KC Anchor (Update)

[ThatOneGoblin25]

About the PR

• reworked atmos
• reworked pipes
• reworked wiring (SMES are looped to avoid AME flickering)
• reworked med, no more cryo and chem
• removed medical doctor locker
• removed nanomed
• removed booze & soda dispenser
• removed botany & kitchen
• removed vendors
• replaced blastdoors in bridge with shutters
• replaced chief engineer locker with engineer locker
• replaced T3 gunsafe with empty captain safe
• added two empty gun racks
• added boxing ring
• added disposal units around the ship
• added chaplain EVA and belt
• added janitor closet with disposals
• added television
• added two more arcades
• added cryosleep unit to morgue
• added surgery bed and body scanner (futureproofing:tm:)
• added telecomms for expedition
• decals and minor stuff
• shipyard price lowered

Why / Balance

Good ship that needs a good update to return to the shipyard.

Media

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Changelog :cl:

• add: KC Anchor returns to the expedition shipyard with a rework.

[ThatOneGoblin25]

Hey @Kesiath, letting you know there's some proposed changes to your ship.

[dvir001]

No medical beds (Only nomal ones), no medical kits, a single wall locker and that's it.

They will always spawn looking weird as spawners

No

[ThatOneGoblin25]

No medical beds, no medical kits, a single wall locker and that's it.

Not even medical beds? Damn. As for the single wall locker it has the same fill as the medicine locker that's there.

They will always spawn looking weird as spawners

I personally think they look better than they do sideways because you get to see the screen.

No

Missed that one.

[ThatOneGoblin25]

[ThatOneGoblin25]

This is fine.

[dvir001]

We avoid putting none table machines in tables since it cannot be done normally, need to be moved.

Fix grid atmos again?

Other than that I don't see anything else that might be an issue from the pictures, leaving this to another maintainer review and merge.

[ThatOneGoblin25]

We avoid putting none table machines in tables since it cannot be done normally, need to be moved.

Alright.

Fix grid atmos again?

The tiles are like that intentionally, inspired by cluster station.

[ThatOneGoblin25]

[ThatOneGoblin25]

Shuttle misses cargo palettes which makes it impossible to get rewards from expeditions.

Ah so that's what there for, gotcha.

Air scrubber in "sauna" syphons out water vapor.

It's now just its own loop to simplify it. There's a portable scrubber if theres a ammonia buildup ever

The material reclaimer setup in custodian room is odd: it throws reclaimed usable materials into space.

Should be fine now, can still sort out the junk not reclaimed

[ThatOneGoblin25]

MapRender of final ver Doesn't get the decals or diagonal walls right but oh well

[K4rlox]

way too many removals theres no reason to remove any of these, you are just making it so its not even worth buying this ship anymore whats the point of buying this ship after you removed all the roleplay value?

previously people had the reason to hire a bartender and a cook for roleplay, if this PR gets merged, they no longer need to

you replaced entirety of kitchen with a useless boxing room that adds nothing expect of reducing ship value and roleplay value

additionally, KC anchor is previously known as the only ship who has a dedicated room for a chaplain, not anymore

these changes feel like it was made to remove all roleplay value and discourage players from ever buying the ship

i dont have any issue with the "medical" or "powergaming" side of changes

you should not remove roleplay value, theres no reason to completely stop people from trying to be a chef, botanist or a bartender and force people to either "oooh you can find it in a exped" or "ooh just buy a bar shuttle" no no

[ThatOneGoblin25]

I was told for any rework merge to be accepted I had to completely remove all vendors, kitchen and botany. As well as match the Gourd merge in terms of how bar should be (one booze-o-mat and booze closet).

additionally, KC anchor is previously known as the only ship who has a dedicated room for a chaplain, not anymore

I didn't actually know this, I'll revisit adding more for chaplain

you replaced entirety of kitchen with a useless boxing room that adds nothing expect of reducing ship value and roleplay value

Boxing ring felt like a cute rp idea for hard-headed mercs to sort out disputes for reward claiming. I also thought it would be a nice addition since the dedicated boxing ring ship, Knuckleverse was recently removed.

[ThatOneGoblin25]

This medical locker should probably not be filled.

Dvir informed me I was allowed to have one filled medicine cabinet on the ship. I think it's fine to have a tiny amount of meds of a expo ship this large.

The ship doesn't need this many cargo pallets... You can probably reduce it to 4 or even 2.

I'll reduce it to 4 in the corner

Random arcade spawner has a chance of spawning a filled space villain arcade game. You can win plushies from it. I'd suggest replacing the spawners with an empty space villain arcade and an NT block game (facing west).

Alright.

Beyond that, I can't see any technical issues with the ship. With so much being removed, unfortunately it feels like a big, dead space that doesn't really offer anything. I'm not sure who would really pick the Anchor, but if it's fine to have a mostly purposeless huge ship, then alright.

Yes unfortunately having to remove botany, kitchen and medical makes this ship quite a bit lackluster, it was a requirement for any approval from Dvir for it to lose it's multirole. However, for its size it's relatively cheap and if any crews want to set up their own space for stuff they have a plethora of options. I considered adding a salvage bay but I didn't really feel like it fit. If you had any suggestions to give it more purpose I'm welcome to suggestions, I just felt like this ship was too iconic to just leave removed.

[arimah]

Dvir informed me I was allowed to have one filled medicine cabinet on the ship. I think it's fine to have a tiny amount of meds of a expo ship this large.

Fair enough, then. If Dvir said you can have meds, you can have meds. :)

[jimmy12or]

Random arcade spawner has a chance of spawning a filled space villain arcade game. You can win plushies from it. I'd suggest replacing the spawners with an empty space villain arcade and an NT block game (facing west).

Just asking so I know, what's wrong with being able to win plushies from an arcade machine?

[arimah]

Just asking so I know, what's wrong with being able to win plushies from an arcade machine?

I must issue a correction: I forgot that these machines on Frontier give you prize tickets that you can cash in at Crazy Casey's Casino and honestly, thinking more about it, it doesn't really matter. It's fine, I'm sorry. The south-facing thing is more troubling. It looks super weird!

[ThatOneGoblin25]

Added a Chaplain EVA locker and belt

Replaced loose AME fuel with locker

Reduced cargo pallets to four, rotated arcade machines and other very minor decal things