B2 Explorer Dugong
B2 Explorer Dugong reconnaissance submarine has literally every feature required to survive deep dives. Advanced automation allows small crew to effectively maintain boat without much trouble. Compact Selkie ARV (Artifact Recovery Vehicle) mounted on top of the sub. Only vanilla assets.
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Class: Scout
Crew: 4-8
Experience: Veteran
The hull is based on the absolutely beautiful Dugong Mk2-6 Extended Hull by Ninebreaker.
Many features taken from Barotronics by Working Joe.
Weapons
- 3x burst-fire "Torrent" Coilguns (approx. 3-4 times more powerful then standard coilguns)
- Depth Charge Launcher
- Discharge Coil
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Alert System
- 5x Status terminals, duplicating main console and providing 4 types of warnings
- Proximity Alert – hostiles detected outside the sub (including airlock and ARV)
- Hull Breach Alert – water detected inside the sub (except airlock and ARV)
- Intruder Alert – hostiles detected inside the sub (except airlock and ARV)
- Fuel Depletion Alert – depleted fuel rod in the reactor
Control System
- Advanced control console with on-screen parameters
- Shows docking status, battery arrays and capacitor charge, engine and pumps usage
- Complete internal/external/turret lights control
- Engine power control (useful to evade Molochs)
- Pump power control (useful to prevent Ballast Flora from infecting ballast tanks)
- 3x external cameras
Automatic Battery Control (ABC)
- ABC enables Battery Array 1 in case reactor fuel depletion
- ABC shuts down reactor when external power is detected (friendly outpost)
- 2x Battery Arrays (16 KWt each)
- Optional Manual Mode, used to override automatic control or enable Battery Array 2
- Staged Charging – batteries charging in 4 stages, closer to 100% – slower the rate
Airlock with Additional Ballast Tank Mode
- ABT – enables airlock to be used as additional ballast tank for better dive speed
- Filled with outside water before opening, to avoid overpressure hit
- Internal automatic waterlocked door that could be opened manually in case of emergency
- Red/green light status indicator
- 3 additional cargo containers for salvage
Survivability
- Waterlocked automatic internal doors
- O2 controller with a display in each compartment
- 6x internal security cameras
- Restricted-access armory with remote door control
- 8x dive suit lockers with automatic O2 refilling
- Fully-equipped engineering area with Fabricator and Deconstructor
- Fully-equipped medbay with Surgical Table and Medical Fabricator
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- Manual/remote control module
- Burst-fire "Torrent" coilgun
- 2x dive suit lockers with automatic O2 refilling
- Smart O2 Generator – enabled only when O2 level drops below 85%
- Water-filled artifact/cargo airlock
- Complete internal/external lights control
- Systems power control
- Top/bottom cameras
Performance
- ~2900 + ~900 items
- 16 + 6 Shadow Lamps (all can be turned on/off)
Caution!
- Engaging both Battery Arrays at the same time may cause overvoltage!
- Turn off its remote control before piloting the ARV manually
- In case water is detected on any side the waterlocked doors must be opened manually
Known Issues
- AI crewmen getting stuck sometimes
P.S. As the boat was refitted from old Dugong, look for hidden stashes left by previous crew ; )
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