TSF-SKR Tumour Replaced by the TSF-ASN Owl

[pizzay30tyd]

About the PR

Added the TSF-Owl, a new TSF ship fitted with one mech bay and incredible stealth capabilities at the cost of lacking armor and armaments.

Why / Balance

No TSF ships have mech support other than the Flyssa, this fills in a small niche for that. Tumour is also most likely the least used ship in the TSFMC Shipyard.

Stealth stats when in “parked” stealth mode: (should probably double check cause the heat system is a bit wonky)
Handheld mass scanner: visible at 300 meters (no thermal sig)
Shuttle/Gunnery Console: visible at 430 meters (no thermal sig)
Advanced Radar: visible at 650 meters (no thermal sig)
Elite Radar: visible at 870 meters (no thermal sig)
Overwatch Radar: visible at 1700 meters (no thermal sig)

Media

Tumour

Owl

Radar Signature

Button Showcase
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/df868cc4-ed60-4e80-8c26-fb4e85850bd5

Requirements

• I have read relevant guidelines/documentation to this PR found on our devwiki.
• I have added media to this PR or it does not require an ingame showcase.
• I can confirm this PR contains either no AI-generated content, or AI-generated content that meets our guidelines.

How to test

open localhost
mapping 1000
loadgrid 1000 /Maps/_Mono/Shuttles/Nfsd/owl.yml
mapinit 1000

Breaking changes

Changelog

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• remove: TSF-SKR Tumour is removed
• add: Added the TSF-ASN Owl, a small stealthy mech carrier.

[pizzay30tyd]

ok i broke it with latest commit but im too lazy to fix rn wait like a day pls

[pizzay30tyd]

fixed everything, rearranged engine room to have way more space and overall make the ship look a bit more balanced

[Mapleflavoureds]

tumour as of now

It's main gimmick is its inbuilt shipyard, which does have some decent hit and run option that don't see much time of day.

I like its little stupid ships, despite their relative inutility.

[ThanosDeGraf]

The stealth mode is cool! More ships should come equipped with a way to reduce their thermal sig.

I agree with Rover here though, ships with built-in mini shipyards are fun but rare, so removing the tumor feels like a shame. Small fighters that have a solar wing for power would be cool, no?

[pizzay30tyd]

Yeah I guess I could change the PR to just be “Added TSF-ASN Owl” since it is a unique enough ship given the severe lack of mech carriers TSF has, let alone stealth ones.
Sadly stealth ships for active ship combat kind of aren’t viable with the current thermal signature system cause using thrusters/firing weapons massively increases your thermal sig so they’d only really be good for pre-planned ambushes where the enemy drives into you so solar powered fighters for Tumour would be kind of niche
Would be nice to see a proper Tumour replacement/remap though given how rarely it is used despite it being a very unique ship.
Maybe the Tumour could be remapped to a proper stealth carrier where it still serves its role as a fighter carrier whilst being hard to find?