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Intent: To codify the effects of the biomemetic ship framework for Project Vanguard ships
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Model: Ossis Starship Frame
Affiliation: Lucerne Labs, closed market
Modularity: None
Production: Minor
Material: Iridium doped Mirrsteel with condensed-matter composite inserts, Biolux-series organoform circuitry, power couplings
Strengths:
Minor Reinforcement: The Ossis's base materials, while strong, are not exceptionally extraordinary in and of themselves. However, the use of spaced condensed-matter composite inserts between the more traditional metal framework as a layout design helps absorb and contain physical impacts and vibrations to certain areas of the hull. (+1 on defense rating compared to baseline stats)
Core Systems Protection: Ossis framework encases the central ship circuitry and power conduit chains needed to run the ship's most basic systems such as life support, sensors, and engines (This does not protect any offensive capabilities).
Weaknesses:
Decreased Handling: The Ossis's dense frame provides the craft with enough mass, and consequently, inertia that makes the host craft slightly more difficult to maneuver than standard. (-1 on maneuverability scale compared to baseline stats)
Difficult to Repair: An Ossis frame and the systems within it are exceptionally difficult, and evens sometime impossible, to repair in a field environment.
Description: Project Vanguard is Lucerne Labs effort to create colony vessels that are tough enough to withstand dangerous natural phenomena ranging from dense asteroid fields and intense stellar radiation along with artificial threats such as pirates and hostile alien civilizations through the use of biomemetic and biologically augmented systems. While Lucerne Labs was unable to duplicate the framework used on their initial inspiration, a sekotan starship, they were able to broadly mimic a similar organic layout with more conventional materials. Ossis framework broadly mimics a combination of a traditional skeleton along with elements of an organic nervous system.
The base component of the Ossis is a Mirrsteel-iridium alloy structural beams that have been partially hollowed out via plasma jets before going through a differential heat treatment. These beams are broadly analogous to a skeleton's bones. In between the "bones" of the beam are mol-welded to specifically shaped condensed-matter composite inserts which join the beams. These hollowed out inserts are broadly analogous to cartilage: they serve to diffuse potentially dangerous vibrations caused by physical impacts from things like asteroids or concussion missiles. The hollowed sections of this "skeletal" system are then filled with Biolux-series organoform circuitry and power couplings that snakes through the skeleton to different areas of the ship. This provides these components with an additional layer of protection and environmental shielding, making them more difficult to damage. but Because there is not enough room within the frame to house all of these components, only the most vital and basic functions of the ship are supported by these connections.
While these improvements make ships using the Ossis starship frame more resilient in the harshest regions of space, they are not without their drawbacks. The materials used in the Ossis are exceptionally dense, even when they are hollowed out. This means that frame's moderately enhanced durability is matched in equal parts by a drop in the ship's handling. Likewise, while it is more difficult to damage something inside the frame, it is equally difficult for repair crews to access damaged components inside the frame. The amount of time and effort needed to cut through the skeletal frame and make even hasty repairs to those components makes such repairs almost impossible except in the longest-running of battles. If an Ossis frame is damaged, it usually requires a trip to a dedicated repair facility or shipyard in order to be put back into working condition
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Intent: To codify the effects of the biomemetic ship framework for Project Vanguard ships
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Model: Ossis Starship Frame
Affiliation: Lucerne Labs, closed market
Modularity: None
Production: Minor
Material: Iridium doped Mirrsteel with condensed-matter composite inserts, Biolux-series organoform circuitry, power couplings
Strengths:
Minor Reinforcement: The Ossis's base materials, while strong, are not exceptionally extraordinary in and of themselves. However, the use of spaced condensed-matter composite inserts between the more traditional metal framework as a layout design helps absorb and contain physical impacts and vibrations to certain areas of the hull. (+1 on defense rating compared to baseline stats)
Core Systems Protection: Ossis framework encases the central ship circuitry and power conduit chains needed to run the ship's most basic systems such as life support, sensors, and engines (This does not protect any offensive capabilities).
Weaknesses:
Decreased Handling: The Ossis's dense frame provides the craft with enough mass, and consequently, inertia that makes the host craft slightly more difficult to maneuver than standard. (-1 on maneuverability scale compared to baseline stats)
Difficult to Repair: An Ossis frame and the systems within it are exceptionally difficult, and evens sometime impossible, to repair in a field environment.
Description: Project Vanguard is Lucerne Labs effort to create colony vessels that are tough enough to withstand dangerous natural phenomena ranging from dense asteroid fields and intense stellar radiation along with artificial threats such as pirates and hostile alien civilizations through the use of biomemetic and biologically augmented systems. While Lucerne Labs was unable to duplicate the framework used on their initial inspiration, a sekotan starship, they were able to broadly mimic a similar organic layout with more conventional materials. Ossis framework broadly mimics a combination of a traditional skeleton along with elements of an organic nervous system.
The base component of the Ossis is a Mirrsteel-iridium alloy structural beams that have been partially hollowed out via plasma jets before going through a differential heat treatment. These beams are broadly analogous to a skeleton's bones. In between the "bones" of the beam are mol-welded to specifically shaped condensed-matter composite inserts which join the beams. These hollowed out inserts are broadly analogous to cartilage: they serve to diffuse potentially dangerous vibrations caused by physical impacts from things like asteroids or concussion missiles. The hollowed sections of this "skeletal" system are then filled with Biolux-series organoform circuitry and power couplings that snakes through the skeleton to different areas of the ship. This provides these components with an additional layer of protection and environmental shielding, making them more difficult to damage. but Because there is not enough room within the frame to house all of these components, only the most vital and basic functions of the ship are supported by these connections.
While these improvements make ships using the Ossis starship frame more resilient in the harshest regions of space, they are not without their drawbacks. The materials used in the Ossis are exceptionally dense, even when they are hollowed out. This means that frame's moderately enhanced durability is matched in equal parts by a drop in the ship's handling. Likewise, while it is more difficult to damage something inside the frame, it is equally difficult for repair crews to access damaged components inside the frame. The amount of time and effort needed to cut through the skeletal frame and make even hasty repairs to those components makes such repairs almost impossible except in the longest-running of battles. If an Ossis frame is damaged, it usually requires a trip to a dedicated repair facility or shipyard in order to be put back into working condition
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