O.B.F. Blue Serenity

CONTEXT

The year is 1994, Bismarck Industries has been tapping into cargo transportation for the past 5 years but has a problem, their 3 cargo carriers are too slow to get their load's to their destination in a reasonable amount of time so they go to the drawing board, for 6 years they experiment with prototypes and designs, the Serenity class cargo ship is the result, a small, fast, reliable little cargo ship designed to operate in a fleet of between 2-4, the Blue Serenity in particular being the highest rated ship of the entire class. She boasts an I-2 Reciprocating steam engine giving her up to 12-20 knots, Seeing this success and wanting to tap into the freighter industry the company Blue Industries bought the Blue Serenity to assist in their efforts, painting her with her iconic faded blue. However due to an accident involving her sister ship the "Red Serenity" in which her engine exploded resulting in the ship capsizing, the reliability of the ships was called into question leading to 3 other ships in the class to be decommissioned and scrapped, with 2, including the Blue Serenity, remaining in service in the Ocean Breeze freighter fleet to this day and scheduled for decommissioning in 2026.

Controls/Startup sequence

To start the ship go down to the engine control room and enable the button on the control station, go up to the bridge and press E for forward throttle and Q for reverse throttle, your speed is measured in knots (basically just MPH) on the central speed gauge, your throttle percent is measured on a gauge under the throttle lever, the wheel turns your rudder to port/starboard. The ship starts to move at around 40-50% throttle.

Words from Bismarck096

This is was project built by me and a good friend of mine U.S.S. Laffey DD-724, she is an experimental ship designed to be button driven instead of driven using a seat, she is also the first ship of the fleet to include a full hull interior as well as a non engine based propulsion, originally this was going to be a private build till Laffey came along and saved me from the annoying task of building a button driving system, he as well saved me from the continuing embarrassment of crummy furnishing so i would like to thank him for that.

Words from U.S.S. Laffey DD-724

This Was pretty fun to work on. Bismarck made the ship and most of the interior layout while I worked on furnishing and systems. Fair Warning, do not stand on the smoke stack while the engine is running, it tends to burn a bit.

Auxiliary

This ship took about a week of work. The full interior includes 7 Crew Quarters, 2 Bathrooms, 1 VIP Room, a Captains Quarters, The Lounge, The Bridge, A Radio Room, The Kitchen, The Mess Hall, The Engine Room, The Engine Control Room, The Cargo Hold, and several maze like corridors. Great for any roleplay you may have. The ship has good rudder authority and a pretty tight turning radius for a cargo ship. One problem with this ship is that it is prone to flipping if a lagspike hits. There is a large gold block in the hull of the ship to help with this, though it isn't perfect.

DO NOT RE-UPLOAD

Anyways, enjoy!