Our Battlestar was inspired by the one seen in the revisualized TV series “Battlestar Galactica”. From the perspective of the show this is an old design and was being turned into a tourist trap. The current version is based on the Galactica and the right side landing bay is not operational because it was turned into a museum and gift shop.
The Battlestar class ship was basically an aircraft carrier and carried a large number of fighters, scout craft and bombers. It was capable of planetary assault using it’s bombers and tactical nuclear weapons.
Features
Launch and retrieve three classes of ships.
Hyper Jump (FTL Drive)
Standard docking port adaptor
12 Viper/Fighter Launch tubes.
2 Raptor/Shuttle Launch points.
1 Colonial One Launch point.
Each battlestar can have its own name.
Cool enough to show your friends.
KeyBoard Commands:
Use K to Retract/Extend Launch Bays
Use 9 to Select Attached Ship
Use J to Launch Selected Ship
Use F to Select Panel View
Use B to Select Landing Bay Camera
Use V to Select Reverse-View (looking back, exterior, over landing bay 1)
Use O to Select Outside Exterior View
Use S or C to Set STANDARD THRUST: Restores the Main Engine Thrust to NORMAL
Use W to Set Mains to Practically ZERO (For the Jump) and MAX RCS for stability
Use U to Multiply Default Jump Distance by 10
Use D to Divide Default Jump Distance by 10
Use Main thrust, 1&2 or 3&4 to adjust jump distance.
Use Ctrl F12 to jump.
Newest changes to above.To help with FPS I have reduced the Viper launch tube number to two per bay for a total of 4 Viper launch tubes. The upper bay points remain the same for a total of 10 ships within the launch bays.
Fleet jump ability. Any ships with a free child point that are within 5000 meters of the battlestar can be made to jump with the battlestar. There is a 50 ship limit for fleet jumps.
New battlestar scenario parameters
GS means “Gift Shop”
Any value other than 0 will close off the right side bay and turn it into the Galactica “Gift Shop”
Example
GS 1.0 = Bay closed off for Gift Shop
GS 0.0 = Bay open and operational.
New feature commands. (I’m only listing what has changed from the current battlestar)
Ctrl K = Release all ships from fleet jump.
Shift K = Grab ships for fleet jump
Ctrl J = Select launch bay i.e. switch between bays.
The Hover controls now control a super thruster at the back end. It allows you to get going fast but sucks up fuel very quickly.
