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Starbase Ships by EGOTech
Tugger
v2.0.1
The Tugger is a small tug ship with enough power generation to tow a ship of up to 7,500,000kg at up to 50m/s. The pilot seat can be spun to face the back, looking out the back window for ease of locking on ships using the back facing tow beam.
Features
- Back facing tow beam for towing ships, with a towing capacity of 7,500,000kg
- Spinning pilot chair to view out the back of the ship through generous sized back window
- Standard Cruise function
- Turtle and Sloth functions with adjustable rates
- Transponder system with ping function
- One resource bridge
- Auto generator rate script with adjustable minimum rate
- Button to automatically adjust the minimum generator rate according to towed mass
- 24 T2 generators (with 48 T1 enhancers) with eight T2 fuel chambers and 16 spare rods on racks
- Radiators and heat sink that provide more than adequate cooling
- Six medium tanks with 24,000,000 units of propellant
- Propellant time and fuel time panels
- 144 batteries
- 38 T2 triangle thrusters providing forward thrust
- 16 T2 maneuver thrusters providing braking thrust
- 32 T2 maneuver thrusters
- Compass System by Firestar99
- Speedometer
- Timer panel
- Odometer panel
- Top speed of 140 m/s while not towing
Videos
Starbase - Community Ship Showcase - The Tugger by "Egomaniac" - New "Towing mechanic"
Channel: Krawll UnchainedBuild Cost
Material Cost
| Material | Volume (kv) | Stacks | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Aegisium Ore | 23,880 | 13.8 |
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Ajatite Ore | 8,466 | 4.9 |
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Arkanium Ore | 785 | 0.5 |
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Bastium Ore | 62,410 | 36.1 |
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Charodium Ore | 45,099 | 26.1 |
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Exorium Ore | 7,649 | 4.4 |
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Glass | 5,287 | 3.1 |
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Ice | 24,000 | 13.9 |
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Karnite Crystal | 3,190 | 1.8 |
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Kutonium Ore | 710 | 0.4 |
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Nhurgite Crystal | 98,058 | 56.7 |
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Vokarium Ore | 53,221 | 30.8 |
| Total ore | 332,754 | 192.6 |
Credits Cost
| Credits | |
|---|---|
| Assembly | 142,962 |
| Manufacturing | 286,471 |
| Total | 429,433 |
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All Blueprints
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| v2.0.1 |
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| v2.0.0 |
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| v1.0.0 |
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Usage
To enter the ship, there is a button for Canopy on top of the ship. Button for Canopy are available in the pilot left side console and above the pilot seat.
Flying the Ship
The left lever on the center console controls backwards thrust (braking) and the right lever controls forward thrust.
| Interface | Function |
|---|---|
ForwardThrust |
Current forward thrust, maximum of 10,000 units |
Speed |
Current speed in metres per second. |
Distance |
Activates forward rangefinder, with Distance showing distance to object. |
Cruise |
Activates cruise control, forward thrust will not reset to zero unless turned down. |
Aim |
Reduces the response time of key presses for pitch and yaw. |
Turtle |
Activates turtle mode which sets forward thrust to a maximum limit of TurtleRate of full thrust. |
Sloth |
(Right Console) Activates the low sensitvity mode of pitch and yaw by limiting thrust. Use the Sensitivity switch to set the maximum thrust rate of sloth mode. |
Transponder Toggle & Ping |
Transponder controls, Toggle turns on and off ship transponder while Ping will activate transponder for three seconds |
POS, k & Target |
See Compass System for more information. Target shows current target destination. |
Tow Status, Tow Mass, Tow & Auto Gen |
Towing controls, see Towing ships. |
Timer |
See Timer. |
Odometer |
See Odometer. |
SafeZone |
Whether current location is in the safe zone. |
StrengthFactor |
Current strength of ship. May fluctuate as ore crates are filled. Anything below 1.0 means ship is damaged. |
Canopy |
Open and closes the cockpit glass canopy. |
Chair |
Spins the pilot chair between forward facing and backwards facing. |
NOTE: For safety, firing full braking thrust will deactivate Cruise.
Managing Power
| Interface | Function |
|---|---|
Battery |
Shows current battery charge of the batteries, maximum of 10,000 units. |
Generator |
Current generator rate, maximum of 100%. |
Min Generator Limit & Min Gen |
Toggle and sets minimum generator rate. |
Fuel Rod 1 to Fuel Rod 6 |
Fuel remaining on fuel rods in individual fuel chambers, maximum of 300,000 units for each. |
Shutdown |
Turns off fuel chambers. |
HeatTransferRate |
Current heat transfer rate of the heat sinks, maximum of 100%. |
StoredHeat |
Current stored heat in the heat sinks, maximum of 15,000 units. |
Propellant |
Total propellant remaining in propellant tanks, maximum of 24,000,000 units. |
PropTime |
Time and distance remaining of propellant based on current usage. Distance is calculated from speed. |
FuelTime |
Time and distance remaining of fuel based on current usage. Distance is calculated from speed. |
WithBackup |
Same as FuelTime but takes into account backup rods available. Use the switch for Backup Rods to set the number of backup rods available. As standard there are 12 extra rods. |
By default the generator will only run and ramp up when the batteries need charging so there is minimum management needed. But you can set a minimum generate rate by setting the Min Generator Limit value using the switch for the minimum rate and turning on Min Gen.
Shutdown will turn off the fuel chambers.
Towing Ships
| Interface | Function |
|---|---|
Tow Status |
Status of tow beam, 0 is off, 1 is on and 2 is locked on. |
Tow Mass |
Mass of locked on ship, in kilograms. |
Tow |
Activates the tow beam. |
Auto Gen |
Activates Min Gen with Min Generator Rate according to Tow Mass. |
BackRange & Back Distance |
Activates the back facing rangefinders and displays the distance. |
The tow beam faces out the back of the ship so position the Tugger in front of, with the back facing the ship you wish to tow. Spin the Chair around to look out the back window and activate Tow to turn on the tow beam. Once the tow beam is locked on the ship, the Tow Status will be 2 and the mass of the locked ship will be shown as Tow Mass in kilograms.
Activate Auto Gen which will then turn on Min Gen with a Min Generator Rate based off the Tow Mass. Wait till the generators reach the targeted rate before flying off.
The Tugger has enough power generation to tow a ship of a mass of up to 7.5ktons or 7,500,000 kilograms. For large ships, it is recommended to turn on Min Gen to ramp up the generator before locking on and then activating Auto Gen once locked on to adjust the Min Generator Rate accordingly.
NOTE: Remember to turn off Min Gen after towing to save on fuel.
Other Stuff
Timer
On the pilot left console there is a Timer panel which acts as a timer. It will run when the ship is active and show total time in years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. To reset the timer, use your universal tool (U key) and clear the value of the Timer field.
Odometer
On the pilot left console there is a Odometer panel which will keep track of the ship's estimated flight distance based on speed. To reset the trip odometer, use your universal tool (U key) and clear the value of the Odometer field.
Frequently Asked Questions
Links
Changelog
v2.0.1 (Current) - 29/12/2022
- Added Discord link to help chip
- Added cruise safety chip
- Removed redundant speedometer chip
- Added EGOTech logo decal
v2.0.0 - 25/05/2022
- Rebuilt power blocks for new heat mechanics, reducing towing capacity to 7,500,000kg
- Added 18 heat sinks
- Reduced radiators to eight bases and 16 extensions
- Replaced
RadiationRatepanel withHeatTransferRate - Added
StoredHeatpanel - Added four more spare rods with new section at the bottom of the ship
- Added eight more batteries
- Replaced cargo lock frame speedometer with new speedometer
v1.0.0 - 16/03/2022
- Initial release
Similar Ships
Fisher
The Fisher is a larger salvager ship with enough power generation to tow a ship of up to 20,000,000kg at up to 50m/s. The pilot seat can be spun to face the back, looking out the back window for ease of locking on ships using the back facing tow beam. It also has exposed frames to easily bolt on salvaged parts on each side.