Rhinoceros - a small Tier 2 Transport with a shuttle

[opaque bear]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3095752943

A small, affordable, and disproportionately proud Transport class vessel, Rhinoceros can be managed by a relatively small crew without much trouble. The manually controlled mini-shuttle is a rarity for a Tier 2 submarine and serves to cover Rhino's weak spots in a fight, as long as someone is brave enough to pilot it.

While somewhat clunky to control, Rhino carries a decent amount of cargo for its size and moves fast for a transport submarine. Be warned, its oxygen generator is prone to all sorts of problems and there are very few alternative sources of oxygen on the submarine.

This one is very experimental and hasn't gone through a ton of testing in real gameplay scenarios. Just a few rounds.
So if it feels too weak or if anything is broken, please let me know.

[bold herald]

Dang I might need to grab that for my vanilla playthrough I have with some newer friends. Looks good!

Side question: Where do you guys go to get those backgrounds to show your subs? I want to up my presentation

[opaque bear]

I just made this one from scratch in MediBang. Started with solid color, generated some watercolor paper noise, drew a grid on top, added a gradient to make the central area a bit brighter.
Then threw the letters on top of all that, which were first placed in the editor and then generated as a transparent png with the wikiimage command.

[bold herald]

Thanks for answering. I'm got it saved down now so I'm gonna take a look and see what I can do

But seriously I love your hull designs I always have issues trying to make them and can never really be satisfied 😂

[opaque bear]

Oh yea, I totally get you. Hull shapes are tough. I always start with a sketch on paper and go from there.

[bold herald]

I did that a while back and spent a month working on a sub i drew. And I just couldn't get it down right but I agree on that. Maybe I will go back to it and try it again.

Anyways I know this isn't an area to talk about sub building we got one of those lol. Hope your sub gets recognition!

[opaque bear]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[surreal gate]

i like this idea

only thing i could say is it has a drone in t2

which seems like a t3 thing

granted it only has 2 guns total

[opaque bear]

Yes, that's what I say in the description. Having a drone (shuttle, actually, since it's controlled manually) is rare for T2.

Though being honest about how Barotrauma actually plays, drones are not that useful. It's more about having an option for exciting but risky gameplay than anything else.

[next flame]

Its more of scout design than cargo, only 1 unit loader

[opaque bear]

The whole idea is that it's a cargo submarine, but small. It's slower than you'd expect a scout to be, it carries more cargo than a scout would. It's effectively a mix between the two classes.