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'Sandbag' Forward Defense Turret
   
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Type: Blueprint
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14 Jun, 2018 @ 5:20pm
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'Sandbag' Forward Defense Turret

Description


The Sandbag

The sandbag is a cheap, light and easily deployable turret designed for placement around areas of interest until more permanent defenses can be built. It is a completely vanilla build.

It comes prefitted with a single gatling turret for engagement of light drones, 4 decoys to extend survivability during engagements and parachutes for dropping into hostile territory.

With a battery and solar panel it will run out of ammunition long before it runs out of power.


    Additional features:
  • remote on/off turret control via a transmitter script for when you're picking up salvage
  • remote parachute control, landing gear control and antenna broadcast on/off switch
  • antenna starts with broadcast in off position to prevent HUD clutter
  • survival tested against enemy drones
  • low profile makes for simple printing
  • all light armor for minimising costs

    Recommended use:
  • deploy in large groups for maximum effect
  • avoid low altitude placement as turret range is limited to 600m
20 Comments
Dots 4 Jul @ 1:09am 
can anyone come up with a sandbag solution that is meant for space? Because this is only good if you are on a planet..
Xaver 19 Jul, 2020 @ 2:46pm 
@kandrinchae: I forged the original script (with approval from Remaar), it support the new IGC system and is therefore much more cpu frendly than the original script.
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1837244574
kandrinchae 1 May, 2020 @ 6:54am 
well thats too bad... thanks for the fast response
Splitsie  [author] 30 Apr, 2020 @ 7:21pm 
It's not my script and I think it's likely to remain broken as the way it worked is no longer present in the game as far as I understand it :(
kandrinchae 30 Apr, 2020 @ 6:38pm 
Greetings Splitsie!
Any chance of upgrading the communications script? I think the last few updates killed it.....
Caffinator 30 Jul, 2019 @ 8:39am 
Hey Splitsie! Love your builds man! I was hoping you could maybe post your ChickenHawk blueprint for those of us too lazy to design our own atmo-fighter-drones? Cya!
Fr_00Alph 2 Jul, 2019 @ 1:05am 
Works like a charm ! I reccomend for people willing to try it to set up your sandbags early in the day so your battery has time to charge up for the night !
starlitpixy 3 Jun, 2019 @ 11:56am 
Love the cost effectiveness of the build, and the range of deployment options!:steamhappy:
Zerenta 2 Jun, 2019 @ 5:52am 
pls comment what u think
Zerenta 2 Jun, 2019 @ 5:45am 
splitsie look at comment below