T.N.F. Frigate Class 'Inferno' Mk.I

The Inferno frigate class is a space-only warship designed to conduct independent deep space cruises, escort missions, and assault operations. Its targets are typically soft, such as military freighters and light pirate ships, though its weaponry and armour enables it to cause serious damage to stationary or slow-moving armoured targets.

The Inferno carries a gravity gun that fires a kinetic projectile which can penetrate several layers of armor at short to medium ranges, but can not be guided once fired. The gravity gun is automaticly reloaded by welders in the projectile chamber. It also carries guided missile racks with two missile types. The first missile is guided by Whip's Optical Missile Guidance Script and allows the Inferno to manually guide the missile towards a chosen point of impact. The second missile type is guided by Rdav’s Guided Missile Script, and may be fired when its designator turrets have locked on to an enemy within a 800 m radius. The missile will then change course to intercept and detonate its warhead upon impact. In addition, the Inferno has two large automated turrets with eight gatling guns, controlled by Whip's Turret AI Slaving Script. These are positioned to fire at targets roughly in front of the ship, supported by the regular missile- and Gatling turrets. The front part of the Inferno is therefore heavily armored and lined with decoys, so that enemy fire is drawn away from the weapons systems.

The Inferno carries on-board production equipment to produce its own ammunition and components. It also carries a Ceres Mk.IV Mining Drone and a Welan Mk.II Utility Drone for resource gathering and repairs in space. It can not negotiate the gravity of a planet, and has to use its Ghost Mk.IV (C) Dropship for away-missions to a planet’s surface.







General characteristics:
● Crew: 14 crewmembers total
● Length: 102,5 m
● Width: 67,5 m
● Height: 45 m
● Mass (standard equipped): 5 980 177 kg
● Block count: 6942

Armament:
● 8x 5,56mm Turrets
● 4x 25mm Gatling Turrets
● 4x 200mm Missile Turrets
● 2x 200mm Heavy Rocket Launchers
● 2x 25mm Heavy Gatling Turrets

Features:
● Carries components to fire a total of 10 railgun projectiles.
● Has a hangar, supporting smallcraft of various sizes.
● Carries a Ghost Mk.IV (C) Dropship.
● It also carries a Ceres Mk.IV Mining Drone and a Welan Mk.II Utility Drone for resource gathering and repairs in space.
● Two Jump Drives with a maximum range of 850 km.
● Several bridge stations with displays showing the ship’s status.
● An internal projector to aid in repairing the ship.
● Has combat repair welders attached to its standard turrets, increasing the damage they can take.
● Solar panels and various production equipment for prolonged independent operations.
● Airlocks compatible with all T.N.F. ships and stations.
● Contains fuel and components – tested in survival.


Known issues:
● The active scripts may impact the sim speed upon pasting the blueprint into the world. If this happens, just restart the map/server and the sim speed will be back to normal. If the problem persists, turn all scripts off.
● Do not fire the gravity gun while the ship is moving, the chance that the projectile will hit the ship is high if you do.
● The Floor Plan Script currently resets the configurations of the display panels upon pasting this ship. It is turned off, awaiting an update from the author.

Acknowledgements:
▪ The radar panel uses Whip’s Turret Based Radar script by Whiplash141.
▪ The information screens use MMaster's LCD 2 script.
▪ The screen showing the ship's heading is using Whip's Artificial Horizon Redux script by Whiplash141.
▪ Diagnostics screen is using the SIMPL|Ship Integrity Monitoring Program Lite script by Whiplash141.
▪ The doors and airlocks are operated by Whip's Auto Door and Airlock Script by Whiplash 141.
▪ The main turrets’ targeting system is controlled by Whip's Turret AI Slaving Script by Whiplash141.
▪ The beam-riding missiles’ targeting system is controlled by Whip's Optical Missile Guidance Script by Whiplash141.
▪ The active homing missiles’ targeting system is controlled by Rdav’s Guided Missile Script by Rdav.
▪ The ship uses the Orbital Autopilot and Map script by Reneners.