Venom

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Venom
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Size (metres, W×H×L) Width 96m
Height 34m
Length 138m
Cargo capacity 40 TC
Cargo bay extension 15 TC
Maximum speed 0.355 LM
Manoeuvrability NPC:
Roll: 2.2
Pitch: 1.2
Player:
Roll: 2.0
Pitch: 1.0
Energy banks 5
Energy recharge rate 4.5
Gun mounts Fore, Aft
Port, Starboard
Missile slots 5
Shield boosters available Yes
Military shields available No
Hyperspace capable Yes
OXP or standard OXP
Available to player Yes
Base price 200500
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Venom Renegade
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Size (metres, W×H×L) Width 96m
Height 34m
Length 138m
Cargo capacity 30 TC
Cargo bay extension 15 TC
Maximum speed 0.358 LM
Manoeuvrability NPC:
Roll: 2.2
Pitch: 1.2
Player:
Roll: 2.0
Pitch: 1.0
Energy banks 5
Energy recharge rate 5.5
Gun mounts Fore, Aft
Port, Starboard
Missile slots 5
Shield boosters available Yes
Military shields available No
Hyperspace capable Yes
OXP or standard OXP
Available to player Yes
Base price 200500

Venom OXP
The Venom was designed by Isis Interstellar specifically to provide competition for the popular Cobra model ships. This is Isis Interstellar's first ship with a primary trader role, as opposed to their other ships that have been heavily slanted towards combat.

The Venom is narrower than a Cobra MkIII but over twice as long, and well-thought-out interior design has made for a ship that will suit the average trader admirably. Standard cargo space is 40 tons, accessible through twin belly hatches for rapid loading and unloading, with a 15 ton cargo bay expansion available optionally. Aditional interior space has been given over to power and engines, with the result that although larger than the Cobra MkIII the Venom is slightly faster (3.55LM as opposed to 3.5LM), has more power (355 as opposed to 256) and a Recharge Rate of 4.5. For defence purposes, the Venom is capable of carrying 5 missiles, and has four weapon mountings for all-round protection.

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Also available is the "Renegade" variant, made under licence at Jesse Hooker Shipyards. Designed for runs into Anarchic and similarly unfriendly systems, the redesigned interior sacrificed 10 tons of cargo space in favour of more energy (365), a Recharge Rate of 5.5, and also manages a slightly higher top speed, 3.58LM.

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The Venom is available at all systems of Tech Level 4 and above for a price of 200,500₢. The Renegade is available at systems of Tech Level 6 and above for a price of 275,000₢.

One unique aspect of these ships is that they come with a choice of three HUDs (as below, or with mahogany fascia, or walnut burr fascia)!

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Custom Paintjobs

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Venom Cockpit

This is an older HUD and comes with the ship. It supports no MFD's and will be registered by HUDSelector as the default HUD.

It can be exchanged (by tweaking) for either a walnut burr version or a mahogany version.

To use these replacement HUD's:

1) Access the Shipdata.plist for the ship's OXP.
2) Scroll down to the Player Venom/Player Renegade at the bottom
For the desired ship, amend the line
hud = "steamwolfhud.plist";
to read hud = "venomhud.plist";
3) Access the "venomhud.plist" file in the OXP's Config folder.
4) Scroll down to
<key>image</key>
<string>venomhud.png</string>
Amend "venom.hud.png" to either "venommahogany.png" or "venomwalnut.png" as you see fit!
5) Exit all folders, reconstitute the .oxp, and launch Oolite whilst keeping the Shift key pressed until the spinning Cobra appears.

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