SFr Iksura

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SFr Iksura

With several cargo attached. Cain for scale.

SAC4

SFr Iksura is fan-made Shivan freighter. It's capable of forming enormous cargo trains from multiple cargo units.

Description:

Tech Room Description

The Iksura is a new class of freighter that has been encountered for the last time at the very end of the war with the Shivans. Its capacity to carry sets of Shivan cargo containers makes it the most effective transportation asset ever seen in the history of known space travel. Many pilots have nicknamed it the 'Doomtrain', due to its capacity to carry up to ten SAC 4 units, each armed with defensive turrets. It is also believed that Iksuras emit powerful jamming fields which make them very difficult to locate and destroy. Due to their logistical capabilities, Command has classified the Iksura a non-active combatant Class A threat for the Alliance. Taking down an Iksura convoy and its cargo seems as vital as taking down a Shivan destroyer.

SAC 4 Description

The SAC 4 is a heavily armored bulk container that is only towed by the Iksura freighter. Its considerable durability suggests that it is intended to carry sensitive or valuable equipment and ammunition. It is also the only cargo container in the history of space travel to be equipped with defensive turrets. Although its turrets’ weapons are light compared to standard Shivan armaments, it is worth noting that Iksuras can carry up to ten of these units, resulting in a combined firepower more than capable of repelling interdictors.

Credits

• Lowpoly version by Woomeister
• Upgraded version by Nyctaeus

Performance:

Statistics

Name	SFr Iksura
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	25 - 25 - 25 s
Max Velocity	45 (40) ms-1
Hitpoints	20000 pts
Length	327.99 m
Width	150.25 m
Height	101.43 m
Turrets	10 turrets
Cargo docks	1

Name	SAC 4
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	20 - 20 - 20 s
Hitpoints	3500 pts
Length	184.69 m
Width	149.13 m
Height	203.68 m
Turrets	2 turrets
Cargo docks	1

Armaments

• SFr Iksura

Default Statistics
Turret Type	Amount
Emuzu	8
Guno	2

• SAC 4

Default Statistics
Turret Type	Amount
Emuzu	2

Modding Resources

$POF File: SerRes_Iksura.pof

Texture list: Lucifer-HTL;damage

Veteran Comments

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It looks like severed head of SD Lucifer but it's actually a massive, unique kind of freighter. It's the most distinct feature is cargo dockpoint located on the aft. The cargo that comes with the Iksura features paired dockpoints in front and back, so you can actually attach multiple cargo containers to single freighter creating superfreighters of immense proportions. Note that the more cargo units you add to the 'train', the slower it will be. To balance this drawback, both Iksura and cargo are armed with multiple point-defense turrets and much more hitpoints then other Shivan freighters. So many clustered turrets are really dangerous for light strikecraft, but heavy fighters such as Hercules and anything larger provide enough survivability to engage the Iksura.

In older versions of FSO, Iksura loaded with multiple SAC4 units generated enormous subspace vortex during jumps. This is actually a bug caused by additive nature of object masses in FSO.

Iksura is inspired by official concept art from FS1.

External links:

• Series Resurrecta:
  • Series Resurrecta on Knossos | FSNebula