Kydex-GT

(CV Class 2, CPU Tier 4 Unlock Level 25)

Primary roles: Survival CV, crafting, storage, offense, defense, warp, shield, farm, drone hatch.

The Kydex is for XCaliber’s May challenge in which it was in part modeled around one of his older CV’s, the Kydex. I made a lot of changes along the way going for a thinner and smaller version. This is an all around CV with a focus on a lot turrets, 6 Pulse Laser launchers, and a combat steel hull. A choice was made while making this to keep the 6 large thrusters, 2 on the front and 2 on the back and 2 on the bottom. All though it jumps this into the tier 4 range when it could be a tier 3 easily, the choice was based much on feedback showing this on a video. When alpha 12 goes live, I do plan to update the ship and see if I can keep the larger thrusters but have it at tier 3 in which the stat changes may allow this easily. If you want the ship at tier 3 now, removing the 4 large thrusters on the front and back, replacing them each with 4 medium angled thrusters filling in the thruster bay will make this ship a tier 3 but a bit less performance. It does however hurt it on visual sense.

General features

The Kydex comes with a fair amount of survival features. This includes a first and 3rd person secure bridge, 1 Adv. Constructor, 2 small constructors, 3x320K storage, 80K ammo storage, 12 large cargo boxes, 2 fridges, 1 food processor, armor locker, armor repair, T2 shield, warp drive, full medical bay with all specialized equipment, T2 repair bay and console, 18 grow plot farm, WiFi, o2 and dispenser, Drone Hatch, mid sized hangar and landing pad, front ramp access, small crew area, and 2 extra passenger seats.

Offense and Defense

The hull is built with combat armor. It comes with a wide ranges of turrets positioned so most can fire forwards and not be obstructed. This includes one 5×5 artillery turret. It also has 6 pulse laser launchers, a T2 shield, and a secure 3rd person cockpit in the safest part of the ship with re-enforced combat armor floors and ceilings away from the outer hull.

Alt color Schemes

The ship has 3 additional color schemes. The default orange, white, grays theme uses XCaliber’s gen 2 color scheme on the hull. However I made a few alternative schemes as well.

Instructions for using alt color schemes

1. Highlight one of the color schemes below and copy using CTRL C
2. In the game with the color tool selected (color menu open), click on the custom button.
3. Replace or create a new palette (recommended)
4. Click on the paste button to replace all the colors in the palette, then click OK to save palette.
5. Get very close to the creation you would like to re-color, with the color tool, select the palette you just copied and then click apply. This should apply the new colors to the creation.
6. In case you don’t like the new colors or want to switch back, repeat the same process with the default color set also listed below.

Default color scheme (As shown on blueprint picture)

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Blackish color scheme similar to XCaliber’s Gen 3 color scheme:

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Blue color scheme shown in a couple blueprint pictures:

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Military Green color scheme also shown in a couple blueprint pictures:

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Features Summary

1. CV Class 2, CPU tier 4, player unlock level 25
2. Combat armor hull, T2 shield, 1st person and 3rd person secure bridge
3. A wide range of turrets including 1 5×5 artillery
4. 6 Pulse laser launchers
5. 18 grow plot farm, 2 fridges, 1 food processor
6. 3x320K storage, 80K ammo storage, 12 additional large cargo boxes
7. 1 Adv. Constructor, 2 small constructors
8. Full med bay with all extra specific medical equipment
9. Drone Hatch, Wifi, Warp Core, T2 repair bay and console
10. Hangar, landing pad, crew area, front access door, quick access interior layout
11. Armor locker and armor repair, O2 and dispenser
12. Sensor based lights, ramps, and hangar door
13. Alt color schemes
14. Modeled around XCaliber’s original Kydex CV for general shaping, turret layout, and color schemes.
15. Offline Protection

I hope you enjoy!

Please see my workshop or "Military Survival Series" collection. Link at top of this post. Thanks!

5-23-2020 – A did a quick update replacing a storage controller which was supposed to be an ammo controller. No other changes where made.

Modded versions by other authors:

Kydex-GT Reforged by Payden 10/21/2020. Thanks Payden!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2262482141