Serenai Vaelthith “Sera Vale”
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To provide a personal long-range scout and exploration vessel for Sera Vaelith.
Image Source: Incom A-24
Canon Link: Incom A-24 Sleuth-class Scout Ship (pg 61-62 in the book)
Permissions: N/A
Primary Source: Incom A-36 Sleuth-class Scout Ship
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Incom Corporation (Field Refit)
Affiliation: Independent / Sera Vaelith
Market Status: Unique (custom field refit)
Model: Incom A-36R "Wanderlight" Sleuth-class Refit
Production: Unique
Material: Durasteel hull, composite alloy plating, reinforced bulkheads
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Light Scout / Exploration Freighter
Length: 40 meters
Width: 12 meters
Height: 8 meters
Armament: Low
- Dual light laser cannons (forward mount)
- Standard A-36 deflector shields
- Light durasteel armor plating
Passengers: 2
Cargo Capacity: 40 metric tons
Consumables: 3 weeks (2 crew)
Hyperdrive Class: Primary 1.0 | Backup 12
STANDARD FEATURES
- Standard communications array
- Standard deflector shield generator
- Standard sublight ion engines
- Standard life support systems
- Standard navigational computer
- Standard repulsorlift landing system
- Standard atmospheric flight capability
Standard sensor array - Dual laser cannon targeting system
- Restored A-24 long-range sensor and communication suite
- Directional deep-scan array
- Deployable sensor booster (extends detection range when stationary)
- Atmospheric and mineral analysis package
- Survey drone pod with two autonomous recon drones
- Atmospheric scoop system for refueling and life-support regeneration
- Encrypted slicer node integrated with navicomp
- Under-deck cryo-locker (sample or contraband storage)
- Three shielded smuggling compartments
- Port-side auxiliary bay (fits one light speeder or 74-Z bike and hover sled for finds to big to carry)
- Fold-down workshop bench with micro-fabricator
- Environmental filters for toxic and low-oxygen atmospheres
- Reinforced internal bulkheads for planetary landings
STRENGTHS
- Equipped with advanced long-range sensor and survey systems suitable for exploration, salvage, or reconnaissance.
- Modular internal design with ample workroom, storage, and maintenance access supports solo operations.
- Extremely quiet sensor profile, ideal for operating under the radar of law enforcement or pirates.
- Limited weaponry leaves it vulnerable in open combat situations.
- Older systems require frequent manual maintenance.
- Narrow frame and extended sensor booms reduce internal maneuvering space.
- Despite upgrades, shielding remains only moderate and cannot withstand sustained heavy fire.
DESCRIPTION
The Wanderlight began as an Incom A-36 Sleuth, one of many patrol craft retired from service, but its current configuration is entirely its own. Expanded hull sections, mismatched panels, and extended sensor booms tell the story of years of field refits and scavenged upgrades. It retains the narrow, forward-swept frame of the A-series, but the additional equipment makes it feel more like a mobile survey lab than a scout ship.
Sera restored the powerful A-24 exploration suite and paired it with a deployable sensor booster and a pod of autonomous survey drones, allowing the ship to map terrain, identify ruins, and locate mineral or salvage sites without ever leaving orbit. Smuggling compartments and a cryo-locker remain hidden beneath the deck plates, quiet reminders that not all of the Wanderlight's work is strictly legal.
Inside, the ship feels more workshop than warship. Every surface bears the mark of use, from burn-streaked bulkheads to tool racks and data cables coiled beside old ration tins. The cockpit glows faintly with scanner light and soft displays, the hum of the hyperdrive a constant backdrop. For Sera, the Wanderlight is both refuge and partner, a ship built for the edges of the map and the silence between stars