January 15, 2018

Slug Transport

The Slug Transport is a short range transfer ship.  It is designed to move cargo and personnel between two stations.

The Slug lacks an oxygen garden and relies on the O2 and CO2 scrubbers in the 4 LK Core Engine modules to provide the atmosphere.  It also lacks a large fuel reserve and instead relies on the on-board storage in the 4 engines to provide all the fuel it needs to depart, make its delivery, and then return to its home base.



The Slug lacks solar panels and takes its power from a nuclear generator.  This allows the ship to stay powered, but still narrow enough to fit through high security docking bay doors.  This narrow profile means it can dock at stations where larger ships cannot fit.


A big thanks goes to CommanderOz who created the SVG Station Planner Kit for Space Agency.  As well as Benoit13 and ISAAC who contributed to the kit.  The kit made it easy to quickly try out different arrangements of modules to see how they looked without actually having to build it in the game.  If you are designing stations or ships, I highly recommend you try it out.