Approved Starship AP-290 Heavy Freighter

[Gilamar Skirata]

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Intent: To create a niche freighter produced by MandalMotors
Development Thread: None
Manufacturer: MandalMotors with MandalTech
Model: AP-290
Affiliation: Open Market
Modularity: Yes
Production: Minor
Material:

• Durasteel
• Transparisteel

Description: The newest product manufactured by MandalMotors, the AP-290 is also the fastest ship produced by the Mandalorian company of the Freighter category. Designed as a rough and tough tumbler, the armor plated freighter lacks standard shielding, instead attributing its defensive capabilities to thick durasteel armor plates coated in an anti-blaster polymer designed to act like ultrachrome, dispersing the heat energy of blasters and lasers.

The standard edition of the Heavy Freighter also comes with a three floors, the second floor being the main living quarters and cockpit of the ship and the first floor being a large cargo bay, though it could be modified to fit even more people or shifted into a mobile sort of base with all of the proper connectors and outlets available. This floor also houses the ship's hypermatter reactor and Hyperdrive.

Taking advantage of MandalMotors' sister company, MandalTech, they have incorporated their 500 series Hyperdrive boasting a .6 hyperdrive rating into the vessel. Powerful and generally a drain on lesser ships. It is for nearly this reason alone that MandalMotors engineers saw fit to incorporate a scaled down Hypermatter reactor to power the freighter, as well as to aid in powering the ship's hangar which is located on the top "floor".

The third floor, and arguably the most interesting area of the ship, is a fully functional hangar quipped with two tractor beams for guiding starfighters in and out of the hangar and magnetic field in order to contain atmosphere within the ship. The hangar doors themselves are made of the same plated durasteel the rest of the ship is constructed of, however is several inches thicker, making for makeshift blast doors and airlock. A secondary airlock is in place in case of a system failure or malfunction.

This ship is by far the most advanced freighter MandalMotors has put out. Originally it was under the direct supervision of Mand'alor Gilamar Skirata as his own personal transport, however after seeing the potential this freighter had on the market with wars breaking out Galaxy wide, he decided it would better be suited for the open market. Not a ship for first time owners, it is exempt from any sort of warranties or deals that MandalMotors normally issues with its products and costs an arm and a leg. The reactor has been known to be easily thrown off balance not unlike those of the capital ship variety and the various protocol that follows with having one of these powerful reactors is heavily enforced, at least on a structural level.

Like all of the AP-Series freighters, the ship is customizable and does come in a solar ionization variant without the hangar bay and is far less expensive and far more beginner friendly than this model. It is also an astromech friendly vessel and has several ports throughout the ship that are accessible to astromech droids


Classification: Heavy Freighter
Role: Transport
Height: 20 Meters
Width: 45 Meters
Length: 35 Meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor:
Hyperdrive Rating: .6 [500 Series Hyperdrive]
Minimum Crew: 1
Optimal Crew: 5 (Pilot, Co-pilot, 2 Gunners, Starfighter Pilot)
Armaments:

• Laser Canon/Ion Canon
• 2 Laser Turrets
• 1 Weapon Hardpoint {Belly}
• 1 Weapon Hardpoint {Nose}

Hangar:

• 1 Starfighter
• 2 Swoops or speeder bikes

Non-Combative Attachments:

• Tractor Beam {1}
• Standard Navigation
• Standard Life support
• Astromech ports
• Magnetic Field

Passenger Capacity: 4, though if the cargo hold is in use several dozen people can fit all together
Cargo Capacity: 300 Metric Tons
Consumables: 1 Month
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: 4

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Gilamar Skirata"]
Risky and innovative. Nothing broken here. Approved.