Dragonships

Draco
Size (metres, W×H×L)	139m x 28m x 115m
Cargo capacity	10
Cargo bay extension	No
Maximum speed	285
Manoeuvrability	Roll 1.9 Pitch 1
Energy banks	5
Energy recharge rate	Medium
Gun mounts	Fore, Aft, Left, Right
Missile slots	8
Shield boosters available	No
Military shields available	No
Hyperspace capable	Yes
OXP or standard	Yes
Available to player	Yes
Base price	150,000₢

Dragonette
Size (metres, W×H×L)	101m x 39m x 75m
Cargo capacity	2
Cargo bay extension	No
Maximum speed	310
Manoeuvrability	Roll 2.3 Pitch 1.5
Energy banks	4
Energy recharge rate	Poor
Gun mounts	Fore, Aft
Missile slots	2
Shield boosters available	No
Military shields available	No
Hyperspace capable	Yes
OXP or standard	Yes
Available to player	Yes
Base price	92,500₢

Wyrm
Size (metres, W×H×L)	110m x 45m x 88m
Cargo capacity	4
Cargo bay extension	No
Maximum speed	300
Manoeuvrability	Roll 2.1 Pitch 1.2
Energy banks	5
Energy recharge rate	Medium
Gun mounts	Fore, Aft, Left, Right
Missile slots	2
Shield boosters available	No
Military shields available	No
Hyperspace capable	Yes
OXP or standard	Yes
Available to player	Yes
Base price	150,000₢

Three different low tech ships in a style based loosely on WW2 airplanes and a lot of artistic freedom. Without use of shaders.

Overview

These OXP adds some ships to the ooniverse with a look reminiscent of the 40's or 50's aircraft design, namely the Draco, Dragonette and Wyrm. It should sometimes add a pirate attack group which follows ships around until there are no cops in sight...

History

When first explorers from other worlds set foot on Anenmaqu (their exact identity is lost in time, but they definitely where of human descent), they were greeted with great hospitality by the jovial insectoids, that still mainly inhabit the planet. And they were astonished over the fervor this otherwise slack people showed when they partook in their favourite past time - the watching of the so-called, somewhat clumsily translated*, "dragon races" in low fi "tv". The primitive aircraft that the Anenmaquese racers used were of higher quality than all other technology on the planet, but still far from space age technology.

But this changed overnight. When the unnamed explorers returned to their dismantled, engineless shuttle they realised that they probably shouldn't have left an engine, far more powerful than anything the inhabitants knew beforehand, unguarded. Since then, the ships of Anenmaqu have been retrofitted versions of their racingcraft - the vehicles that almost every ounce of metal was bound in when the Anenmaqu insectoids entered the arena of intergalactic contact.

• (Extra-Etymologists still puzzle about the correct translation, however. It has probably something to do with mating...)

Credits

The textures and models of all ships are made by me personally, with help from GIMP and Wings3d. Some markers (the Pegasus on the standard Draco and the camel-scorpion-eagle thing on the green Wyrm) are made using telecanter's silhouettes, which can be found under http://recedingrules.blogspot.com and are in the public domain.

The other black and white markers on the Dracos and Wyrms are based upon designs from Arthur Rackham and public domain as well. Richard J. LeBlanc Jr. made a few SVGs, which I used (http://savevsdragon.blogspot.com/2013/05/free-arthur-rackham-vector-art.html).

• Rorschachhamster, aka Christian Sturke (original author)
• DredgerMan (reported a display error)
• Cholmondely (reported a script error)

Requirements

Oolite Version 1.79 or higher is required.

Download

The Dragonships could be found on the Expansions Manager or alternatively here: Dragonships OXP

License

This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
To view a copy of this license visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0.

Version History

• Version 1.0.4 / 2022-03-12 / Montana05:

fixed a display error

fixed a script error

corrected 2 reference errors (typos)

improved handling of the materials in shipdata.plist

• Version 1.0.3 / 2015-10-02 / Rorschachhamster:

Changed the role weights for a lesser distribution of these ships.

Changed the worldscript, so the attack group is placed randomly somewhere on the witchspace-station lane.

Added a readme.txt file

Quick Facts

Version	Released	License	Features	Category	Author(s)	Feedback
1.0.4	2022-03-12	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0	Ship	Ships OXPs	Rorschachhamster. Montana05	BB

Links

• BB Thread (2015+)
• Satellites - Rorschachhamster's other OXP
• Author: Rorschachhamster