Caterpillar chopping

[Zadig]

Hi pals,

The latest ATV mentioned the length of the caterpillar will be fairly modular provided it ends with the front module, so for one million credits the question is: do we have any info on the max/min numbers of modules we want to fit onto the caterpillar?

Also does anyone believes it could en up being much faster for a large ship should we remove modules 1 to 4? I've read the brochure but found no details on the weight of each module...

Cheers

 

[SweetDee]

The 15 module comment was proven as false in yesterday's Happy Hour, so its 4 modules plus the front cargo module.

I do not know if you will be able to run less than 4, but if/when modules come out maybe you can just not equip them to your Cat. I'm going to assume its more of a ship component, therefore you cannot remove one module and be able to spawn the ship.

 

[StdDev]

I'm guessing max is 5 modules.

View: https://youtu.be/yGqZE-bTdYg?t=3035

 

[Blind Owl]

Maybe there will be 15 different modules you can chose from (fingers crossed, wishing über hard for broadside guns), but you can only install 4-5 at a time.

 

[Printimus]

Although modular, the Caterpillar will contain 4 main modules and 1 front module.

 

[Zadig]

Ok thanks for your clarifications :)

 

[Zadig]

AdmiralSloth answered this question here:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/3/thread/caterpillar-can-have-15-modules/319340

always 5 modules (4 plus the front one) cheers guys

 

[matteas]

wishing über hard for broadside guns

use cats as gun ships sound like so much fun. cats with all modules as broadside gun turrets would fit a destroyer type role that we are missing from the capital ships in the game

 

[Blind Owl]

use cats as gun ships sound like so much fun. cats with all modules as broadside gun turrets would fit a destroyer type role that we are missing from the capital ships in the game

RIGHT!?!

 

[Crichten]

use cats as gun ships sound like so much fun. cats with all modules as broadside gun turrets would fit a destroyer type role that we are missing from the capital ships in the game

I think if you wanted to use such wonderful toys you may have slight powertrain problems. Maybe have 1 unit of guns requires 1.5 sections of power.
Means you could only have 2 guns and need the other 2 units to be a power supply.

 

[BluePilote]

RIGHT!?!

Using cat has an Nox carrier

 

[DarthMunkee]

I'd love to see something crazy like modules you can dock a Buccaneer in. Load up 3 of those modules and you and your friends can go plundering booty all day long.

Or a module that replaces all the current modules, same length as the current 4 plus the front one. The front module still opens the same way but reveals not one large cargo hold, but a giant capital ship rail gun. It would be called the Megatron module.

 

[Phantomoftruth]

okay, two thoughts on that thread.
1) the 2module Cat is smexy.
2) I want a 42 module cat

 

[BluePilote]

Lunchting 12 nox

 

[Stevetank]

use cats as gun ships sound like so much fun. cats with all modules as broadside gun turrets would fit a destroyer type role that we are missing from the capital ships in the game

O.M.G.

Catling gun...

 

[Blind Owl]

O.M.G.

Catling gun...

Hahaha. Oh so punny!

 

[Blind Owl]

Using cat has an Nox carrier

Nox and Dragonflies.
All of them.

 

[Phantomoftruth]

what about running a Spinal Mount Rail Cannon through the modules that fires out the front module? Can we retrofit the Idris cannon and what space remains as power supply?

 

[Crichten]

There has been plenty of mentions of using the Cat as a home ship so there should be some decent self defence modules available as well.

 

[Snakey]

It's not about the size of your catapillar, it's how you use it ;)