r/kerbalspaceprogram #6

Trireme's Core Module. Those blue boxes are the capacitors for her petawatt-class ignition lasers. 100 pulses every second, for 32 years straight on a full tank. Pew Pew Pew.

Each beryllium-doped mirror perfectly aims petawatts of laser energy at a thumbnail-sized target 9,000 meters away. A hidden protocol exists that turn these into disco lightshows.

The electromagnetic mass driver "Pellet Gun", capable of firing up to 100 10-gram Deuterium-Tritium pellets 9 kilometers downrange every second. Point away from face.

The vast bulk of Trireme's 10-kilometer length are the mainspar cables, made from stiff graphene nanotubes to endure constant tensile stress. Peep the frontal mirrors.

Trireme's lightweight habitation core, requiring minimal radiation shielding with great views thanks to sheer distance. I bet the Ouroboros' crews are absolutely green with envy.

The onboard fusion reactor, in a Twin-Tokamak configuration. Thankfully the fuel tanks contain only solid Deuterium-Tritium pellets, allowing flexibility in radiator placement.

Trireme's reflective "sail" superstructur, with an electromagnetic confinement ring at its center, surrounded by beryllium-doped mirrors which direct fusion and neutron backblast.

Did I mention Trireme has orbital gas-harvesting capability and in-situ refueling? Call it Tactical Timewasting, or simply Aura Farming.

This was our barge that would take us over the river.

it folds out to hold the rover

ramp so you can drive on.

Somehow the barge exploded, before we even made it to the river.

We'll have to find another way across.