Vintage Incorporated (Barkhan)

A stealth ship for belt rats. Can you see the monkey in the trees? This light fighting vehicle is designed around the orthogonal thrust on its belly, granting the ability to control the range of an orbiting fight from inside 50 meters to more than 700, just by rolling towards and against the orbit. No. 51's railgun and superior evasion allow it to punch well above its near-ultralight weight class, regularly out-turning enemy combatants so dramatically they completely lose track of their target, allowing you to blend back into the surroundings and dictate the engagement. No. 51 also comes with disposable "drop tanks" for range extension: auto-unbolt the external tank support brackets and they will fall away harmlessly in flight Purchase of this BP entitles you to technical support and basic instruction on the ship's manual of arms. For further information, inquire within: https://discord.gg/Y5rb44YHxd and ask for "Barkhan" in #ship-sales About the design principle: "Orthogonal thrust" is a main thrust-style array pointed perpendicular (orthogonal) to the vehicle's forward. In a normal "orbiting" fight, both combatants' main thrust are pointed towards the other ship, resulting in fairly predictable flight especially in terms of range. No. 51 uses its orthogonal thrust similarly to a prograde or retrograde burn in this context: if your "Up" is in the direction of the orbit (the opponent's thruster tail is pointed up from your perspective), the orbit widens and the engagement range lengthens. Conversely, by turning against the orbit (the opponent's tail is pointed down in your view) you can suddenly close the gap. This allows you to dictate the range of the engagement without ever taking your nose off the target, leaning on whichever capability of the enemy ship is weaker.

"A man gets on the LA metro and dies, and nobody notices for two hours..." Another ugly beast by Barkhan, this ship is the cheaper, laser-armed derivative of No. 52. Designed around the same principle of orthogonal thrust, this ship specializes in long-range engagements, outside the normal zeroing and sensitivity parameters of traditional fighters. This allows the ship to out-shoot opponents in sustained engagements through superior sighting and control configuration. Being a prototype, it's rough around the edges, and the price is accordingly discounted. When the ship is finished, this page (and the price) will be updated. For further information, inquire within: https://discord.gg/Y5rb44YHxd and ask for "Barkhan" in #ship-sales Purchase of the ship entitles you to a walkthrough of the ship's manual of arms and limited technical support

Dedicated hauler for high-danger transit: Hard to catch, hard to stop, hard to board. No. 53 is designed around its armored tripod fighting positions; once placed, tripods have much more narrow collision, and can be armored much more tightly through hinged parts, producing a stronger fighting position. Combining this principle with a completely enclosed operating compartment and excessive thrust to weight that has aggressors struggle to catch it even when fully loaded the ship yields a package that is maximally difficult to stop, board, or destroy. Additional information: - 25 Ring-equivalent "cursed" plasma main thruster - 2 tripod fighting positions - top and bottom, with marked placement locations - Multi-section fighting compartment - Minimum two sheets 144x432 charodium armor over all critical hardware - Internal reconstruction machine - Interior weapons crafting bench for field re-arm capability Purchase of this blueprint also entitles you to limited technical support and an introduction to the ship's manual of arms. For further information, inquire within: https://discord.gg/Y5rb44YHxd and ask for "Barkhan" in #ship-sales

This is your captain speaking: you are going down. You are all going down. Together. This 2.8 kiloton 4-rail fighting vehicle is an investigation into the tactical applications of using orthogonal thrust, and is maybe the ugliest thing to come out of vintage to date. Purchase of the ship entitles you to a walkthrough of the manual of arms and limited technical support. The vehicle is designed around an 8x24E3 power supply, unitized into a dense ball inside four "bucket plates." This generator supports 80 T3 triangle thrusters and four railguns with a rate of fire of one volley every 7-10 seconds (constrained by an anti-starvation system for railgun power cycling and maximum effective rate of fire). This is a "front-to-enemy" fighting vehicle: Armor is 100% oninum, including the railing segments on the front, which each can individually completely absorb a rail cannon hit. Attitude control is handled through six buttons corresponding to your keyboard which are "direct bound" to the thrusters on the tail boom. The FCU is only involved in the balance of the main and orthogonal thrust, granting the design additional flexibility compared to the current meta, and additional resilience compared to a naive implementation with mavs on the nose. For further information, inquire within: https://discord.gg/Y5rb44YHxd and ask for "Barkhan" in #ship-sales This is going to be some day.

This vehicle is your best chance at getting mining hardware through the Elysium gate camp alive. No. 30 has been in service with vintage for literally years as its designer's main workhorse for unsupported, pre-capital operations in the Elysium belt. It can exceed 150m/s unloaded, runs on nhurgite instead of exorium for effectively unlimited operational time at elysium, and, (in an emergency) can match the kinds of light fighters used by aggressors at the gate in agility, survivability, and firepower; very few mining vehicles can do a 360 in under 4 seconds. This vehicle is perfect for players, especially solos, in the middle of their economic development who have not fully established their capital ship and moon mining infrastructure. Purchase of the blueprint also entitles you to a walkthrough of the ship's manual of arms and limited technical support. "Why are the mining lasers like that?" They're set up to hit different depths of the asteroid, as though the mining laser is coming out of your face, instead of all around. Additional features: - 4 mining lasers with two collectors (with power pulsing) - 6 Autocannons with 2k rounds (4 magazines) - 3-position sensitivity selector - ~500km one-way range - Can survive catastrophic detonation of aft citadel - Can survive loss of one or more internal fuel tanks - Field refueling station and field-accessible fuel rods - Charodium armor on the front and waist - 20-30m/s strafing flight For further information, inquire within: https://discord.gg/Y5rb44YHxd and ask for "Barkhan" in #Ship-Sales

A whole pack of just-off-meta face tank fighters, borne of the doldrums of 2023. This pack includes: - No. 37 "Bears the Ugly Face of Power" - A cheap-but-heavy autocannon fighter - No. 43 "Only You Slide Upward" - Higher-value plasma fighter for fighting large hardware - No. 44 "Beauty Eludes your Porous Mind" - Almost-traditional laser fighter All three ships are built around the same frame: - 16 guns, between 2.5 and 2.7kt - Nose armor designed around 96x144 decorative plate D - Direct-bound (FCU-less) attitude control buttons - 4x12 powerplant with variable enhancement per model. Fire control systems have been modified to best suit the ship's equipped weapons. All models use charodium armor, with Nos. 43 and 44 having exutium noses. Purchase of this blueprint entitles you to limited technical support and an introduction to the ship's manual of arms. For further information, inquire within: https://discord.gg/Y5rb44YHxd and ask for "Barkhan" in #ship-sales