The Armed Merchantman (ArmedMerchantman) is a lightly-armed cargo class. It compensates for its small cargo capacity (relative to the Cargo Ship) with its ability to use 4-inch naval guns to defend against attackers. On /craftlist and contacts, the Armed Merchantman will be disguised as a Cargo Ship.
Like other transport crafts, the Armed Merchantman can quickly load and unload items using the cargo commands.
¶ Controls
Armed Merchantmen use the Naval Direct Control mode. Direct Control mode (/dc) is superior to manual movement during combat.
This means they will always cruise in the direction of their "front". If you try to cruise sideways, the craft will move diagonally in that direction instead.
The "front" of the Armed Merchantman is determined in two ways.
- If your craft has a Cruise sign, the "front" is opposite to the direction that the sign is facing.
- If your craft has no or multiple Cruise signs, the "front" is the direction you are looking at when piloting the craft.
¶ Specifications
¶ General
- Cruising Speed: 15 m/s
- Acceleration: 6.5 m/s2
- Rotation Cooldown: 5s
¶ Block requirements and limitations
You can calculate these block requirements and limitations in-game by using /craftcalc ArmedMerchantman (craft size).
- No more than 35% of the craft's blocks can be at or below the waterline
- Minimum block size of 2,000
- Maximum block size of 4,000
- Must be at least 5% Redstone Block
- Must be at least 35% Concrete
- No more than 15% of blocks may be (any colour of) Terracotta or Reinforced Wood
- Terracotta and Reinforced Wood are the primary armor blocks. They have a higher blast resistance than normal when piloting the craft.
- No more than 5% of blocks may be (any colour of) Glazed Terracotta
- Glazed Terracotta is the secondary armor block. It is weaker than Terracotta but does not merge with turrets and so can be used as their base.
- No more than 1.75% of blocks may be Chests or Barrels
¶ Cannon limitations
The following cannons can be used on the Armed Merchantman:
- 4-Inch Gun (4 max)
- Anti-Air Gun (2 max)
¶ Allowed Blocks
View in-game using /craftblocks ArmedMerchantman.
¶ Piloting
To pilot an Armed Merchantman, you may use the command /pilot ArmedMerchantman while standing on an eligible Armed Merchantman.
Alternatively, you may right click a sign on the craft that has ArmedMerchantma written on the first line. Note that the final ‘n’ is cut off due to sign length limitations.
¶ Fuel
This craft is fueled by Coal, Charcoal, Blocks of Coal, and Blocks of Charcoal placed inside an on-board Furnace.