Warning!!! Craft has many issues that will be touched on later
The Hail Mary from Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary
Background
This is my interpretation of the Hail Mary. Due to the limitations set by Juno when this craft was created (the game was still called SR2!), some concessions were made.
The fuel tanks were stretched and filled with water, since astrophage are water based single celled organisms. The Spin Drives are replicated by use XML modified Ion engines that have higher thrust and runs on water. There are also generators that uses the water to generate power. To replicate the tether/artificial gravity system, the top module is connected with pistons and rotors. In the nose of the ship, there are 4 beetle crafts, each marked properly with the correct names. the beetles also uses ion engines modified to run on water.
Features (most coming from the book)
- Working Petrovascope
- Artificial Gravity via a centrifuge, just extend and spin around the crew section and set the yaw slider to 33%)
- individually detaching fuel tanks
- Spin Drives for near light speed travel
- Individually working Beetle crafts
- Proper Airlock entry & Exit positions
Controls
AG-1 : Astrophage Electric Generators
AG-2 : Lights
AG-3 : Tether System (Pistons)
AG-4 : Rotate Crew Section (Rotors) (note: extend tethers first, then rotate)
AG-5 : Petrovascope Cover
AG-6 : Beetles Bay
AG-7 : Beetles Launch
Problems
The craft was made well before 1.0 came out, so the craft is now very broken. Some of the problems include:
- random heating issues causing the craft to explode
- tether system randomly detaching
- due to the nature of ion engine, planned burns with the Spin Drives will be difficult and inaccurate
This is officially an abandoned project. If someone wants to finish/fix it, you are welcomed to.
GENERAL INFO
- Predecessor: Hail Mary
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 1.2.109.0
- Price: $32,681,761k
- Number of Parts: 506
- Dimensions: 43 m x 5 m x 14 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 140,741.1km/s
- Total Thrust: 284kN
- Engines: 7
- Wet Mass: 4.77E+5kg
- Dry Mass: 99,105kg
STAGES
Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 140,741.1km/s | 283kN | 3.79years | 4.77E+5kg |