M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP: 0.11.0 New Armor Set Preview ZENITH Z - Steam NewsBack to another WIP update for the week! We’re featuring the final variant of the new armor set Zenith, the Z variant. For this one, we wanted to emphasize the sharp, pointy, and oversized parts...
M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP 0.11.0 Tentative Balance Changes - Steam NewsWith weeks of new things being shown, we’d like to dial back to some balance changes we’re planning to make to improve the game in 0.11.0. With weeks of new things being shown, we'd like to dial back...
2023 ended weirdly abruptly for me, but I got the shot in the arm I needed in order to hit the ground running in 2024. This year's going to be absolutely crazy, but for me personally, I feel my worst years are finally behind me. I'm ready to stop drowning in a sea of...
This is a general update and not project specific. To start, I've been pretty sick the last couple of weeks. That nuked almost every end-of-the-year plan and goal I had for 2023, including the Yamato project. Even as I write this, I'm only just 'recovering.' There's...
M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP 0.11.0 New Bullet Shooter PILE BUNKER - Steam NewsWelcome back to another WIP post, this week introducing a new Bullet Shooter that is on another spectrum of shooters. Please welcome the Pile Bunker! PIle Bunker is a MELEE Bullet Shooter, having...
M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP: 0.11.0 New Energy Shooter Model Preview - Steam NewsWelcome back to another weekly WIP update. It’s a short one this week, featuring some weapon parts of the upcoming new shooter PRISM. We designed these things to look like they’re particle...
The next entry in the Cosmo Messer F series is here.
Virtually a full upgrade to the Cosmo Messer F1, the F2 is smaller, with a stronger weapons loadout, and a consolidated fuel supply. It should be noted that the F2 has no subgrids, and thus, no deployable landing gears, so when it comes to landing, it’s either the connector, mag plate, or some really strong rope. This was one of the tradeoffs to making the plane ‘printable.’
The F2 can also carry and fire custom missiles, either Kaiser specific, or those that have a hinge based connector and fit under the F2’s wings.
The original Cosmo Messer F, or F1, was well received by Kaiser pilots, however the faction’s need for greater numbers necessitated both a figurative and literal scaling down of any fighters slated for full production. The F2 was envisioned as an easily manufactured, general purpose cosmo fighter. Despite its smaller size, the F2 is better armed than the F1, and its software allows pilots to use heavy ordnance against a variety of targets.
Most of the Cosmo Messer F2s produced before the introduction of the G series were used as shipborne escorts. Where no carriers were present, light and heavy cruisers tended to carry at least a few F2s, or were escorted by ships that did. One extreme example was the Admiral Hipper, which generally operated between ten and twelve F2s.
Due to the high availability of the F2, modifications were common, and custom planes were appearing as early as a few months after the initial rollout. Many were even upgraded to match capabilities of the G and K series within a few years.
Just like the Cosmo Messer F1, you can find piloting notes in the Cockpit’s Numpad text area.
Primary Mission: Medium Range Fighter
Crew: 1 Pilot
Armament: 4x Gatling Guns, 1x Integrated Rocket Launcher, 2x Autocannons
Power Plant: 1x Hydrogen Engine (500kw), 3x Medium Warfare Batteries (9Mw)
Thrusters: 41x Hydrogen, 10x Ion, 51 Total
Hardpoints: 2x Hinges
Wingspan: 39ft (12m)
Length: 65ft (20)
Height: 18.4ft (5.6m)
Grid Mass: 97,051 (forgot what units these are in SE)
PCU: 6,315
2023 ended weirdly abruptly for me, but I got the shot in the arm I needed in order to hit the ground running in 2024. This year's going to be absolutely crazy, but for me personally, I feel my worst years are finally behind me. I'm ready to stop drowning in a sea of...
This is a general update and not project specific. To start, I've been pretty sick the last couple of weeks. That nuked almost every end-of-the-year plan and goal I had for 2023, including the Yamato project. Even as I write this, I'm only just 'recovering.' There's...
Okay so the Cosmo Messers aren't 100% compatible with the Yamato, so I wanted to modify one to be close to spec. I somehow wound up making a full-blown Cosmo Falcon. There I go, makin' replicas again I also did some side by side comparisons on an old request and Good...
Oh my goodness ... well, things may have slowed down exponentially compared to the first 24 hours of working on this thing, but that doesn't mean there hasn't been major progress. Check this out. The exterior is nearly finished (minus coloring) The catapults work...
M.A.S.S. Builder - What’s Next 0.11.0 - Steam NewsFirst of all, before anything else, we must announce that we’re shifting our development engine to Unreal Engine 5 for the next version. Now now, we must ask that you don’t panic and assume the game is going into a...
Project Wingman - BETA BRANCH UPDATE #1: Platform Update 2.0 - Steam NewsProject Wingman Beta Branch Major Update This is big news, but it didn't show up in my feed until well over a week ago. Toss in how busy I am and I'm only now getting around to writing about it....
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