Popo
I'm Sexy and I Know It
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Affiliation: Tenloss Corporation, Open Market
Manufacturer: Tenloss Corporation
Model: Gusha-class Miner
Modularity: Yes, the Gusha comes in two variants listed below and can be easily customized by private owners.
Production: Mass
Material: Alusteel, durasteel, glassteel, and other shipbuilding materials.
Classification: Mining corvette
Length: 200
Width: 90m
Height: 60m
Armament:
Asteroid Mining Variant
- 4x Tri-beam lasers (Mining)
- 2x Quad Laser Turrets
- 4x Tractor Beams
- 4x Gas Collection Ports
- 2x Point Defense Turrets
- 4x Tractor Beams
Hangar: N/A
Special Features:
- Rugged and reliable
- Easy to pilot and maintain
- Capable of mining ores or gases
- Highly versatile and customizable
- Light point defense
- Large Cargo Hold
- Cheap to build, sell, and maintain
Maneuverability Rating: 8 unloaded, 9 fully loaded
Speed Rating: 8 unloaded, 9 fully loaded
Hyperdrive Class: 2.0
Strengths:
- Rugged and reliable
- Easy to pilot and maintain
- Very versatile
- Large cargo hold (50,000 tonnes)
- Little to no armor
- Slow and sluggish when fully loaded
- Light point defense
Description:
With the rise of small time business owners and the flood of 'The Little Guys' showing up to try and make their way in the galaxy, Popo decided it was time to give them something to get that leg up in life, and maybe profit a little bit in the process.
The Gusha-class Miner was created just for that purpose. Cheap, simple, and reliable, the ship is designed to keep the buyer happy and active in a wide range of environments. The Gusha is, essentially, a small mining ship capable of harvesting ore or gas depending on the variant. The ship has a large cargo hold that can carry around 50,000 tonnes of material. With the ore mining variant, four tri-beam lasers mounted on the ship's hull carve away into asteroids and planetoids to reveal and harvest the ore within while a pair of quad lasers track and target interlopers among the asteroid field. With the gas miner loadout, the ship can sit in the midst of gas clouds and take in the precious materials around it with ease as the point defense turrets engage and destroy targets in the nearly zero visibility gas fields.
The only real downside to the ship is that it has no real armor and is slower when fully laden. Otherwise, the ship is a tough, jack-of-all-trades ship that any aspiring mining tycoon needs to start their careers.
Development Thread: N/A
Intent: To create a neat, small mining ship for those interested in mining things on their own and because I've been playing too much EVE online lately.
