Bombshell Genius
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Affiliation: Open market
Manufacturer: Ringovinda StarYards
Model: Exodus-class bulk freighter
Modularity: Internal space can be reconfigured at will
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Alusteel hull
Classification: Bulk freighter
Length: 999m
Height: 199m
Width: 370m
Armament:
Rating 4
6 Bulkhunter heavy ion cannons (72 turbolaser equivalents)
1 Lusankya super-heavy turbolaser (30 turbolaser equivalents)
20 Quad lasers
20 ion cannons
Defenses:10
Hangar: 0
Special Features:
- Tensor field generator
- Inertial compensator
- 20 Jessica variable-geometry landing gears
- Watchtower collision avoidance system
- 2x Marcia repulsorlift generator
Manoeuvrability Rating: 15
Speed Rating: 15
Hyperdrive Class: 3
Strengths:
- Its internal space can be reconfigured at will
- Large cargo capacity
- Strong hull
- Can land on planets
Weaknesses:
- Lightly armed
- Vulnerable to swarms of corvettes and frigates (a.k.a. concentrates its firepower on a small number of hardpoints)
- Poor point-defense
- High maintenance requirements
Description: Developed specifically for meeting the needs of Operation Noah's Ark, the Exodus-class bulk freighter features 20 million cubic meters of payspace beyond engineering and crew quarters, and represents the largest ship that Ringovinda StarYards deems practical to sell on the civilian market. For much of its development, it was codenamed the Maximum Battleship internally, due to its size being among the largest ship that corporations could own more than one unit of. As with all Ringovinda StarYards products, it enjoys great modularity. As a result, it can be used as a freighter or as a luxury liner. It can even land on planets, thanks to 20 Jessica variable-geometry landing gears, allowing it to even land on uneven surfaces, with the repulsorlift generator located underneath the main reactor. It is also equipped with the latest in collision avoidance technology, enabling it to avoid controlled flights in terrain (asteroid or planetary) as well as other spacecraft. In addition, it comes with standard inertial compensators and tensor field generators so that it can keep its contents safe so long as the ship survives.
- Consumables: 2 months (low-comfort ark ship) - 2 years (pure freighter)
- Crew: 800 (skeleton: 300)
- Passengers: 0 (pure freighter) - 50,000 (luxury liner) - 200,000 (low-comfort ark ship)
- Cargo: 70,000 tons (luxury liner)-5 million tons (pure freighter)
Development Thread: Too crazy to be true? - Star Tours discusses the feasibility within the scope statement Star Tours gave Ringovinda StarYards to build a ship capable of planetary evacuations
Intent: To provide a bulk freighter capable of moving massive loads in a galactic economy and enabling the possibility of planetary evacuations
Who Can Use This: Anyone
