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.