[T.N.N.S.F.]- Acorn (Special Force)

Space / Planet Fighter

All enviroment capable Landing / Leaving planet / Planet-side cruise Full Vanilla

Survival Ready. A new generation of single seat spacecraft to replace Owl and Corvus. With upgraded manuverability and NO ion thrusters, meaning much Cheaper Cost!

Tested in default survival settings

Capable of leaving planet with enough ice, atmospheric thrust alone is enough to fly on planet.

This variant is the new Special Force craft for T.N.N.S.F. Security Department.

For the Standard Issue variant, check HERE

**Maximum cargo weight is recommended to be around 15,000 kg** Just keep your total ship weight under 93,000 kg

*Change Log*

2020.06.09 ● Paint renew ● Add 1 Small Battery for easy Jump-start

2018.08.21 ● Add Connector to the bottom

2018.08.21 ● Upload the blueprint

Tips for Landing&Leaving surface

< Landing > Face ship belly towards the ground and your good.

< Leaving surface > Use main dual Hydrogen thruster to leave planet with enough ice.

Total weight is about ~ 78,000 kg with 4 Gyroscopes [table] [tr] [th]PCU[/th] [td]4653[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Blocks[/th] [td]1614[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Power:

1 Large Reactor 1 Small Battery

Weaponry:

2 Gatling Guns 2 Rocket Launchers

Storage:

6 Small Cargo Containers 1 Large Hydrogen Tank 1 Connector

Production:

2 H2/O2 Generators

After the success of Rutile proved the new design philosophy is viable, [url=http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=810020050]T.N.N.S.F. (Tir Na Nog Science Foundation)

[/url] launched a project to build an entire new series of ships, replacing the old ships developed in the past, in hope of building better and more powerful exploration fleets.

With the experience of developing Rutile Militia Variant to serve as frigate in the new fleets, T.N.N.S.F. swiftly came up with a new single seat spacecraft design with the same core technologies.

This new spacecraft successfully achieves better performance and lower production cost than both Owl and Corvus. To symbolize its possibility and coincidental resemblance of its appearance, the new universal fighter is given the name ─ Acorn

This is a new small ship design I made trying to retain the general feel of Rutile. I ended up with two variants I couldn't decide which to choose, so I took them both. They are mostly the same with minor piping and weight difference. It is by far the most manuverable ship I've ever made, tested in default survival settings. It has no ion thrusters, making it cheap and viable for early games and mass production. With enough ice it's more than feasible to leave planet surface, cruise around for a while and get back without problem. On planet with atmosphere, it's capable of flying with hydrogen thrusters turned off, so it's also very suitable as a craft to travel long distances on planet.

p.s. The Skybox is called "Desert Planet" by iLavVex Workshop Link