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EHI ARV-150 Purveyance Atmospheric Mobile Refinery (DISCONTINUED)

NO MODS | DLC REQUIRED | SCRIPTS | MINOR SUBGRIDS | SURVIVAL READY



HUD ID: (ARV-150)
Hull symbol: AGRV

THIS ITEM IS BEING DISCONTINUED. It will not receive further updates.




Owing its heritage to the SRV-75C Acteon Mobile Refinery, the ARV-150 Purveyance utilizes much of the same internal structure and layout. Although this saved some pain during the early stages of development, keeping size down while floating the weight of a full-scale refinery proved to be a significant challenge for EHI's design team.

That said, EHI is pleased to offer the ARV-150 Purveyance as its premier solution for mobile planetary mining operations. Designed to support a crew of up to 8, the Purveyance is highly self-sufficient and capable across a wide range of environments. Ore loading, processing, and unloading is nearly completely automated, handled by an intricate self-sorting system.

The Purveyance is designed to operate in conjunction with up to six EHI D-120-A Worker Bee Light Excavation Craft. However, it is fully capable of supporting other similar bottom-loading mining vehicles. Additionally, the Purveyance is reasonably well armed (although lightly armored) against attackers.





Role: Atmospheric Mobile Refinery
Crew: 8
Mass: 3,123,342 (Dry)
Blocks: 4,234
PCU: 32,719

Advanced Refineries: 6
Basic Refineries: 8
Large Reactors: 1
Hydrogen Engines: 12
O2/H2 Generators: 8
Oxygen Tanks: 4
Hydrogen Tanks: 5 Large, 6 Small
Dedicated Ore Storage: 6 large cargo containers
Dedicated Ingot Storage: 6 large cargo containers
Dedicated Ship's Inventory: 6 Small cargo containers

14x 5.56mm anti-personnel machine gun turrets. (9 internal, 5 external)
6x 25mm rotary autocannon turrets.

• Survival Ready.
  
• Ore is automatically siphoned into storage from any ship that docks to the connectors on the aft landing deck.
  
• Ingots are automatically siphoned into storage from the refineries.
  
• There are retractable unloading tubes port, starboard, and ventral towards the fore end.
  
• Standard docking collars are located towards the fore end, port and starboard.
  
• Very well defended against boarding parties and light aircraft.
  
• All critical equipment is accessible for easy maintenance.
  
• A projector is installed to assist with repairs.
  
• Hydrogen thrusters can be toggled on to assist the ship with maintaining lift while under load.
  
• Self-stabilizing in flight.
  
• Designed for use with up to six EHI D-120-A Worker Bee Light Excavation Craft

Whip's Auto Door and Airlock Script
Automatic LCDs 2
Gravity Aligner
Whip's Turret Based Radar
[PAM] Path Auto Miner | Autonomous mining and grinding script by Keks


THE ARV-150 COMES SHIPPED WITH THE ALIGNER TURNED OFF.
The aligner script is toggleable via page 2 of the helm console. (Run with argument "Go" to start the aligner, run with argument "Stop" to turn it off.)

The Sorter Reactor Fuel Bypass allows for uranium to flow to the ship's reactors. The Sorter Ice Bypass allows ice to flow to the O2/H2 generators. These can be shut off when necessary. The Sorter Unload Ice From Cargo allows Ice stored in the Ore cargo containers to be unloaded. In addition the Connector Ship Resupply allows for ammo, tools, and other ship's stores to be freely loaded/unloaded directly into the ship's inventory. It is important to note that while airborne if mining ships are docked to the aft end, current issues with SE physics will cause the ship to begin to slowly pitch up, or drift down. This is easily manageable with a pilot in the seat during docking operations.


Author's Note:
This ships has subgrids that consist only of individual connector blocks attached to the end of the docking pistons. This ship can still be easily built via projector.

This ship is intended for teams of 3-4 to be able to expedition far from their base in search of whatever minerals they're missing. As a side note, I noticed in playtesting that boarding actions with this ship are actually really fun due to looping corridors and multiple points of entry.

ALSO, the aligner script can get buggy if you leave it turned on after landing, and sometimes requires being turned off and on again after re-loading a save. Be wary of this before you fly.

Please comment if something isn't working, or if you have a suggested tweak or improvement. -Enjoy!