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(VANILLA) [DLC] HMS Howe - Battleship (WATER MOD)

Very Heavy Battleship- HMS Howe. Guided weapons (VLS pack), Torpedoes, Helo Hangar, Drone/Jet Hangar

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KEY FEATURES:
- Designed specifically for Jakaria Watermod
- 2x FWD, 6x Port, 6x Starboard Torpedo Tubes [DUMB]
- 8x VLS Tubes (Aft Of Funnels) [LIDAR]
- 3x Double "Mega" Turrets (VERY Heavy Armoured with Barbettes)
- 8x Dual Heavy Rocket Turrets
- 3D Printing setups for Player-Made Weapons
- Torps auto-grouped to fire from the same buttons each reload
- Helipad Aft with deck-lift to large hangar (with a Wildcat styled helo air-wing)
- Reasonably detailed interior with mess hall, quarters, engineering etc.
- (VERY) Heavy Armoured Hull (INC. Torpedo Bulkheads)
- Max speed of.... Not a lot.
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OPERABILITY:
- RECOMMENDED to Bring ship to a full stop to fire guided munitions (this is to stop them detonating in the tubes)
- The large cannons are fully conveyored and can be replaced if desired
- LIDAR array is the "Complex" model, and features a movable EOD, along with HUD for targeting

Timer blocks used for VLS, Reload/Fire grouped to R_FORWARD (EOD control)

Other weapons (Torps) are controlled via timers - Named with FIRE, and Reload, for each weapon subsystem.

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SURVIVAL READY - Printing of sub-grids will not carry over, however the ship is fully functional & ready for survival use. PLEASE however, make sure you fill the hydrogen tanks or this will sink like a rock. (VERY true for this)

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Inspired heavily by the King George V class battleships, with some aspects of HMS Vanguard mixed in, Howe is a VERY heavy ship intended to be able to take a great deal of punishment & remain a viable artillery platform. Her main guns are colossal in comparison to those used on my Battlecruisers / Cruisers, and protect the valuable innards with thick armour. This ship also makes use of some "heavy" AA turrets, which are, in essence - the main guns from my smaller naval vessels.

While I have kept the main lines of the ship quite close to the KGV class, the arrangement of the main guns differs drastically (the foremost & aft turret have 2 barrels, rather than 4).

I have chosen not to include mines, or depth charges on this ship as it's really not fast enough to gain any real benefit from the extra PCU cost - I have also not fitted Skiffs, as this ship instead has much more support for air vehicles (helicopters, drones, planes... your choice!)

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A more "sensible" PCU friendly battleship is very much in the works, somewhere between the size of this, and the Battlecruiser. Also in the pipeline are smaller ships, (Corvettes, Destroyers, etc)

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