I played with this as my primary last season, housing a heavy attack SV and a 'bug' miner / runabout.

I cannot tell you how having people on this thing adds to the RP and it's really an excellent platform for any server. but, it really shines as an RP 'mobile base of operations'.

The layout is sensical and flows well. The mid deck growing plats and upper fly bridge are laid out super well and the design touches like the auto doors on the head and shower are clean and efficient.

The only thing I would say is that I had a tendency to overstuff it with loot, so it may be good to upgrade the down thrusters or add a heavy lift mode.

Also, perhaps add a couple flaks if you intend to go down to planets because it can struggle to escape with many drones, with just the gatlings.

All in all I think this is the perfect solo / duo exploration vessel and we had an absolute ton of fun with it.

Good ship, sadly it needs major updating to make it viable in RE2.

@jrandall hey man, I have used this ship in my current play, After moving to a Dedicated server (*respawning ships one by one) I made some edits to this one, and ive relisted it to pub so a few faction mates *not added on steam* could help build it ingame. Just wanted to say ive linked back here anyway, when were done will be taken down.
(im on Anvil server/Spanj's Server)
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3260132818

Reminds me quite a bit of the Carapace-C7

Going to test this out, looks very interesting.

I love everything about this ship. The layout is intuitive and uncluttered, yet aesthetically appealing. Form, fit and function 100%

Thank you very much.

Thank you JRandall for another great build! This new line of ships is surprisingly agile for their size! I was able to upgrade the hull to Hardened Steel (Combat Steel was too heavy) and keep most of the mobility. The top deck is just big enough to hold the Aethon CV Fighter and the internal hangar is plenty big for multiple SVs & HVs. This is a great transport vessel!!

Thank you J Randall, this is an amazing ship

that's not quite right .. i flew close to a sun and found dot left and right on the curves inside light passages .. which i can't easily change without changing the appearance. so I filled the fields for the growing beds with fuel tanks. :) (translation)

@Taltin - I have the same issue, this seems to be a bug affecting the boarding ramp not being airtight - https://empyriononline.com/threads/plants-die-on-cvs-in-about-5-6-minutes-on-default-multiplayer-v1-8-2-scenario.100242/

Hello, I have a problem with your ship with the plants I want to grow. These always break. I haven't changed anything that shouldn't be! Can you tell me what could be causing this?

Hola, pues a mi me parece que esta nave cumple su función muy bien estando como está, hay mas diseños por ahi mas baratos, aparte de que yo he jugado el 90% de mis horas con una nave mas pequeña que esta, por que solo importa su funcionalidad, si la cumple no necesitas una nave mas grande, que haga cosas que no necesitas no es eficiente, aparte de que a mas grande, peor se controla en tierra y gasta mas combustible.

I just want to say that this ship is amazing, it's been carrying me since I upgraded from my starter CV and has taught me so much about ship design

Did light modifications for more shields, repositioned cargo, etc

Thank you ACE and Cyndrom! @Cyndrom, I think what would have to happen is all the thruster would be removed and replaced with small ones to avoid the zac requirements. I didn't really intend for this one to be early game-ish. Trying to remove the zac/est requirements would be rough and require removing lots of things, but the thrusters would be the main issue. And thanks again all!

I want this model so bad without the Zascosium requirement! I see your Ascension is similar but I love how the nose is elevated, carrier deck is bigger, and engines are in housings. This thing is a work of art!

Also ich habe noch was Upgradet

Thank you Treeost, Caniss, Espirius, and Devine! @Devine, I believe I forgot. I normally put them on CV's in the front. Hmm. I will think about it. ANd thanks again all!

You forgot to add a couple of spotlights or was that intentional?

I like this is a buffed version of your ISV. I'm about to outgrow the ISV, and this is the logical follow up. =)

How do you remove a pin code from a template

@Pads where did you find to put the IC?

Thank you hot.slot!

A really great ship. But the place to put the teleporter is radioactive because of the shield generator which is technichaly diagunal next to it.

Thank you very much for this superior ship!! :-)

Thank you very much pads and Taegost!

It really is a nice ship. I renamed some of the cargo containers and change the colors of their names. I removed an Adv constructor and change it to a deconstructor.

This is a great upgrade from the Ascension. Only complaint…it took me a bit to find the IC and I canMt believe it took me so long to realize the decorative radar on the roof is where the Long Radar goes.

I love this ship! We're playing RE for the first time and decided to use something other than our go-to, the MCRN Pioneer -> CS-Calibur. We went from Spanj's RF-01 Pioneer to this Kovex and I have to say that I'm totally in love. It's got a huge hangar and landing pad, tons of storage and production, and best of all: It's quick to get in and out of! This is our new home-away-from-home!
We've actually been using a combination of this with Cannon turrets on the bottom with the Skaar DFA to take out L5 ground-based Zirax POIs around the starting systems.

Perfect... I will have to plan my upgrade from the Ascension (current ship) to this one.

Thank you Captain B-Rad and pads! @pads, yes. It has more of everything but also similar to the Acension in over all function. So, a little larger, more thrust power, storage, production, and stock items. Also more expensive :). Thanks again all!

@jrandall Would this be considered a good upgrade from the Ascension to this ship?

Great Flying Specs for Vanilla. Thanks for sharing this!

Thank you vik.martinchuk, PROBABILITYOFSUCCESSZERO, and lyken4 :)

Awesome build as always mr J.!👍👍

jrandall is to Empyrion what Leonardo Di Vinci was to the Renaissance.

His work is always nothing less than awe inspiring!

Nice design! As always!

Thank you very much Steel Dragon! :)

As much as I love my Atlas line I might just have ti give this one a try. You look to have all the same functions but your level of detail is amazing. I never disappoint sir well done

Thank you Voxxer, Polaris, Volomerr, Poe, and Mr Explicit Qc! @Volomerr, It might. It does have a good amount of lift thrusters, but I did not test it on HG planets with a full load. It would make a difference in vanilla vs RE too. @Poe, lol. Because the ramp is used at the tip only, it tend to slam you up or down pretty fast. And thanks again all!

nice

It would be easier to stop playing Empyrion if you would stop making such cool ships. Also, if you stand at the end of the ramp it juggles you up and down... Best. Feature. Ever.

So does this work in HG planets? I noticed all the downward thrusters. Looking like a possibility. Great looking and very useful platform.

Thanks Jeff! and for keeping it ready for mining lasers! i am gonna enjoy using this ship.

Just Awesome!!

Thank you very much ToxicReaper, Garaman, Andbrew, and uriallia! :)

OMG beautiful shaping

Glad to see you're still creating ships!

Great looking ship! Seems like a better scale ship for mid-game solo play than the C7. Also amazed that this was your "side" project.

Thanks for another great build, pretty excited about this one

Thank you very much Lucian Kain, geek3d, and intrasonic :)

Very nice layout, minimal maze, lots of interior room. A good hold-everything craft to move the specialized equipment to each location. A few more hardpoints for turrets would have been nice - once you've bought 5 advanced cores in RE, there's not a lot of point in in avoiding the lesser cores that get you to 2100K CPU :)

All this time, I never realized that you could color-code inventory listings. And love the hologram work on the container controllers - clear, detailed, yet doesn't block physical access.

Sweet! Really loving the Imperial series.