Kestros Mk4

Kestros Mk4
Size (metres, W×H×L)	63 × 24 × 57
Cargo capacity	4 TC
Cargo bay extension	15 TC
Maximum speed	0.42 LM
Manoeuvrability	Roll: 2.0 Pitch: 1.0
Energy banks	8
Energy recharge rate	3.0
Gun mounts	Fore, Aft Port, Starboard
Missile slots	4
Shield boosters available	Yes
Military shields available	Yes
Hyperspace capable	Yes
OXP or standard	OXP
Available to player	Yes
Base price	230,000.0 Cr

Koneko Industries is proud to present the Kestros Mk4, the result of a lot of work by the company's CEO and head designer, Ryan Hoots.

The ship can be considered Uber. You have been warned. But it's nothing a competent commander in a decent ship can't handle.

Story

The original Kestros was a failure due to numerous problems, including, but not limited to, propulsion systems that explode "after prolonged use", shields that fail after a few hits, and fuel scoops would not work at all (scooping a cargo pod caused a chain reaction that destroyed the entire ship).

After much work, Koneko Inddustries gave up on the project entirely, saying, "This ship is a nightmare. The only people who we would sell this ship to would be pirates."

After a while, Koneko Industries set out to make the Kestros Mk2, using the only three surviving Kestros prototypes. It had many of the same problems as a result, and could only safely reach .1 LM.

Koneko Industries had at this point spent over a million credits on the project, and were deep in debt. So, they tried a third time, but morale had suffered a hit, and internally, the word Kestros had come to mean failure.

So, Koneko Industries abandoned the project. They then paid off their debt thanks to the successful Koneko Kobra. They then set out to build the Massasauga and the Takina Class.

After those projects were almost done, Koneko Industries CEO Ryan Hoots pushed for the continuation of the Kestros project. A prototype, named Taki, had been built from scratch to test a new engine configuration, and some plasma guns, so Koneko Indusries' best engineers cleaned it up, and started mass-producing it as the Kestros Mk4, which, miraculously, worked. This proved that the furry pink birds were lying when they said that the Lord Giles had put a curse on the Kestros project.

Download

You can download the beta here: http://oolite.ryanhoots.com/koneko-industries/kestros-mk4/KestrosMk4Beta1Dec182011.zip