[EC] Energia-Buran

Europa Coalition "Energia-Buran"

"I know, I know, you think if it can deal with space vacuum, it could probably deal with our depths as well. But man... From which kind of grave you digged out ancient monster like this? Last time I've heard about Soviet Union was from folks on Krasnaya Moskva, but it's been like twenty years already. And now, you're just dragging this rusty red dinosaur in my subyard? Already turned into some kind of makeshift underwater frankenstein by some madman? Wait... I've seen something like this before. On Adonis Linea. Was a former spaceship too! God damn, people are getting crazier every day...

"Energia-Buran" is a twin brother of a well known "The Nomad".

If these two was separated on the planning phase as blueprints.

One of them, became a well known spaceman, a celebrity and just a famous adventurer. Everybody wanted to serve with hero like him. Your typical NASA type of guy.

And there's the second brother. The Ugly one. The Soviet One. You probably think, how the hell Spaceman connected to the Kosmonavt? Stolen blueprints. If you can't build it, steal it and make it better for your needs. Soviet engineers were good at many things. One of them — Simplicity. Another one — Sturdiness.

All of original installations were scrapped and replaced with something that will not break easily. High-tech electricals — gone. Now only essentials. Three circuit boxes, one battery and simple nuclear reactor running on worst fuel you can probably find. Thousands of buttons? Gone. Only lights and doors now. Lasers? Well, nobody could resist slapping some heavy lasers on hull. Even the Soviets. Oh, and almost forgot. Something called "УДАРНИК". (still present on sub even today) Not sure what is it, but I guess you'll figure it out. Somehow. Or crash into the wall on 200 km/h and die. One of these two.

Proudly named "Энергия-Буран" as homage to the USSR spaceship of XX century, this space junk has been around for a long time. Transported shift-worker groups on space stations. Supressed riots on the same stations later. Spied after it's own NASA brothers circling on orbits. All this before finally finding it final rest near some old long-forgotten outpost after harsh emergency landing.

Specifications:

Type: Medium Recon Submarine Length: 53 meters Height: 9 meters Beam: 20 meters Displacement: 3400 tons.

Propulsion: 1x "Заря" Nuclear reactor. 4000 KW. 1x Steam Turbine of unknown model. 600 HP. 1x "УДАРНИК" Secondary Propulsion System. 1x 2500 kW Battery. 1x 25 MW Supercapacitor.

Speed: With secondary power supply: 25 km/h. (13 knots) Without: 20 km/h. (10 knots) With secondary propulsion system: 220 km/h. (118 knots)

Range: Unlimited.

Endurance: Depends on crew supplies and aggressiveness of local fauna.

Test depth: 2500 meters without hull uprgrades.

Complement: Crew from 1 to 4.

Armament: 2x Chemical Laser System. 1000 KW. 1x Empty armament base.

Internal Facilities: 1x Standard issue fabricator. 1x Standard issue deconstructor. 1x Standard issue medical fabricator. 4x Diving suit storage cabinets. 1x Powered oxygen storage shelf 1x 2-person bed module. 1x 3 person mess hall. (sofa can be used to sleep) 1x Kitchen module with refrigerated storage and electrical stove. 1x WC Standard Issue module. 1x Shower System of unknown model. 1x 10-crate Cargo hold.

**Okay, we're done with basic info, now it's time for more user-manual type information. **

First of all, "УДАРНИК" BREAKER IS VERY CLOSE TO THE NAVTERMINAL. Be careful with it, or you'll just gonna end up being thrown out from windshield if you crash into something. Yeah, just like in Flatout.

Second. DON'T FORGET ABOUT OXYGEN SYSTEM. There's two breakers on the ceiling in cockpit. Upper for oxygen and all fabricators. Lower for reactor shutdown in case of...you know. Anything.

Third. DO NOT STAND NEAR ENGINE BAY WHILE "УДАРНИК" IS CHARGING. Or you'll just end up being electrocuted, thrown out, stunned and god knows what else. There's always be alarm five second before discharge. Watch for it.

And final. THE MORE CHARGE IN CAPACITOR YOU HAVE, THE FASTER YOU'LL GO AFTER DISCHARGE.