[T.N.N.S.F.]- Corvus

Space / Planet Patrol Fighter

All enviroment capable Landing / Leaving planet / Planet-side cruise WITHOUT Hydrogen!! Full Vanilla

Survival Ready. Dash in and out of atmosphere anytime, anywhere ! Using only ion and atmospheric thrusters. Powered by Reactor and Battery hybrid, with a Oxygen Tank and intake Airvent for long range mission. Equipped with two Gatling Guns and two Rocket Launchers. Also features decoys in wing tip to distract turrets.

[h1]For latest design with similar function: Badhbh[/h1]

[h1]For oldest design with similar function: Owl[/h1]

**Maximum cargo weight is recommended to be around 3,500 kg** Leaving planet with heavier weight is still possible, though I only test it up to 3,500 kg

*Change Log*

2020.06.06 ● Paint renew

2016.12.18 ● Upload the blueprint

Tips for Landing&Leaving surface

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

< Leaving surface > Face ship tail towards the ground, make sure you are normal to planet surface. Keep the ship at top speed. If you are carrying some weight, the speed will drop after certain height, DON'T PANIC. Keep forward button pressed, speed dropping will slow down and finally start to accelerate again.

*WARNING* Using speed increasing mod will make leaving surface much easier. But at the same time makes landing harder or even fail. Caution is advised.

Total weight is about ~ 68,000 kg with 6 Gyroscopes [table] [tr] [th]PCU[/th] [td]3666[/td] [/tr] [tr] [th]Blocks[/th] [td]972[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Power:

1 Large Reactor 1 Battery

Weaponry:

2 Gatling Guns 2 Rocket Launchers

Storage:

1 Small Cargo Container 1 Oxygen Tank 1 Connector

Production:

NONE

Others:

1 Ore Detector 4 Decoys 1 Air vent

As a science-oriented organization, it's surprising that T.N.N.S.F. (Tir Na Nog Science Foundation) would ever design a fighter. Due to increasing reports of piracy from colonial frontiers, which have no security organizations to provide protection, T.N.N.S.F. started to search for countermeasures on their own. While the Druid and Milesians have enough teeth to defend themselves, they lack the mobility to protect others. T.N.N.S.F. need a fast ship that can go in and out of atmosphere anytime to intercept enemies from all possible directions.

The Owl exploration craft can do just about all the requirements, but its weight limitation and pure battery power makes it almost impossible to equip weapons and do long term patrol mission. Using the same core technology and hull balancing of the Owl, a brand new ship with more power and, surprisingly, more weight tolerance was born.

It's from all perspective a direct upgrade from the Owl, including the production cost. Since the Owl was developed from old abandoned fighter model "the Crow", the new ship is named with the idea to pass on its spirit. When next time pirates strike again, they will face this new warrior ── Corvus.

The prototype of this ship lies in my blueprints for over a year, I started it right after I designed the owl but never finished it. I only made the cockpit area of the ship during that time, after that I labeled the project "shut down" and went away from Space Enginees for a long time. Recently I came back to building ships, after I built Milesians and the Gnome, I use this blueprint prototype to design Aonbarr, you can see the resemblance between them. Finally this ship is complete after over a year, like all other all environment ships it has several other versions during the designing process. There are actually other two variants functional, one has more ion thrusters, one is purely powered by three batteries. The ion one is slightly more maneuverable in space but less so on planet, the battery one is lighter than the standard version but will often power overload, and pure battery limits the travel distance and versatility. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this ship :)

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