Bernkastel A44

Description

The A44 Deep Sea Cruiser 'Bernkastel', was originally a transport ship, hauling minerals to the surface. When rebuilt into a concept military vessel, the engineers was able to use the existing loading drones and the pressure resistant hull for her new military purposes. Due to the repurposed hull and a practically unlimited budget, the Bernkastel is the one of a kind flagship of the later A44 models.

Authors Note: Hi again! New inspiration, new submarine... The main focus was supposed to be the drones, but she turned out to be a good all around submarine. Due to my crew being a bit undermanned at times, I tend to create submarines that can be played with few people. The "Multi Periscope" in command even makes it possible to play solo with bots, with varying success of course... If you don't like it when your captain use the guns, blame the captain, not the vessel! Anyways, I consider this to be a late game sub, mostly due to it being very good...
Happy Sailing!

Technical

Class: Deep sea Cruiser Size: 48x12m Cargo capacity: 24 crates Dry Weight: 9.063 metric tons Top Speed: 30km/h Dive speed: -18/+18 Weapons: 4 coilguns 1 Chaingun 1 Railgun 1 empty gun slot 1 depth charge launcher 2 weaponized drones (light guns can safely be swapped)

Features

--Power:-- *Supercapacitor "balance battery" connected to power grid to provide extra sauce and absorb power spikes during high power usage *Large backup battery, diverge power towards critical systems during reactor downtime. (Done manually with switches) *The Oxygen generator can be turned on or off. o2 recharcges in diving suit lockers and o2 shelves only when generator is running! *Emergency lights automatically turns on during low power. (note, blackout due to broken junction box will not trigger emergency ligt. can be turned on manually by turning off interior lights)

--Weapons:-- *Custom Proximity Sonar in the gunnery. Reacts to movement outside the sub in 8 directions. (needs to be activated on button) *Toggleable searchlights around the sub that follows gun movement. *Multi-Periscope in command, having access to all guns around the submarine. Enables the captain to see around the sub and/or help in combat. (Regular gun controls in the gunnery always takes priority if th esame gun is in use at the same time) *Gun lights drain a small amount of power, turn off the lights to charge your guns slightly faster in a pinch. *Drones have different settings and selfdestruct feature, see screenshots.

--Other:-- *Semi-open ballast tanks! Separated from bottom floor by large hatches, combining the easy access of the open tanks with the saftey of closed tanks. *Doors with automatic flood protection. Leave them open, they will close when detecting water. Proximity sensors will override the system if you stand close to the door, so no risk of getting trapped. *Before you ask, the "masts" are only background, they will not get stuck or block the guns.

-----Changelog----- 1.1a (current) Some changes to the drones that were missed at release. *Slightly faster drone guns, to make them less useless. *Better lighting around the drone, so you can see stuff that's close, without the gun light.

1.1 Bugfix *Fixed issue (hopefully) with Drone2 being unable to undock when Drone1 is away. Drone1 might display wrong docking button at times *Bots are now able to open ballast blast doors as intended Thanks to PunchclockHorrors for reporting the issues!

1.0 Initial Release

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Once again, my crew helps me bug test my creations to the big deep and back, bringing you a (hopefully) bug-free experience! Thanks crew! Special thanks to random e-girl whom I forced to make the cool preview image.