Katana-HAV-RE2
CV Class 7, Core 7, Unlock Level 25 – Reforged Eden 2 Only
Primary roles: Combat CV, Upgradable, Stripped down Core 7 version, Warp, Shield, Utility
The Katana-Heavy Assault Vessel was built for tough combat in Legacy space or elsewhere. The ship contains many layers of front protection, decoys, and a lot of upgrade potential to take all the way to core 17. It was built for Anvils Legacy space challenge for September. This version is a bare bones core 7 version not including any weapons beyond 20 sentry guns(drone defense) as well as a decoy turret that is not visible.
Stock Features
The Katana-HAV-RE2 comes stock with an advanced warp drive (60 light years), advanced shield, 1st person and 3rd person bridges, 4x320K Ammo bays, full med bay, armor locker, weapon locker, repair station, fridge, crew area, 3 point WiFi, 5 16K storage boxes, gravity generator and detector.
Upgrade options
The Katana-HAV has a lot of upgrade potential. It has locations to add 2 superior cpu cores, 4 auxiliary cores, 4 quantum cores, 2 small or 1 large fusion reactor, 8 heavy weapon launchers, 2 artillery turrets (5×5), 17 standard turrets, 4 large, 6 medium, and 8 small shield parts, teleporter, 2 constructors, long range radar array (5×5), and 2 strafing drive thrusters.
Offense and defense
The hull is built with mainly steel but also some hardened and combat steel with a lot of xeno material packed underneath the hull blocks, especially on the front end of the ship. It was built to take a lot of damage and keep working even if the shields are down mainly for legacy space combat. It is recommend to always try to face you target and back away from battle as opposed to turn around and leave. Also the stock shield HP’s without any additional shield parts is 42212.
On this version being at core 7 stock, it does not come with weapons or additional shield parts, etc. This is meant for a player that would like to get the ship in at a lessor cost and then upgrade and configure it to their liking. However with that being said it still comes with 20 sentry guns (P menu control), and 1 decoy embedded cannon turret.
Features Summary:
1. CV Class 7, Core 7, Unlock 25 – Reforged Eden 2 only
2. Mixed hull materials but mostly steel, a lot of xeno material under hull armor especially on the front end.
3. 4x320K ammo bays
4. Full med bay, armor and weapon locker, repair bay, fridge
5. O2 and dispensers, 3 point WiFi, detector
6. Crew area, loading ramp, landing pad, 1st and 3rd person bridges
7. Locations to add 4 large, 6 medium, and 8 small shield parts
8. Locations to add 2x small fusion reactors or 1 large fusion reactor
9. Locations to add 17 3×3 turrets, 2 5×5 turrets, and 8 heavy launchers
10. Locations to add Long range radar array, teleporter
11. Locations to add 2 superior, 4 auxiliary, and 4 quantum cores
12. locations to add 2x strafing drive thrusters
13. Locations to add 2 constructors/deconstructors.
14. 5 16K cargo boxes
15. Part placement info LCDs (P menu option)
I hope you enjoy!
Special thanks to Artemis Rouge for doing some combat testing on a previous version of the ship. Thank you Artemis! I was given many recommendations after this testing and I tried to do most of them. I did delay the release of the ship for several days working out areas better, fixing issues, and making a number of changes.
I am planning on a linked unlisted version of the ship that comes better equipped at a higher CPU core level but I haven’t really made up my mind what it should come with yet as I want players to select there own weapon and shield setup which is also dependent on how many expensive cores they can add. 🙂
More to note, you must remove info LCD’s to place parts. The long range radar array replaces the detector on the back of the CV. Core 17 is not enough CPU to give the ship every possible upgrade. You will still have to be a bit selective finding a balance on shields, weapons, etc.
