R.U.S.T. Freighter
The R.U.S.T. Freighter is a kind of heavy hauler without jump drives designed to drift for long periods of time. It can spawn if the "Cargo ships" option is enabled in your World Settings. The ship was built by Aragath, a Keen employee.
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How to take it over (Spoilers)
While it is lightly armed, it is advised to not stalk behind the Freighter as it will release decoys and full throttle away once it senses an Engineer nearby.
It is however possible to catch up to it via jetpack, as jetpacking speed is 10m/s faster than that of the freighter. Be cautious of the two gatling turrets at the back and the two interior turrets, one on the nose and one inside the passenger area, sideways under the cryopod.
After taking command of the flight seat, turning on the dampeners will not be enough to stop the ship, as after sensing the engineer, the rear thrusters are locked in maximum forward thrust overdrive. To bypass this, remove the "thrusters" group from the terminal, and assign all the hidden blocks to you own faction. Another option is to completely destroy and rebuild the rear thrusters one by one. There are no traps on this ship.
Specifications
Mass: 552,944 kg.
- 2 gyroscopes
- 4 small reactors, with 6 kg uranium each
- 2 arc furnaces
- 1 assembler
- 3 large cargo containers
- 1 air vent
- 4 batteries
- 1 gravity generator
- 32 ion thrusters
- 5 sliding doors
- 2 gatling turret
- 2 interior turrets
- 1 small cargo container
- 1 beacon
- 1 cryo chamber
- 1 autopilot
- 1 programable block
- 2 timer blocks
- 2 oxygen tanks
Cargo: (may vary between players)
- ~24 kg uranium in the reactors
- ~12k iron ore
- ~12k cobalt ore
- ~480 construction components
- ~120 computers
- ~100 interior plates
- ~220 motors
- ~10 metal grids
- ~2,400 steel plates
- ~200 bulletproof glass
- small cargo container contains 2 oxygen and 2 hydrogen bottles, 24 nato magazines, 2 standard rifles, and standard tools