A-9 Pinchgut

Upon purchasing the manufacturing and development rights for the Armadillo transport submarines, Cooper & Co. Conglomerate began modifying their newly acquired fleet to expand business opportunities during the Coalition-Separatist conflict. One such avenue to grow financially was by converting the Armadillo 7 and 8 Series into a vessel capable of securely holding and transferring convicts and POWs between both sides of the Europan power struggle. The result... The Armadillo 9 Series.

Shortened to A-9 and nicknamed the "Pinchgut," this submarine has seen various conversions to allow for missions involving bandit pacification, detaining of hostile submarine crews and transporting of convicts between feuding outposts. While armed with a varied and powerful arsenal and having lots of storage space, a committed crew is needed to outweigh the A-9's flaws such as its low manoeuvrability, hungry reactor and vulnerable brig.

MODIFICATIONS:

• Detachable 8-cell brig [Powered via the main sub until detached. Exit is guarded by a manned ceiling-mounted chaingun.]

• Interrogation room [A secure room to extract information from captors or for when the journey gets boring.]

• Expanded Armoury

• Fool's Fall Pool™ [A deep water-filled ballast in the Topside Airlock to reduce the frequency of injuries incurred by falling from outpost ladders.]

• Infirmary [Stowage A has been renovated into an Infirmary to keep the crew and prisoners alive for long journeys.]

• Increased weaponry [Alongside the existing pulse lasers, double coil gun and discharge coils, a flak cannon and extra coil gun have been added.]

• Lockdown and Alarm buttons [Lockdown restricts access to Electrical/Engineering & Central access. Alarm system added for emergencies.]

EXISTING FEATURES FROM PREVIOUS 7 & 8 SERIES:

• Crew quarters & Bar [R&R, GENUINE bunk beds and storages for each occupation.]

• Ease of movement [Convenient diving suit locker locations, room labels and a horizontally friendly layout to aid new crew members.]

• Two engines [What the A-9 lacks in vertical movement speed it makes up for in horizontal speed thanks to two engines.]

• Sabotage-Safe Reactor

• Battery array [Extra power that is to be used in tandem with the reactor when times get desperate due to the sub's high power consumption.]

• Carry capacity [While specified as a prisoner submarine, the A-9 still retains three unit load devices and smaller methods for storing supplies.]

(NOTES: Stay limp when falling into the Fool's Fall Pool™ for the best results. Cooper & Co. Conglomerates' Retrofitting is not liable for the deaths of unconscious personnel/captors that drown/bleed to death in the Fool's Fall Pool™. As the captain, be sure all security officers are playing By the Book to earn the crew extra Marks for any captors they manage to imprison in the brig during their journey. Special shout-out to the creators of Cat Propaganda Banner Override mod, I don't take my submarine deep into Europa without my cat posters. Thank you fellow members from the Dead Space Necroposting™ Discord server for the fond memories and memes we've had in our previous Baro sessions... Let's continue the journey in a NEW sub now!)

Safe travels!

From Brody Cooper. CEO of Cooper & Co. Conglomerate.