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(BS) Svalinn-class Multirole Frigate (modless)

The Svalinn-class Multirole Frigate is a large grid warship by Black Sail, designed to fulfil many roles ranging from ship-to-ship combat over anti-fighter escort to the resupply and deployment of fighters and ground vehicles. For these tasks, ships of this class are outfitted with multiple connector ports and are armed with a versatile array of 25mm gatling turrets, as well as multiple small calibre Point Defense Weaponry turrets. The ship is fully vanilla, uses NO DLC content and is survival ready.

A thing that we often see in pirate media is the hijacking of enemy ships to steal the transported cargo, but also to capture the crafts and use them for pirate trips. For this tasks pirates often modify these ships, so they are better suited for their new life as pirate vessel or privateer. And this is exactly what I have done with a TEF Artemis-class corvette. I wanted to keep parts of the original, but I also wanted to make it unique. My solution: engine nacelles!

• Survival-ready- The crafts spaceframe features pressurized rooms, airlocks, cargo- and oxygen-storage, production facilities and is fully conveyor-linked.
  
• Ventral Rover Bay- To deploy rovers and other wheeled vehicles, the Svalinn has a ventral connector port retractable into the ships lower hull.
  
• Docking Ports- The Svalinn’s four engine nacelles feature four connector ports (one on each), allowing to dock utility and support crafts on them. The ventral nacelles are accessible, giving the crew the ability to maintain or repair the docked ships.
  
• Interplanetary capabilities- The ship has enough thrusters to counter natural gravity fields up to 1.00G and safely leave them, giving it the ability to fly in the atmosphere of almost every planet.
  
• Emergency Cockpit- In case the Bridge suffers severe damage the Svalinn can be controlled from an emergency cockpit situated in a less exposed compartment.
  
• Repair System- Multiple repair welders at the turrets and rocket launchers further improves the ship’s ability of withstanding enemy fire while keeping its primary weapon systems online.

Originally captured TEF Artemis-class corvettes which were extensively refitted by Black Sail, the “new” Svalinn-class features more powerful propulsion systems, additional weapons and multiple new docking facilities to be better suited for their new career as support vessel in the ranks of Black Sail.

With a dry mass of 3100 metric tons, the Svalinn is much heavier than the original Artemis even with the removal of most heavy armour plating to reduce its weight and maintain the ship’s ability to enter the atmosphere of a planet. Due to the higher weight, larger dimensions and most importantly stronger weaponry the vessels were now classified as frigates.

The four new engine nacelles providing the Svalinn with up to 28,8 MN of thrust, which results in good acceleration, while the 18 gyroscopes giving the ship a manoeuvrability similar to other frigates.

What makes the Svalinn unique is not the grinning bow decoration, it is the ventral rover bay, which not only allows the frigate to deploy wheeled ground vehicles via orbital drop or a planetary landing, but also to pick them up with its piston mounted connector. The bay can be accessed by the ventral airlock. Additionally, the Svalinn’s engine nacelles feature connector ports allowing the ship to carry support crafts or its own fighter complement. The ventral nacelles are accessible giving the crew the ability to repair and maintain the docked ships.

Besides that, the armament of the Svalinn is very versatile consisting out of six bow-facing sequenced 200mm rocket launchers, twelve 25mm gatling turrets, two 200mm rocket launcher turrets and twenty-eight 5,25mm Point Defense Cannons making the ship very deadly when used against small grid ships, but also quite capable at crippling larger vessels.

Svalinn-class frigates were often used in larger Black Sail fleets to protect other large grid vessels from attacks by small fighter craft. From the second line, they can support the better armoured warships with missile barrages, while ripping every fighter apart with a rain of 25mm bullets. Besides serving as an anti-fighter escort, ships of these class also play important roles as mobile resupply posts, drone control ships, vehicle dropships, reconnaissance vessels and explorers.

I hope you like the new addition to the faction. Would you like more ships like this? Do you have any constructive criticism? Write it in the comments!

The ships programmable blocks are loaded with these scripts:
SIMPL | Ship Integrity Monitoring Program Lite by Whiplash 141
Whip’s Auto Door and Airlock Script by Whiplash 141
Whip's Artificial Horizon Redux by Whiplash 141
Whip's Turret Based Radar by Whiplash 141
Whip's Weapon Salvo Script also by Whiplash 141
Automatic LCDs 2 by MMaster
Thank you for your awesome scripts!

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