Arkhangelsk Engineering & Co's Shipyard (New: Kataphrakt-class Mech)

[Arkhanglesk]

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It is the year XXXX in the Trade Station orbiting planet Unyielding under the prosperous rule of the Liuvvu Kingdom, a man was fired from his job as Orbital Lifter due the rise of automated system in such vehicles.

Left with not so large yet not small either pension and his leftover from his small forays into the stock market, he sold all of his assets including his apartment module from the station; all to buy an independent license and a small space asteroid miner drone.

He decided to gamble his life into this new adventure, to explore the vast space beyond the Kingdom's reach and god answered his call with Morgan Freeman's voice, telling him to move his drone forward, backward and all sort of cool things, luck seems to be in his side as he stumbled into a rather large asteroid with a rich iron deposit.....

Thus begin the saga of a man that will be known in the Liuvvu Kingdom and beyond as the man behind the great industrial juggernaut known as the Arkhangelsk Engineering.

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So yeah...Lore aside, this is a collection of ships i made and use on my playthrough, i tend to focus on smaller ships than ultra large behemoths

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Ship List:

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-Viel-class Shuttle

-Groiss Viel-class Freighter

-Mythis-class Frigate

-Elgavan-class Cruiser

-MIRJA-class 'Battleship'

-Veetwo-class Fighters

-Kataphrakt-class Mech

 

(Ships on seperate post, click links^ to see them)

 

[Arkhanglesk]

Name: Viel-class Shuttle

Class: Shuttle _{A very small personal spaceship capable of FTL usually privately owned.}

Subclass: Launcher _{A slang for small spaceship that 'launch' people into their first space venture.}

Optimal Turrets: 1x Mining, 1x Salvage, 1x Armed

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"With great haste he towed the great asteroid to the trade station; his former boss's surprised face told him all that his speed is unprecedented and coincidentally, the Kingdom's shipyard had a shortage of iron for their production.

He have been ready, his studies on ship science combined with his experience as an orbital lifter have allowed him to design a rather humble shuttle for himself, with abit of negotiation he's sure that the Kingdom's Shipyard would be able to build him this shuttle and they wouldnt dare to refuse, not with the amount of iron ores he towed in the face of the King's deadline."

 

Nowadays the Viel-class Shuttle remains a popular choice for your Launcher need or as a low-cost spaceshuttle.

 

 

Viel-class_Shuttle.xml

[Sofa]

Don't I know you from From the Depths?

[Arkhanglesk]

Don't I know you from From the Depths?

Yep, yep you do, i'm Magma8520/Arkhangelsk. The steampunk guy.

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Name: Mythis-Class Frigate

Class: Frigate _{A lightly armed but fast spaceship, known to be the most popular entry-level warship for civilians and pirates alike.}

Subclass: Explorer _{A specialized ship used to venture the unknown space, fast and had good sensors but often fragile}

Optimal Turrets: 1x Mining, 3x Armed

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"To the space and beyond, that was his goal and still is even after getting ambushed by pirates and madmen alike in this vastness of space, he did several Taxi and Delivery request with his little shuttle, alas the little guy arent ready for the vast space, he needed an even faster, even better spaceship, an explorer capable of high speed and good FTL, he got the idea, he got the modules, he only need to contact his 'friend' back in the Kingdom's Shipyard....."

 

The Mythis-class Frigate is a capable high-speed explorer with a very compact design yet good performance to weight ratio, To the space and beyond!

 

Mythis-class_Frigate.xml

[SageThe13th]

Oh, Magma8520.  I've seen you around.  In a strange twist I'm also SageThe13th on the FtD forums.

[Arkhanglesk]

Name: Groiss Viel-class Freighter

Class: Freighter _{A line of inter-system trade transport, medium capacity.}

Subclass: Salvager _{A specialized ship used to salvage various debris threwn across the space.}

Optimal Turrets: 3x Mining/Salvage

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"He hired his first employee today, got the paperwork done and for the first time since his exodus, he relaxed.

When he flew around, he didn't expect to found an unclaimed great asteroid; he lacked the capital to develop it himself so he sold it to the highest bidder, one visit to the shipyard and a lucrative trade route later he became one of the richest trade baron around this area, Life is good."

 

Look no more than the Greater Viel-class Freighter for your transport and trading needs!, Mining, Salvaging, Lifting, the Greater Viel-class Freighter can do all!

NB: If you are an owner of a Viel-class Shuttle, you can convert it to Greater Viel-class Freighter for 60% discount!

 

Groiss_Viel-class_Auxilaries.xml

[Arkhanglesk]

Name: Elgavan-class Cruiser

Class:Cruiser _{A jack of all trade warship, balanced in every area but master of none.}

Subclass: Commandship _{Class of ships that able to function as HQ, typicaly having everything including luxury onboard}

Optimal Turrets: 6x Armed, 1xMining

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"Life is NOT good, Now that he clawed his hand up on the fortune list, someone is not happy, turns out the other company that lost the bid for that asteroid sent headhunters for him, he managed to lost them but there is no way his comfy explorer could fight them on equal term, no....he needed more, maybe a larger ship with more weapons and armor....and a bar, yes that would be great."

 

Today, while the Elgavan-class Cruiser remains a collector piece for it many faults, it is still a solid choice for any up and rising entrepreneur; provided they can afford it ofcourse.

 

Elgavan-class_Cruiser.xml

[capnbubs]

I really like these designs, especially the indented trenchlike parts around the middle

[Arkhanglesk]

I really like these designs, especially the indented trenchlike parts around the middle

 

Thanks  :D , i tried to combine my playthough diary in the form of short narration per my ships too, do you like it?

[Arkhanglesk]

Name: MIRJA-class 'Battleship'

Class: Relic Battleship _{A spaceship classified with ancient era naval classification, effectively a destroyer-class in modern spaceship classification.}

Subclass: Replica _{Spaceships made in the likeness of old atmospheric naval warships}

Optimal Turrets: 9x Armed

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"Remember that shipyard? he bought it; it require a few 'incentives' here and there but he got it and all is good--that is until the Planetary Governor bitched about privatization and made me an ultimatum: make him a unique spaceship to his liking and he'll turn a blind eye or he'll freeze my assets in the name of the kingdon, well fortunately he knew that the gorvernor is a massive historian at heart so what else tickle his heart than a functioning spaceship made in the likeness of an ancient warship?"

 

These days the original MIRJA sits on the Planetary Museum while further reproduction have been continued for the demand in the niche market.

 

MIRJA-class_Replicaship.xml

[Arkhanglesk]

Name: Veetwo-class Fighter

Class: Fighter _{A tiny, fast and cheap but fragile assault spaceship, usually deployed en-masse from Carrier-class spaceship .}

Subclass: Drone _{An automated ship controlled with a limited A.I to perform certain tasks}

Optimal Turrets: 1xArmed

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"Reports of unknown beacons and the ever illusive smugglers came into his desk, their contents are disconcerting but perhaps he could spare a thought for it, with his company being increasingly self-sufficient without much of his input, perhaps its time for him to pursue his original goal, to the vastness of space; and the first step to that goal is thousands of replaceable fighter drones that is capable of combat, small delivery, exploring and much more...perhaps that old history book i used before could be of help, it mentioned a V-2 rocket....."

 

These Veetwo-class Fighters are available to purchase in bulk order or retail, we gave discounts if you purchase in bulk!

 

Veetwo_Fighter.xml

[Arkhanglesk]

Name: Kataphrakt-class Mech

Class: M.E.C.H^{Mechanized Engineering & Conflict Hunter}_{A line of vehicles mostly humanoid in shape, capable of various duties}

Subclass: Gerwalk _{Mech of this class combines the characteristic of fighter jets with walkers.}

Optimal Turrets: 2xMining, 6xArmed (4x on gun, 2x below wings)

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"He received a priority call straight from the Minister of Defence himself, they wanted him to came up with a solution for all terrain-space capable yet also short FTL-capable fighter, You'd think they're trying to make an impossible request to discredit his company, HAH!, he's not that sort of man, they wanted an impossibility? He gave them impossibility: the Kataphrakt; it could fly in atmosphere, traverse any terrain also FTL/space capable and look damn cool at the same time--though saying that, perhaps he should assemble some of these for emergency--oh, and the Minister gave him an entire military-industrial complex to him as the reward, how nice of him."

 

The Kataphrakt is only available for the military and defense industry! All civilian inquiry should be re-directed and denied.

 

Kataphrakt-class_MECH.xml

[Arkhanglesk]

 

-Taskforce Orthrus-

^{The two-headed dog who guarded the land of Erytheia}

A special taskforce on the payroll of Arkhangelsk Engineering to protect its trade caravan and its interests but also hunting a notorious pirate under the alias of Marauder.

This taskforce is created after a tragic loss of a whole trade caravan transporting important steel plates from system A to System B to the vile Marauder and his pirate band.

It consist of:

1x MIRJA-class 'Battleship'.

4x Kataphrakt-class Mech.

8x Veetwo-class Fighter.

However this taskforce is not registered as a legal entity and therefore it is as illegal as the target their hunting, necessitating different color scheme than the rest of the Arkhangelsk Engineering fleets and the pilots of this taskforce swore secrecy until death.

 

[Shieldmate]

Classical battleships definitely have place in this game. The control scheme (the second one) that suits these ships needs a little bit of work to and than it will be even cooler.

Also, have you found your HE spam weapon yet Magma?

[Arkhanglesk]

Classical battleships definitely have place in this game. The control scheme (the second one) that suits these ships needs a little bit of work to and than it will be even cooler.

What control scheme? please explain :O

 

Also, have you found your HE spam weapon yet Magma?

Wat, Koon havent made modular block weapon system yet.

[Shieldmate]

The keyboard mode you switch to with F2. I would like to use it because battleships feel much better like that but it is awful atm.

[SageThe13th]

It didn't take long for someone to make space mecha in this game.  I approve.

[Arkhanglesk]

The keyboard mode you switch to with F2. I would like to use it because battleships feel much better like that but it is awful atm.

 

Huh, i didnt know about that feature, neat.

[EmpireEmpathizer]

Classical battleships definitely have place in this game. The control scheme (the second one) that suits these ships needs a little bit of work to and than it will be even cooler.

Also, have you found your HE spam weapon yet Magma?

 

There is a second control setup? I didn't know that. Does it allow for broadside style combat? I've been putting all my turrets up front and designing large ships like they're scaled up strike craft. I would love to have some fixed side mounted cannons synced up for some devastating bombardments.

[Tsunamik]

yeah, with this control setup, you give up strafing for unhindered turret aiming :)  So you control your ship only by keyboard, and aim your guns independently with mouse, allowing for broadsides or even runaway fire backwards.

 

I had few issues with it - lack of strafing isn´t that bad, but I could not see my aiming cursor in this mode, so targetting stations etc. was very problematic. But I believe that its more likely singular bug for me, than standard behavior

[EmpireEmpathizer]

I'll have to give that a try when I get home tonight, thank you for letting me know! I'll let you know if I get a similar experience aiming. Wht kind of turrets were you using? Or was it with any turret?

[Tsunamik]

I had multiple turrets of different types (lasers, few chainguns, few canons) - I could see individual aiming dots of each turret, but not central aiming cursor (which is the one you need for mouse targetting).