Block Request: Small-Grid Medium Hydrogen Tank
This is a request for something like a small-grid medium hydrogen tank with a volume in the ballpark of a Medium Cargo Container or Oxygen Tank.
We already sensibly have a medium cargo container and have for years and it's a good thing, we needed a middle ground between the 1x1x1 Small Cargo and the 5x5x5 Large Cargo. The 3x3x3 Medium cargo container is perfect and I think I'm not alone in saying that it's overwhelmingly the cargo container that gets used on small ships and rovers, because Small Cargo is almost useless (can't fit almost anything but ore and ammo) and Large Cargo is bulky and often overkill unless you're building a dedicated hauling ship. (Love the modular containers but DLC)
And yet, when it comes to hydrogen we have to choose between the 2x2x1 Small Tank and the 5x5x5 Large Tank. Small tanks are only really good for jetpack refills or reserve fuel because a full half of the block volume is not being used to store fuel so they don't scale well. Large tanks are bulky and usually even one of them is way too much fuel for a small ship like a fighter. They're huge weakpoints on the design and when you properly armor them they get even bulkier than they already are.
The recent introduction of the small oxygen container for small grid is what made me start thinking about this again, because that's genius. It's an OBVIOUS improvement that addresses a common pain point with small grid builds and I think Hydrogen should be next. I think it would completely revolutionize the small-grid space and make a lot of compact ships significantly more viable in much the way the new small oxygen tank has.
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