(Contest Closed: Results Posted) [UESC] [Vanilla] Construction Contest #26 Vanilla Long Range Assault Ship

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What is this contest about?

Previously constructed vessels will not be accepted as entries.

What are the prizes I can win?

Winners

Construction Requirements

Requirements

Deployable Projectile Large Grid Only



1500 brick limit for weapon system



Must have external connector or merge block for assault ship to interact with



Must start attached to main ship via merge block or connector (can start its life as a projector blueprint if you plan is to have the ship print the weapon)



Can be fire and forget,remote control guided,AI guided



No cockpit blocks allowed on weapon system



Must be new construction. (see "What is this contest about section")



Vanilla Assault Ship





Vanilla Assault Ship Large Grid Only



7000 brick limit



Must have an easily accessible external connector for a station to interact with in addition to the exterior connector being used by the main weapon (A connector on a piston will suffice for this requirement)



Must have 8 Cryo-tubes for crew (can be included in ships medical room)



Must have defined Bridge, Main Weapon Control Room, Medical, Engineering



Must have short range defense systems (Can be decoys or ai turrets)



Must have jump drive



Crew sections must be pressurized



Can be armored and armed



Must be new construction. (see "What is this contest about section")

How will my Assault ship be tested?

How will I be rated?

What is overkill?

This is one of those contests where there is no overkill. Go nuts, build the deadliest weapon in the SE universe. Personaly im hopeing some one comes up wiht space engineers version of a ICBM. I'm giving you 1500 bricks for the weapon go make something rediciouls with them

Can I use mods?

How can I enter this contest?

Welcome to UESC Contest 26 where the space engineering elite compete for bragging rights, glory, and of course digital loot. I am your host this month again as my loyal minion W0lf3y is taking a break due to illness. We all wish him a speedy recovery.This month we are breaking away from buggy and lag inducing planets back into open space (huzza). Since Klang the Physics Kraken, lord of the strange and mysterious physics objects like (landing gear, connectors, merge blocks and rotors) has been beating up everyone for the past month I figured theming a contest that would allow you some catharsis was in order. So I give you…This Contest's topic is;Deadline:The contest will end on May 31st, 23:59 (UTC). You will have four weeks to complete your build. We will not accept any submissions afterwards.The UESC wants to reach out into the community, providing a whole new way to enjoy Space Engineers. So to provide amusement and joy for the Space Engineers community as a whole, we decided to host a competition on a monthly basis with prizes in the form of games.Every month, with every new contest, there will be a new topic, defining the type of your creation. If you were able to build anything your imagination can offer, then the judges would have a really tough time!Since part of the contests goals is community involvement, each month you will be asked to create a new construction, so community members can share ideas and experiences towards a similar goal! And perhaps make some new friends! Dropping in, and posting a ship that happens to meet the construction requirements then wandering off until the results are in, is not the type of atmosphere we hope to foster.The UESC is able to offer prizes in the form of video games, or, in exceptional cases, honorary positions or actions. These video games, which are the main prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, will be sent to the winners in the form of Steam keys or download links.All the games will come from HumbleBundle [ www.humblebundle.com ], which means that the winners will get their free games, the money goes to charity and everyone is happy!This month’s prizes are sponsored by the UESC and Keen Software House!1st: Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package2nd: Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition3rd: Call of Juarez1st: TechAttack 63.67 / 1002nd: RogueDelta 62.33 / 1003rd: Zooxanthus 57.67 / 100full score sheetsStepping back from creating a huge and complex scenario this contest is relatively straight forward.The pride of the UESC navy, The Lorum Dominus Mk 2, has dispatched to destroy a smuggler space station after receiving word that the UESC blockade had been defeated. A spy has stolen the Dominus’ flight plan to a rival faction that has been relying on the smugglers for cheap weapons and uranium. You will design a cruiser capable of launching a surprise attack from a safe distance of 3 Km (3000 m) with a deployable large grid weapon system. Since the rival faction does not wish open war (yet) with the UESC they will only shoot once then warp out of the system before the Dominus’s sensors can identify your ship. So make your surprise shot count.Engineers should be advised, the Dominus is a well-designed ship and it will take more than just a simple gravity rail gun to breach its defenses and heavy armor.Judges will place the Dominus in an empty world and set it on a patrol autopilot. Judges will then spawn your creation at a distance of 3km and deploy its large grid weapon system against the Dominus. To account for randomness of the AI defenses this will be done 3 times with a fresh Dominus after each test. The test enviroment will be in survivle so if you are making a cluster bomb remember your weapon will need storage for the componets used to make the cluster bombs.You will be rated on an average of four different aspects, for this contest those are: Features, Aesthetics, Maneuverability (of both ship and weapon), and damage done to the target vessel. Each category is out of 25 points for a total of 100. Missing one of the "must have's" in the above list will penalize you -15 pts from overall score. Final scores will be average from a panel of three anonymous judges. I do not vote even in the event of a tie. Submitting a previous construction will disqualify you. Overkill can diminish your points; this way you will have to make different design choices. (see comment below about overkill)We get asked this a lot so here are some examples of what will earn you the -15 pts for overkill.No, this is a vanilla contest.You may use all scripts available on the workshop without undergoing sanctions.Everyone can enter the contest, you do not need to be, nor become a member of the UESC, even though new members are highly appreciated and always welcome. Simply post your creation as a blueprint file in the appropriate UESC Build Group Forum thread,Submissions may not be eligible in the following cases which will result in disqualification:- Submitting a ship built on the small gird only.- Posting more than one submission per player.- Not using the submission form given above.- Posting the submission as World.- Using mods not listed in the sanctioned mod list (with the exception of scripts).- Submitting a previously constructed creation.Your Friendly Neighborhood Litch King