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PHI Mako-Class Gunboat Ausf. F2

SPECIAL TYPE LARGE GRID
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Vanilla + DLC
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Description:

The Mako Gunboat is the workhorse of PHI's littoral fleet, combining firepower, mobility and armour in a relatively small package, albeit at the cost of life support systems.
The defining feature of the F2 model is the 20 cm SK C/78-6, an enhanced version of the six-barreled turrets found on the Graf Spee-class heavy cruisers, now featuring improved firing angles.
Previous models used to carry their own jump drive, cryo chamber and survival kit, but those have been removed to make room for more batteries and hydrogen tanks, increasing the operational time of the Mako and further solidating its role as a littoral craft.
Further changes include slight improvements to the armour scheme and additional thrusters to counteract the added weight from the armour, but most importantly, it has modernized the docking port to the current PHI standard, allowing it to dock with all PHI carriers capable of carrying large grids.

The Mako's role however remains unchanged, as it still provides PHI-equipped fleets with great amounts of firepower at a relatively low cost, and with the modernizations it can finally take part in carrier-deployed wolfpacks of littoral craft.
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Features:

• Survival Ready: conveyors are mostly connected, and the ship has starting equipment and fuel.
  
• Single rotor turret with six rocket launchers.
  
• Underslung small grid gatling array at the front.
  
• Further six interior turrets, and a single gatling turret acting as a desginator for the rotor turret.
  
• Small grid antenna and beacon array.
  
• Great forward acceleration.
  
• Can dock with suitable carriers.
  
• Capable of taking off from any planet at empty load(with a decent runway).
  
• Seats for up to three passengers.
  
• Uses a mix of hydrogen and ion thrusters, with no need to turn thruster damage off.
  
• Cleaned up terminal and hotbars.

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Specifications:

• Blocks - Main Grid: 392
  
• Blocks - With Subgrids: 527
  
• PCU - Main Grid: 3,584
  
• PCU - With Subgrids: 10,607
  
• Mass - Unloaded: 537,796 kg
  
• Airtight: No, the pilot needs to bring oxygen bottles.

Dimensions:

• Length: 52.5 Meters.
  
• Width: 27.5 Meters.
  
• Height: 27.5 Meters.

Usage:

• Role: High-speed Gunboat, Carrier airwing vessel.
  
• Area of Operation: Space, moons, planetary orbit.

Other:

• When trying to take off from a planet, make sure that the ship has a flat runway to take off from.
  
• Simply point the nose up as far as it can whilst on the ground, and then accelerate both upward and forward.
  
• Once you've reached a decent altitude simply point the nose straight up.
  
• While not impossible when at combat load, it is significantly more risky to try and take off from a planet. You have been warned.
  
• A pair of parachutes can help with any planetary landings. Be warned, as the one on the front has to be resupplied manually.
  
• The reactor can be reached from underneath the turret, near the large hydrogen tank.

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Controls:

Toolbar 1:
1: Gatling Camera View.
2: Gatlings.
3: Parachutes Open/Closed.
4: All Turrets On/Off.
5: Designator Turret Control.
6: Turret Welder On/Off
7: Detach Small Grids.
8: Detach Rotor Turret.
9: Antenna On/Off.

Toolbar 2: Docking and energy management.

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Credits:

Scripts used:

• Whip's Turret AI Slaving Script
  
• Whip's Weapon Salvo Script

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Author's Notes:

And that's another ship updated!
She's my favourite design by far, and one of the oldest ones I've made as well.
In fact, the turrets on the Graf Spee were originally built for the Mako.
The reason they use the same turrets is because they share the same inspiration.
Anyways, hope you enjoy!