EK-R Humpback

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Humpback 'R'-Type

Overhauled Coalition Hull

*"The Humpback class of hulls have been a mainstay of the coalition navy for years, loved by their crews despite the design's age and having seen several attempted 'modernizations' during it's career. However many of these modifications did little to alleviate underlying design issues discovered with the aging hulls or introduced new teething problems as a result.

Originally proposed by an independent naval architecture development house, the purpose of the R-Type Humpback is to overhaul the entire design from the ground up, bringing critical systems up to modern operational standards whilst keeping the underlying design the same. To this purpose: almost all internal electrical & mechanical systems were replaced entirely, and new turret hardpoints fitted to the hull compatible with current coalition standards. Although the cost of equipment & minor hull modifications puts the total price a fair bit higher than your every-day Humpback."*

 "Nothing fancy, it does what it says on the tin..."
-Zubmariner

Role: Attack ( Patrol Vessel ) Tier: 2 Price: 18,000 Mk Recommended Crew: 4 - 8 Size: 49x14m Horizontal Speed: 25 Vertical Speed: -19, 20 Cargo Capacity: 24 Boxes Vessel Strength: Medium Vessel Maintenance: Low / Small-Crew Recommended Difficulty: Medium Recommended Crew Experience: Any

Notable Features:

• Overhauled power grid

• Turret installation hardpoints

• New upper-airlock

• Engineering room

• New medical bay

• Brig

• Docking port power transfer

Weapon Systems:

• x2 Coilgun (Turret-Mount)

• x1 Railgun (Heavy Turret-Mount)

• x2 Empty Hardpoint (Turret-Mount)

• x1 Empty Hardpoint (Heavy Turret-Mount)

Optional: Depth Charge & Discharge Coil variant.

Stock Reactor Trim:
0.0167 - 75

It might just look like a Humpback edit, but actually I just remade the ENTIRE Humpback hull from scratch just using the original as reference measurements because at that point it would have actually been more annoying to go and manually strip-out all of the wiring and decorations from the actual Humpback in order to have a clean slate to start from.

Don't expect more Vanilla sub rebuilds, or guaranteed more subs for that matter. I was just inspired on a whim to try remaking the Humpback in particular since it's a long time community favorite of many among the early retail release vanilla subs, while changing some aspects of the design like it's medbay placement & the lack of hardpoints.

**-with the new DLC announcement, honestly expect releases of submarines to be more infrequent again as I don't have much motivation to invest in this game now.

( Also expect that potential "EK mods remaster" to not happen after all )**