Sonoran

ship name::Sonoran
Size (W×H×L)	54 m×ship height::9 m×ship length::65 m
Cargo capacity	ship cargo capacity::15 TC
Cargo bay extension	ship cargo extension::15 TC
Maximum speed	ship speed::0.40 LM
Manoeuvrability	Pitch: 1.375 Roll: 2.25 Yaw: 2.25 Thrust: 50
Energy banks	ship energy banks::5,50
Energy recharge rate	Excellent (ship energy recharge::4.5)
Gun mounts	Fore: 1x Rear: 1x
Missile slots	ship missile slots::2
Shield boosters available	ship supports shield booster::Yes
Military shields available	ship supports mil shields::Yes
Hyperspace capable	ship can hyperspace::Yes
OXP or standard	{{#set:ship is standard=OXP}}OXP
Available to player	ship is player flyable::Yes
Base price	ship base price::495,000 Cr

Adds a excellent bounty hunters, hit-men and assassins ship. Player buyable and NPC.

Overview

I'm a big fan of Smivs' Contractor (please think of any similarities as 'homages' rather than 'plagiarisms') but wanted more of a hunter/trader hybrid to look forward to for when my current pilot finally escapes his broke-start adder.

Balancing: I wanted the Sonoran to be a good hunter/trader but also to fit well with the core ships, and so I limited all the stats to be no higher individually than could be found on core ships (e.g. the Asp's top speed of 0.4 LM), and I then tinkered until a realistic_shipyards formula I saw on the Caduceus page produced the same 150,000₢ as a Cobra Mk3:

For more information, check out www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=208118 (2013)

Cargo: 15 TC Energy: 5.5 Recharge Rate: 4.5 Speed: 0.4 LM Pitch: 1.375 Roll: 2.25 Lasers: Front and Aft Missiles: 2 (Price: 495,000₢) (Size: 54 x 9 x 65m)

I priced it at 495000₢ rather than 150000₢ as it effectively became an Asp with a 15 T Cargo bay.

Credits

The Sonoran is entirely the work of Robin, all credits therefore belong to him.

• Robin (original author)

Requirements

Oolite Version 1.79 or higher is required.

Download

The Sonoran could be found on the Expansions Manager or alternatively in the Sonoran OXP on box
The ship is also part of the Random Hits OXP.

License

This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).
To view a copy of this license visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0.

Version History

• Version 1.00 / 2013-09-27 / Robin:

initial release