Lokintale

The Lokintale is a rare sight to behold for most Europan sub-spotters. This is owing in part to the type’s short production run, which ended due to difficulty fabricating the specialised hull plates, and high manufacturing costs generating a net loss for the AIC. But the Lokintale’s elusiveness is also largely thanks to the kind of crews it always seems to attract: brazen explorers headed off to the farthest [strike]uninhabited [/strike][i]unpeopled[/i] reaches of the moon, in search of the next great discovery. Among those who return, there are many renowned adventurers who now refuse to set sail in anything but a Lokintale. The only problem is, we’ll never know what can be said of the sub by the vast majority who’ve never been seen again.

** Specifications **

Class: ** Scout, Tier 2 ** Price: ** 18,000 mk ** Recommended crew: ** 3 - 5 ** Dimensions: ** 33 x 11 m ** Cargo capacity: ** 4 crates ** Fabrication: ** Fabricator, Deconstructor, Medical Fabricator ** Max horizontal speed: ** 25.7 kph ** Max descent speed: ** 15.7 kph ** Max reactor output: ** 3,500 kW **

Armament

• ** 1 chaingun **

• ** 2 double coilguns **

• ** 2 discharge coils ** (auto optional)

** Features **

Fully-fitted helm

The Lokintale command room has all the bells and whistles a captain could want: an anunciator panel with a range of warning lights, a fuel and battery level display, a small foghorn, and a terminal for using long-range comms and the ship’s console (see below). All of this, plus the captain gets an excellent view of Europa's wildlife through the patented CyclopeanShield™ round window (we promise, it's 3.6 times stronger than standard glass – in theory, at least).

Engineer and captain’s terminals

The engineer’s terminal in the reactor room grants access to the system console. Here, commands can be entered to control various electrical systems around the sub:

• Turn batteries on or off

• Set recharge rates for batteries and supercapacitors

• Set the engine limiter

• Shut down the reactor

• Rig for silent running (enables batteries, suppresses reactor, limits engine)

• Set docking ports to import or export power

• Connect or disconnect docking ports with the navigation terminal

• Draw charge from the drone to power the submarine

• Switch between automatic or manual discharge coils

• Adjust the amount of power supplied to the oxygen generator

The captain’s terminal is two systems rolled into one, as its button allows switching between the console and sub-to-sub comms. In console mode (purple text), the terminal offers identical functionality to the engineer’s one. In comms mode (green text), it uses an ultra long-range wifi component to send and receive transmissions from distant subs. Channel 713 is used by default, enabling Lokintale to communicate with other AIC subs, including the Mephist shuttle.

Sootsprite-B drone

Courtesy of Goyu's shipyard, who authorised their robotic helper for the AIC’s use, the Lokintale now comes equipped with a modified Sootsprite-B exploration drone sporting a searchlight and 12 slots for items. This periscope-driven drone is nimble and small enough to assist dive teams deep inside Europa’s narrow cave systems, but it is fragile and has no onboard defence systems.

Sootsprite-B can be controlled using the periscope in Amidships or the one at the forward end of the Command Room. Double-click while operating either periscope to switch between onboard searchlights and drone control.

** Credits & thanks **

• Credit for the design of the Sootsprite-B drone belongs to Chief Mutineer Goyu, who let me reuse their original Soot Sprite Live design for the Lokintale’s resident robot.

• The shape and colour of Lokintale’s hull loosely resembles Atomos Shipyards’ M-003A ‘Slog’. Perhaps the design rubbed off on the engineers while Atomos were building some of their early legacy slogs at the AIC? No-one knows for sure.

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Recommended respawn shuttle for use with this sub: Mephist