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PaDD - ROO - Rook Patrol Destroyer

Mass: 4,649,972 kg
Acceleration: 3.12 m/s^2
Weapons: 2 Battlecannon Turrets, 4 Autocannon Turrets, 6 Gatling Guns, 5 Missile Turrets, 12 Anti-Missile System
Ammunition Storage: 36 Small Containers
Airlocks: 2
Connectors: 2
Crew: 17

The Rook was created to be a basic defense ship for stations and facilities. It was therefore designed to have heavy armor in all directions, giving it a decent amount of durability, but its main defensive ability comes in its offensive firepower. Its battlecannons are able to deter most threats from a distance, while autocannons and turrets can deal with any enemies that close in further.

Outside of combat, the Rook operates as a host ship for Moa Utility transports, guarding them and the mining operations that they supply. The ship is entirely battery powered, with several small reactors which it uses as emergency power, or even can be used to recharge the batteries.

***This ship is designed to be part of a series which i am calling the "Home Fleet" - these ships have gold trim to identify them, and are designed primarily to be short range craft dedicated to the defense of station and facilities. Therefore, they will often be completely or mostly battery powered, heavily armored (rather than a focus on speed and maneuverability), typically heavily armed, and also incorporate several support elements to aid facilities, such as docking and resupply functions. Also, since home fleet ships are made to operate deep within Phoenix space, they are designed to take more raw materials (using refineries and assemblers) from mining facilities rather than the fully refined ammunition and supplies that are available as standard on the field.***

Controlling the Turrets --------------------------------------------------

At the pilot console, you can turn all autocannons and all battlecannons off. This is important to do as it will prevent friendly fire from turrets that are not being manned at the time of firing. Remember that when firing a weapon, all of that weapon type on the ship are fired simultaneously, regardless of whether a turret is being operated or not. Therefore, for example. to avoid friendly fire when operating the forward autocannon turret, make sure that you turn all other autocannons off. Otherwise, the rear autoturret cannon is going to blow up the forward one which you are manning.

Each Turret operates off of rotor velocity controls (as seen in the screenshots). You can use the X-Axis rotor to turn the turret to the left or right, and reset velocity to stop the movement. The Y-Axis rotor is used to point the gun upwards or down, and reset velocity again can be used to stop the movement. Each turret has the control to turn the specific weapon (whether it be battlecannon or autocannon) on or off, and then of course the control to fire the turret's weapon.

Mods Used -----------------------------------------------

Armor Ramps
Armor Thrusters
Catwalks 2.1
CSD Autocannon
CSD Battlecannon
DeadTech Mess Hall Pack
Docking Ring
Eikester’s Décor I
Eikester’s Décor II
Industrial Thrusters
Kolt Command Consoles

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