SuCaCC - VSP - Vespid Support Carrier Crusier

Update 12/8/14 - Added a blast door to the assembly area. The door will automatically open and the blinking exit lights will turn on as you fly a fighter towards it from the assembly bay. It will close once you clear the area.

Update 12/5/14 - The Vespid is now survival ready. The Assembly process is all automatic except for the final grinder stage, this is left manual so you have time to load up the fighter with uranium and enter the cockpit before it is cut off from the large ship. The Assembly is designed to handle both the Mantid fighter and Wasp fighter, and takes about 27 minutes to complete in Survival Realistic settings. The Wasp takes about 5 minutes shorter, and you can abort the process at that time.

HUGE thanks to Judgernaut for his hours of help setting up the timers and sensors for the assembly area!

I have also included enough resources to allow you to build one Mantid or Wasp fighter in Survival.

Mass: 9,617,172 kg Acceleration: 3.19 m/s^2 Hangar Capacity: 6 Weapons: 10 Gatling Guns, 4 Missile Launchers Storage: 9 Large Containers, 20 Small Containers Connectors: 4 Assembly Areas: 1 Refineries: 3 Assemblers: 9 Batteries: 26 External Welders: 4

The Vespid was created to be both a Support Carrier and Mobile Factory. It fulfils the latter role by having everything necessary to refine and assemble materials, project blueprints into its assembly bay, and then weld them together. In this way, a Vespid can continue to supply a Carrier force with new fighters, so long as pilots are available to control them.

As a Support Carrier, the Vespid serves fleets by hosting its own squadron of 6 Wasp Fighters. Although it is not designed for heated combat, the Vespid still has weapons for self-defense, as well as armor in vital areas. It also features several welders below to allow for fighters to fly underneath and get much-needed repairs quickly during combat.

This ship is designed to work with the Wasp Fighter Factory Version Blueprint which can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=350724783

This design was inspired by the Mackinaw from EVE Online

Factory Interfacing Guide ----------------------------------------

There are several controls you need for your console when operating the factory:

1) Projector (On/Off) 2) Group: Welders (On/Off) 3) Group: Grinder (On/Off) 4) Group: End Assembly (Trigger Now)

To operate, ensure that the projector piston is at its minimum extension, activate the projector block and its blueprint, and then turn the welders on. Once the welders are on, the rest of the process is automatic, simply sit back and watch the fighter come together. When the welding stops, the assembly area will be safe to enter. Since the fighter is still attached to the ship at this point, you will be able to drop uranium into the fighter's connector, and uranium will be auto-distributed to the fighter's reactors. Once the fighter has its own power, activate the grinder, enter the cockpit of the fighter, fly out, and enjoy! The factory will auto-reset when you fly out of the assembly area.

*These are the projector offset settings that you need for a Wasp or Mantis Fighter:

1) Horizontal -23 2) Vertical -2 3) Forward -1

*Obviously, different fighters and blueprints will require different offsets.

Mods Used ----------------------------------------------------------- Armor Ramps Catwalks 2.1 DeadTech Mess Hall Pack Door Mod Eikester’s Décor I Eikester’s Décor II Industrial Thrusters Kolt Command Consoles Simple Work Desk

Additional Mods Used (For Wasp and Mantid Fighters) ------------------------------------------------- Armor Thrusters Azimuth Cockpit Maglock Surface Docking Clamps

Additional Mods Used (For Mantid AC4 and BC3) ----------------------------------------------------------- CSD Battlecannon

Additional Mods Used (For Mantid AC4 ) ----------------------------------------------------------- CSD Autocannon

Additional Mods Used (For Wasp) ----------------------------------------------------------- Small Ship Turrets