RSS Mercury Version 1.3.1

Red Sails Shipyard is pleased to present the Mercury as an Age of Sail ship for SPD enabled estates and sailing regions. The RSS Mercury is based on the plans and drawing for the Russian Mercury, a 20 gun Brigantine. The RSS version is done with scale details in mind to offer a beautiful looking ship suitable for SPD Age of Sail combat.

The Mercury sails smoothly thanks to high quality mesh physics combined with efficient scripting. Comparable to existing SPD ships, the Mercury's performance will not leave a Captain wanting for more. Although mounting 10 cannons ... two less cannons than the bigger medium class ships ... the Mercury enjoys a slightly better turning rate to compensate. Downwind sailing is a true joy when the square sails are raised though at a cost to upwind speed.

Filled with unique features such as a self rezzable repair depot and new switchable camera views for the Captain, the RSS Mercury should prove to be a favorite for battlers and non-battlers alike.

I truly hope you will enjoy the latest RSS ship, the Mercury. Stay tuned for more RSS ships in the future!

Angelic Helling aka Elic Epsilon

RSS Mercury Features
- Mesh hull and parts for increased detail
- Ultra low physics cost mesh construction
- Low script count (5 ship/1 sails/1 HUD) helps ease transitions from one region to another
- Single cannon script independent of cannon prims to prevent range manipulation
- Tamper resistant collision prim hit area (if modified, scripts reset collision prim attributes or prevents ship from sailing)
- Only 53 total land impact when sailing, Attachable sails are 112 land impact until attached to the avatar
- Cannonball sounds and splashes unique to RSS ships
- Randomized secured communication channels for increased ship security
- Updated All-In-One HUD configures itself to any 2.1 or better RSS ship
- Ship rezzable repair depot that will automatically self delete after ship is fully repaired (no more abandoned depots!)
- Captain switchable camera views with Page Down