Captain Larraq
Capitalist
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Credit: Dead Space
Intent: An old design produced by Mandal Hypernautics hundreds of years ago. The goal then was to create a vessel designed purely for large scale mining operations in deep space. Currently, Mandal Hypernautics is attempting to restart production of the massive mining vessel for sale on the galactic market as a means of competing with MandalMotors domination of the local market.
Development Thread: ((Dead on Arrival))
Manufacturer: Mandal Hypernautics
Model: Mk 1 Concordance-class Asteroid Mining Barge
Affiliation: Mandal Hypernautics, Hyperion Mining, Open Market,
Modularity: None
Production: Limited
Material: Durasteel frame, Alusteel Hull, Duraplast and Duracrete interior
Description:
Designed for large scale mining operations in deep space, the Concordance-class Asteroid Mining Barge is capable of far more than its name implies. Using state of the art gravity tethers and tractor beams, the ship is able to scan and catch mineral-rich asteroids and then strip them of their precious metals. An unintended secondary mining technique discovered by opportunistic captains was the ability to tare mountain sized chunks out of moons and small planets. This mining technique requires a large ground team to drill massive anchors into the desired section of planetoid, as well as explosive charges along the perimeter of the desired chunk of land. Locking onto the land-mass with the gravity tethers and tractor beams, the Concordance-class Vessel is able to slowly pull the chunk of land from the surface of the planetoid for easier access in the zero gravity environment of space, where is stays attached to the chunk of land for the several months it takes to harvest the valuable ore from the land.
Using these techniques, a handful of these vessels are able to consume an entire moon over a few decades, filling up massive heavy freighters to the brim with valuable minerals to be shipped back to various production facilities. Most governments have outlawed the use of such mining operations in populated systems, stating that the risk of disruption to the gravitational balance of the solar system does not outweigh the potential industrial boon. While these governments still allow the use of the Concordance-class Vessel for asteroid mining within their borders, attempting to 'crack a planet' in a populated system is a class 1 felony.
Cracking a planet is an intensive process that takes several weeks. First, survey teams must locate a suitable plot of land, which typically takes three to five days. Next, ground teams must drill and reinforce anchor points into key locations in the desired plot of land. Once the anchor points are in place, massive Durasteel rods with specialized hook-like barbs must be inserted into the anchor points. Drilling and anchoring takes a minimum of two weeks to accomplish. Once the anchor points are secured, demolition charges are placed at key points along the perimeter of the desired plot of land and the Concordance itself must be brought into a very precise low orbit, which takes one or two days. Once in position, the gravity tethers of the Concordance are lowered into position and carefully secured to the anchor points over several hours.. The demolition charges are detonated and the tedious process of extracting the landmass from the planet takes place. It can take as many as two or three days to safely extract a landmass from a planet, as withdrawing from orbit too quickly can cause the anchor points to fail or cause a shift in weight distribution that could cause the entire landmass to collapse on itself and fall back to the planet.
OOC: Each stage of cracking a planet requires a minimum of 3-5 posts from a minimum of three writers to accomplish. At a minimum, 24 posts between three writers must be accomplished before the mining process/harvesting can begin. The quality of posts and level of detail put into the 'cracking' process has a direct IC/OOC result in the amount of rare ore that can be obtained while harvesting the landmass. If a roleplay judge finds the quality of posts in the thread to be lacking, they can rule that the landmass breaks up and collapses to the planet.
Classification: Heavy Freighter, Specialized (Civilian) Star Destroyer,
Role: Mining Barge
Height: 470 meters
Width: 300 meters, 550 meters with arms deployed
Length: 1,600 meters
Power Core Generator/Reactor: Solar Ionization Reactor
Hyperdrive Rating: 4 (Class 10 Backup)
Minimum Crew: 7331
Optimal Crew: 40110
Passenger Capacity: 4,000 Labor Droids
Passenger Manifest: 2,500 Ogre II Mining Droids, 800 MGL Droids, 500 MTX Loader Droids, 200 VCE Droids
Cargo Capacity: 400,000 tons
Consumables: 3 years
Sublight Speed and Maneuverability: Class 7
Armaments:
- Asteroid Defense System (180 Mass Driver Cannons)
- 80 AT-MP
- 20 Shantual-class Cargo Shuttle
- 8 Light Freighters
- Advanced Scanners
- Decontamination Chambers
- Docking Ports
- Emergency Shuttles
- Filtration Systems
- Gravity Centrifuge
- Gravity Tethers (8)
- HoloNet Transceiver
- Hydroponics Deck
- Maintenance Deck
- Medical Deck
- Mining Deck
- Ore Storage Deck
- Quarantine System
- Tractor Beams (8)
- Tram System
- Clerical: 1950
- Colonial: 9210
- Crew: 2400
- Custodial: 2640
- Extension/Familial: 6240
- Medical: 2070
- Security: 2850
- Service: 4350
- Technical: 5310
- Other: 3120
