Salmon

Tier 1 Scout, 5250 marks.

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Designed primarily for mining and repair or salvage work in the Cold Caverns, the Salmon class of scout submarine can be seen as a more niche alternative to the Dugong. When compared side-by-side with its price-peer, Salmon have only half the cargo crate storage and lack the additional nose weapons of the Dugong, but make up for that with large ballast tanks and excellent arcs of fire. To aid in its duties scouring the floors of Europa's shallower tunnels, Salmon come equipped with a built-in mineral scanner and a plethora of viewing cameras, making it easy to support and direct away teams. Though nowhere near as popular as the Dugong, and lacking the fabrication systems of the Orca, the reasonable price point and effective features of the Salmon nonetheless make it a decent pick for any captain in the shallows.

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Presenting my first truly original submarine! Everything onboard works as it should, and waypoints are setup for bots, so there shouldn't be any real issues running it.

A few additional points:

• Reactor comes pre-loaded, and there's an automatic battery system to help handle power demands.
• The rear viewing periscope and ventral turret are both positioned to cover the airlock.
• Thanks to the elevated upper turret and the wide arc on the ventral turret, there's only two major blindspots; directly in front of the sub, and hugging the engine exhaust (and, I suppose, wedged directly underneath the upper turret). Your mobility can help deal with anything else.
• All viewing periscopes have their trigger set to toggle their linked searchlight, for... reasons? I just figured it'd make sense.