Bicksborg II
Class: Attack, Tier 3
Price: 48,000 mk
Recommended crew: 5 – 10
Dimensions: 74m x 19m
Cargo capacity: 8 crates (12 including non-mission crate slots)
Max horizontal speed: 18.4 kph (21.8 kph with aux. engine)
Max descent speed: 11.8 kph
Max reactor output: 6,000 kW
Bicksborg II
- 1 heavy hybrid gun (can switch between double-coilgun and railgun modes)
- 1 flak cannon
- 1 coilgun
- 1 turret hardpoint
- 4 discharge coils (long range, high power consumption)
- 1 depth charge launcher
Galdur-C
- 1 chaingun
- 1 discharge coil
- Auto-charge battery mode (recharge rate adapts to grid load and reactor output, and stops at just over 80%; the remainder acts as a surge absorption buffer).
- Silent running mode (suppresses reactor, reduces engine output, and uses battery power for stealth).
- Lammert HTS v2 PF ARC for when the engineer is lazy. Includes ‘turbo’ mode (high performance, high consumption) and overvolting options.
- Ballast draining overrides (drains and cuts power to ballasts, for safe Ballast Flora removal or emergency ascent independent of nav steering).
- Docking controls (individual toggles for each docking port, and ability to select which dock is controlled by nav terminal).
- Sonar shifting (re-centres sonar to the bow for increased forwards view range).
- Switches for engines, guns, searchlights, oxygen generation, and fabrication.
- Periscopes for drone piloting and camera surveillance.
- Large medbay with hospital bed, ample storage, and facilities for medical fabrication and genetic research.
- Fabrication room with linked deconstructor, fabricator and storage, as well as a dedicated item finder.
- Growroom for green-thumbed submariners.
- Mess hall, crew quarters, and cabins for submariners’ comfort. Notable is the luxurious Captain’s cabin, sometimes used by VIPs.
- Secure armoury, restricted to Captain and Security only.
- ‘Experimental containment cell’ for prisoners, unruly passengers, or assistants.
- Artefact room for safe transport of anomalous relics.
Two hulls separated by water-filled void enclose the entire submarine save for the airlocks. Because the flooded void space is not part of the habitable pressure hull, breaches in the outer layer will not lead to any loss in bouyancy. For maintenance, the void may be accessed through small side-doors at each of the airlocks. (Beware: only enter the void while the sub is stationary, or you will get swept and pinned into a wall).
A keel-mounted auxiliary engine can be used to raise the top speed to 21.6 kph when running alongside the main engines. However, this engine is better saved for emergencies only, as it is inefficient, power hungry, and deteriorates 50% more quickly than the main engines. It also takes much longer to repair.
A modified Galdur Scout Pod, Galdur-C is a hybrid drone/shuttle driven by periscope and armed with a chaingun and short-range discharge coil. Openable upper and lower docking hatches mean the drone doesn’t block access through the airlock to which it is docked, and it can be used as a flexible turret stationed at any one of Bicksborg II’s three ports. It can be controlled remotely from Bicksborg II’s command room, or from within Galdur-C itself (wear a diving suit in the drone, as it has no O2 generator).
- To dock/undock, aim the periscope at one of Galdur-C’s docking hatches and double-click. Or use the docking buttons on the wall nearby.
- When undocked, clicking once and holding will move the drone in the direction of your cursor.
- When undocked, double-clicking and holding will fire the chaingun.
If you use the Performance Fix mod, update these settings to ensure that it doesn’t break the drone or any other systems.
Thank you to the following Europans, whose works were used in the design of Bicksborg II:
- Benzin – V-1999 Remastered Mk II
- Kerbarian – Galdur Scout Pod
- Lammert – Automatic Reactor Controller HTS
- Cengaver_ – Advanced Wiring for Batteries
Special thanks to Fraserk and Kashburton for playtesting this submarine, and InitialDesu for reviewing it.
Recommended respawn shuttle for use with this sub: Mephist
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
