipouros is outfitted with a small formidable complement of point defence turrets and so is capable of fending off a wing of fighters, however, for it to operate anywhere near the front lines it is generally accompanied by an escort of X-5 Sentinel Class Corvettes and a plethora of small strike craft which it can house in its two hangars.

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When war broke out with the Vulari, a mysterious and highly aggressive people who strike without warning, the Auger was the first ship to be refitted in order to attempt to understand the enemies strengths and weaknesses of the Vulari, however after the sacking of Turgarra III, the site of a massive intergalactic commerce centre and orbital habitat operated by the Triumvirate, the need to understand how to best combat this phantom enemy was now paramount, thus the construction of the first Kipouros, the Archon’s Maw. The Archon’s Maw, or as it was known by its crew, the Gnasher, was captained by the son of one of the three Archons of the triumvirate, a Captain Ptolis Mardein who was widely known for his brash nature. On the first voyage of the Gnasher it was escorted by a large portion of what remained of the fleet that had guarded Turgarra III, its mission, to take the fight to the Vulari wherever they may be and carry home spoils and intel aplenty - mainly spoils.

Not three hours travel outside Triumvirate space before the battle group was ambushed by a number of Vulari Voidstriders and a vicious battle ensued. For hours the fight raged with the Vulari striking from seemingly nowhere, picking off the slower and bulkier ships of the Triumvirate and then vanishing just as swiftly, eventually, only the Gnasher and two Sentinels remained along with a handful of Helot snub fighters against the seemingly endless waves of Vulari. The reports from the crew of the Gnasher vary as to the exact casualties of what would end that battle but all accounts agree that in an inebriated fury, Captain Mardein threw the helmsman aside and - having lost almost all the firepower on his vessel, accelerated blindly into the darkness of space determined to score at least one final blow to the enemy, little did he know that a massive Vulari forge was not three kilometres in front of him - the source of the endless onslaught. With the door to the Gnasher’s salvage tunnel open and at maximum velocity, the large ship slammed into the forge, burrowing its way into the central core and causing a cascading reaction that disabled the forge and obliterated the front of the once proud Archon’s Maw. whilst the crew suffered heavy losses including Captain Mardein, the ship was commended by many as a resounding success, however it was also agreed that the deployment of Kipouros class vessels would never again take place on the front lines, but rather acting in a fleet support role.

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• Large salvage bay
• External Welders / Grinders for repair / minor salvage
• 2x Side Hangars for support craft storage
• 3x Top Landing pads
• 12x Gatling Turrets
• 14x Large Cargo Containers
• 10x Large Hydrogen Tanks and Multiple small hydrogen tanks
• 9x Jump Drives

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• 145m Length
• 92.5m Width
• 35.25m Height
• 96723 PCU
• 9550 Blocks

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• Automatic LCDs 2
• Blarg's Aggressive Airlocks
• Floor Plan Script Mk1
• Power Graphs
• InfoGraphx
• Whip's Turret Based Radar

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Close Salvage bay doors before beginning salvaging The Kipouros is capable of flying in Lunar environments while empty

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