Military MLRS: Chimera

Early access. Expect bugs and balance changes. Please report problems on the mod page (Discussion tab) with the
Factorio log (%APPDATA%\Factorio\factorio-current.log).

Chimera - a strategic ballistic missile complex on a 6x6 truck for Military MLRS.
The launcher lives in its own mod because its graphics are too big for one portal file; the strike system is in Military MLRS.

Features

For travel the launcher lies on the bed. On site the truck stands on 4 stabilisers, raises its mast and puts the
launcher upright - all of it animated; folding runs the other way. It cannot drive while deployed.
Missiles: HE (20 000 damage at the centre, area up to 20 tiles) and cluster (16 bomblets over about 30 tiles).
Range 150-2000 tiles (+25 % a level with the "Ballistic missile range" research), reload 90 s, shown over the launcher.
Strike with the missile targeting remote (Military MLRS): click on the charted map, the nearest ready deployed
launcher fires. The strike point is marked on the map and on the ground with a countdown.
Auto-strike: with nobody inside, a deployed loaded launcher fires by itself at nests and worms our radars see.
Engine, radio and battery slots (Military Core).

How to use

Research Chimera (after the Grad) and build it. Put an engine, a radio and a battery into its
slots and missiles into its ammo slot.
Drive to the firing position, stop, press Shift + G (or the button in the truck window) to deploy.
Take the missile targeting remote and click a target on the charted map, or leave the truck for auto-strike.

Coming soon

Planned for the next releases (order may change):
- New powerful explosion for the ballistic missiles: fire, smoke, a bluish flash and a condensation ring.
- Real ammunition load and resupply at a field post behind the front line.
- Space Age: every vehicle and building tested on every planet and on space platforms (heat on Aquilo, spoilage on Gleba, rocket weight).

Recommended mods (same author)

Military Core: the shared base of all our military mods (fuels, engines, radios, batteries, vehicle window, commander remote).
Military MLRS: Segun: the second strategic missile complex: wheeled truck, raising missile pack, 100-1200 tiles.
Military Support: military economy, 3x3 military drills, loaders, big storage tanks, hyper belts/beacon/modules, military crates, pipes, power grid.
Military Trucks: trucks with stops and schedules on military roads; fuel stations, fluid stations and tankers, parking lots.
Military MLRS: BM-30 Smerch, BM-21 Grad and Kupidon MLRS, two radar trucks, one fire-control network - and the Chimera and Segun strategic ballistic missile complexes (up to 2000 tiles).
Military Heavy Tanks: SU-100, T-90, M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley, BTR-82A, Stryker and Stryker Dragoon.
Character Control: inventory size, mining, crafting and running speed, pickup / build / reach distance from a panel next to the inventory.
Stack Size Control: change item stack sizes with multipliers per category, a cap and exact values.

Requirements

Factorio 2.1, Military Core, Military MLRS
all installed automatically. Space Age is optional.

License

Download-only (see LICENSE): download from the Factorio mod portal and play; no re-uploads, modified versions
or reuse of the code and assets without the author's permission.