SFr Iksura

The following information has not been confirmed by Volition and is therefore not canon for the FreeSpace universe. Also, it may contain spoilers regarding Series Resurrecta campaigns.

SFr Iksura

With several cargo attached. Cain for scale.

SAC4

SFr Iksura is fan-made Shivan freighter. It's capable of forming enormous cargo trains from multiple cargo units.

Description:

Tech Room Description

The Iksura is a new class of freighter that has been encountered for the last time at the very end of the war with the Shivans. Its capacity to carry sets of Shivan cargo containers makes it the most effective transportation asset ever seen in the history of known space travel. Many pilots have nicknamed it the 'Doomtrain', due to its capacity to carry up to ten SAC 4 units, each armed with defensive turrets. It is also believed that Iksuras emit powerful jamming fields which make them very difficult to locate and destroy. Due to their logistical capabilities, Command has classified the Iksura a non-active combatant Class A threat for the Alliance. Taking down an Iksura convoy and its cargo seems as vital as taking down a Shivan destroyer.

SAC 4 Description

The SAC 4 is a heavily armored bulk container that is only towed by the Iksura freighter. Its considerable durability suggests that it is intended to carry sensitive or valuable equipment and ammunition. It is also the only cargo container in the history of space travel to be equipped with defensive turrets. Although its turrets’ weapons are light compared to standard Shivan armaments, it is worth noting that Iksuras can carry up to ten of these units, resulting in a combined firepower more than capable of repelling interdictors.

Credits

• Lowpoly version by Woomeister
• Upgraded version by Nyctaeus

Performance:

Statistics

Name	SFr Iksura
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	25 - 25 - 25 s
Max Velocity	45 (40) ms-1
Hitpoints	20000 pts
Length	327.99 m
Width	150.25 m
Height	101.43 m
Turrets	10 turrets
Cargo docks	1

Name	SAC 4
Yaw, Pitch, Roll	20 - 20 - 20 s
Hitpoints	3500 pts
Length	184.69 m
Width	149.13 m
Height	203.68 m
Turrets	2 turrets
Cargo docks	1

Armaments

• SFr Iksura

Default Statistics
Turret Type	Amount
Emuzu	8
Guno	2

• SAC 4

Default Statistics
Turret Type	Amount
Emuzu	2

Modding Resources

$POF File: SerRes_Iksura.pof

Texture list: Lucifer-HTL;damage

Veteran Comments

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It looks like the severed head of an SD Lucifer but it's actually a massive, unique kind of freighter. Its most distinct feature is a cargo dockpoint located on the aft. The cargo that comes with the Iksura features paired dockpoints at front and the back, so you can actually attach multiple cargo containers to a single freighter, creating a superfreighter of immense proportions. Note that the more cargo units you add to the train, the slower it will be. To balance this drawback, both the Iksura and the cargo are armed with multiple point-defense turrets and much more hitpoints than other Shivan freighters. These clustered turrets are really dangerous for light strikecrafts, but heavy fighters such as the Hercules and anything larger provide enough survivability to engage the Iksura.

In older versions of FSO, an Iksura loaded with multiple SAC4 units generated an enormous subspace vortex during jumps. This is actually a bug caused by the additive nature of object masses in FSO.

The Iksura is inspired by an official concept art from FS1.

In Series Resurrecta, these things are nothing more than the seventh level of hell for people who hate EMP effects. They generate a consistent, persistent EMP effect until destroyed, essentially forcing you to rely on your own primaries or Furies/Hornets to remove it from the equation. Taking down an Iksura helps making the EMP fade away, and the destruction of several Iksuras would finally allow the player to issue proper orders to wingmen and coordinate strikes against the remaining freighters. Killing the Iksura itself will also destroy all of the cargo containers behind it, but this will not happen in any other campaigns that use the Iksura unless specifically FREDded to do so. If crossfire from the containers is an issue, aim for the first container in the chain: its destruction will trigger a reaction, wipe out the entire chain at once, and leave the freighter completely exposed to allied attack.

External links:

• Series Resurrecta:
  • Series Resurrecta on Knossos | FSNebula