name: Messenger
description: Unleashes a barrage of powerful bullets on enemy targets while peppering them with artillery.
speed: 1
accel: 0.04
drag: 0.017
rotateSpeed: 1
hitSize: 55
flying: true
health: 8500
armor: 7
engineOffset: 0
#rotateWeapon: true
#shootCone: 45
lowAltitude: true
targetFlags: [turret, battery, null]
itemCapacity: 30
weapons: [
  {
  name: messenger-minigun
  top: true
  rotate: true
  rotateSpeed: 1.3
  y: -7
  mirror: false
  x: 0
  inaccuracy: 2
  reload: 640
  recoil: 2
  shootSound: minigun-hit
  chargeSound: chargeCorvus
  # please replace these with custom chaingun sounds later
  shoot: {
    firstShotDelay: 100
    shotDelay: 5
    shots: 51
  }
  bullet: {
    speed: 14
    lifetime: 13
    keepVelocity: false
    damage: 45
    pierceCap: 3
    pierceBuilding: true
    status: burning
    statusDuration: 200
    frontColor: f6e096
    backColor: f8ad42
    trailColor: f8ad42
    trailLength: 4
    trailWidth: 3
    incendAmount: 1
    incendChance: 0.5
    height: 50
    width: 12
    lightColor: f6e096
    lightOpacity: 0.6
    lightRadius: 27
    trailEffect: burning
    trailChance: 0.333
  }
 }
  {
  name: messenger-cannon
  top: true
  y: -1
  #shots: 3
  x: 16
  reload: 75
  #alternative: true
  shootSound: artillery
  ejectEffect: casing3Double
  inaccuracy: 1
  bullet: {
    type: ArtilleryBulletType
    frontColor: bf92f9
    backColor: 6d56bf
    width: 19
    height: 17
    speed: 7
    damage: 12
    splashDamage: 42
    splashDamageRadius: 18
    ammoMultiplier: 1
    lifetime: 30
    fragBullets: 8
    fragBullet: {
      type: ArtilleryBulletType
      frontColor: bf92f9
      backColor: 6d56bf
      speed: 2
      width: 12
      height: 13
      splashDamage: 17
      splashDamageRadius: 15
      lifetime: 30
}}
}]
research: {
  parent: hornet-ship
  objectives: [
    exponential-reconstructor
  ]
}
