From: David Reeves <davidar@n...>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:04:40 -0500
Subject: [FT]: Colony, Search & Rescue Ships
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:11:06 -0500 From: "Izenberg, Noam" <Noam.Izenberg@jhuapl.edu> Subject: New Low Rates (long) Sabra Colonial Enterprises announces new, low Per-Capita and Per-Installation rates on Colonial ventures. With the recent completion of the 5th Sinai Class Colony ship, near completion of the 6th, and ready production of drop pods and ancillary support shuttles and stations, SCE stands ready to meet your exansion and exploration needs. FTL-message our branch offices on Sabra, Gan, or Metzada, or our Core world representatives toarrange an initial meeting to discuss your destinationand situation. Appended is a short rundown of available ships and capacities. Below that are descriptions of our other services, including Terrraforming, and Rescue/Evac > Diaspora-G (Sinai) Colony ship: [I envision the ship along the lines of B5's Cortez. Long and spindly with command module in front, station pod and lifters mounted symmetrically on forward "neck", FTL drive bulge in the center, 4 colony pods as part of a rotating section (save on mass not to have grav) in aft neck, then big-ass sublight engines in the rear.] Historical and other classes of colony ships follow: > Eden Class (Production run 2095-2125) 7500 @ > 50/mass 12000 > @ 50/mass Terraformers: Ginah (garden) Class > Hull Displacement: 142 The first of New Israel's Terraforming fleet, theGina (garden) is a massive ship capablie of landing planetside with the labs, stores, and equipment needed to help tame inhospitable planetary environments. These ships enabled terraform practices and protocols developed on NI colony worlds to be made available for lease to other nations. Capabilities include, but are not limited to: biostores for introducing friendly soil bacteria; labs for splicing new crop strains; pressure dome construction materials to filter semi-hostile atmospheres or adjust uncomfortable pressures; purification equipment; laboratories to study potential compatability and adaptability of native life to colonists and vise versa; and special hazard capability to moniotor and help control in case the human presence unbalances the local, regional or planetary biosphere. The Chavah class Terraformer is 280 mass, Partially streamlined (Rhrust 6), and carries 100 mass of terrforming equipment. It is one of the largest ships in known space capable of regular transit form space to planet and back again. It's laboratory and stores complement is double that of the Ginah and is used for more challenging environments and projects where time is more of the essence. Rescue / Disaster Relief / Evac Ships Raphael: Rescue / Relief / Evac variant of the Ginah. Armor, 1xC1 and 1xPDS are removed for 5 more cargo, and the Ginahs labs and stores are swapped out for relief suppliy or triage facilities and berths. In evac conviguration, and a capacity of 50 persons per mass, the Raphael can evacuate 2750 people from a planet surface. In emergency crowding conditions, twice as many evacuees can be crammed on board. In a dedicated facility, a Ginah can be converted to a Raphael in a matter of hours, so the two ship classes are effctively counted as one. Currently three Ginahs have Raphael configuration. One Raphael was lost without a trace in 2167 during a planetary evacuation when a solar storm compromized its navigation system as it entered FTL. (320 NPV) Motzei (finder): Fast Search and Rescue Ginah variant. This ship is a faster version of the Raphael, with Thrust 6 as well as full streamlining. Its defensive capacity is higher due to potential operations in more sensitive areas. It has grade 3 armor and 3 Class 1 beams, in addition to its 2 PDS. 2 Enhanced sensor arrays allow for fast coverage of large areas of space and/or planetary surfaces for stranded ships and people. The Motzei sacrifices some capacity for these abilities, able to carry 1600 to 3200 evacuees. First produced in 2151, three Motzei are in active service. (395 NPV) Tevah (ark): Rescue / Relief / Evac Chavah variant. For large scale planetary disasters. 2xC1 and 2xPDS,and 1 Fire control are removed for 5 more cargo, otherwise similar conversion as the Raphael. Capacity is 5250-10500 evacuees. Two Chavahs are currently in Tevah configuration. (636 NPV) Seraph (angel): Heavy Evac. The Seraph is designed to dive into almost any environment or circumstance, pick up its people, and get out fast. It is fully streamlined and has thrust 7 engines. Armament is the same as the Tevah, and additional cargo space is sacrificed for 15 armor (50 Mass total cargo). Rescue capacity is 2500-5000. (746 NPV) The first was produced in 2176, and dubbed Tevah-B. The class was renamed after its first disaster relief mission in 2177 when a number of evacuees initially mistook the rapidly descending ship alternately for an angel of salvation or death. Currently two seraphs, Gavriel and Michael are in service. One of the two Chavahs in production is a thrid Seraph.