You know, comments would be nice. Otherwise I'd have to assume nobody cares besides M Fnord.
Anyway, more world-building bits as I'm trying to get a good chunk of story together.
Scrabble Yards S-17 Transworld scout ship.
The S-17 is known as the Saucer, due to its highly rounded ovoid shape, has been in production since 2009. The Block I’s were produced after winning a short bid process, mainly on their modularity of internals. Even before the second delivery, the first scout was bringing back new tech and info that otherwise invalidated the design
Of the twenty Block I’s, only three still exist in anything like one piece. No. 3 is in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. No 7 is still in the service of Professor Deidre Griest as a personal transport, and No 12 is at the bottom of Tokyo Bay in Kaiju-4.
Blocks II through V were partial spaceframes (the same spaceframes as they rebuilt them), trying to incorporate the tech improvement the dwindling supply of Block I’s were bringing back.
The iconic ovoid shape now known as the Saucer was established by the Block VI’s in 2010. Integrated enchantments in the modular technologies allowed rapid upgrading (major components like engines in a week, up to a month for a full refit), allowing the ships to stay current. The Block VI’s remained in production to 2018 with the Mk. LXVI, and a total of 1575 produced. It wasn’t until 2015 that the Block XII’s entered production, driven by the needs of the UNSAD (current production run is 500 ships). As of 2027, rumours of Block XXI’s are rampant.
Current base model specs are as follows:
Scrabble Yards S-17L Transword Scout Ship – Block XII Mk. XIX.
Length – 30.5 m/100 feet.
Width – 16.7 m/55 feet.
Depth – 7.6m/25 feet.
Power plants – General Electric C-5 Antimatter spiked Hydrogen Fusion Reactor, Boeing Mk III Thermal Reclamation System, solar absorbent surface (See Defenses)
Drive systems – Cerberus System Mk VII Tantalus Dark Energy FTL core, Poseidon Type XII Contr-Grav lifter, 2 x Turia Antimatter spiked Hyper-Impulse Engines, Mobius Group Type XVII Transworld Displacement System
Weapons – 8 x Lasertronix 2 MJ Pulse Point defence domes, Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal Class V AcMag Multi Role launcher (forward facing)
Defences – Cerberus Systems Mk XXX Kinetic Barrier system, Systems Alliance/Boeing Type V Thermal Sink system, BT Class II ablative armour, Megadyne Type XXIII bioplastic radar absorbent/chameleon surface, Sarif Industries optical camouflage system, Mobius Labs Class VI Electronic Warfare Suite.
Computer – Orbit Systems Mk II Quantum Processing Macroframe.
Crew – 2 min, 10 standard.
Cargo – 250 tonnes. (Yes, the story about them driving a MBT into the bay is true. The walking an Atlas in is false. They loaded it lying down and in parts.)
Speed - FTL –(cruise – max – emergency(12h)) 1800c|5ly/day – 2000c|5.5ly/day – 2191.44c|6ly/day
Speed –STL – 1000G
Range – 9 Months
Escape – 3 x 5 person re-entry pods with Mobius Group Type IX Transworld Displacer Pack
There is no stock version of the Saucer. Every vessel produced has been modified to the specifications of the customer, some quite extensively, and aftermarket reconfiguration is the norm.
The UNSAD fleet version reconfigures the cargo hold and crew capacity to allow a better weapons load and defensive systems. Precise details are classified, but do include better shielding , adding an anti-particle accelerator cannon, and loading disruptor torpedoes.
Anyway, more world-building bits as I'm trying to get a good chunk of story together.
Scrabble Yards S-17 Transworld scout ship.
The S-17 is known as the Saucer, due to its highly rounded ovoid shape, has been in production since 2009. The Block I’s were produced after winning a short bid process, mainly on their modularity of internals. Even before the second delivery, the first scout was bringing back new tech and info that otherwise invalidated the design
Of the twenty Block I’s, only three still exist in anything like one piece. No. 3 is in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. No 7 is still in the service of Professor Deidre Griest as a personal transport, and No 12 is at the bottom of Tokyo Bay in Kaiju-4.
Blocks II through V were partial spaceframes (the same spaceframes as they rebuilt them), trying to incorporate the tech improvement the dwindling supply of Block I’s were bringing back.
The iconic ovoid shape now known as the Saucer was established by the Block VI’s in 2010. Integrated enchantments in the modular technologies allowed rapid upgrading (major components like engines in a week, up to a month for a full refit), allowing the ships to stay current. The Block VI’s remained in production to 2018 with the Mk. LXVI, and a total of 1575 produced. It wasn’t until 2015 that the Block XII’s entered production, driven by the needs of the UNSAD (current production run is 500 ships). As of 2027, rumours of Block XXI’s are rampant.
Current base model specs are as follows:
Scrabble Yards S-17L Transword Scout Ship – Block XII Mk. XIX.
Length – 30.5 m/100 feet.
Width – 16.7 m/55 feet.
Depth – 7.6m/25 feet.
Power plants – General Electric C-5 Antimatter spiked Hydrogen Fusion Reactor, Boeing Mk III Thermal Reclamation System, solar absorbent surface (See Defenses)
Drive systems – Cerberus System Mk VII Tantalus Dark Energy FTL core, Poseidon Type XII Contr-Grav lifter, 2 x Turia Antimatter spiked Hyper-Impulse Engines, Mobius Group Type XVII Transworld Displacement System
Weapons – 8 x Lasertronix 2 MJ Pulse Point defence domes, Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal Class V AcMag Multi Role launcher (forward facing)
Defences – Cerberus Systems Mk XXX Kinetic Barrier system, Systems Alliance/Boeing Type V Thermal Sink system, BT Class II ablative armour, Megadyne Type XXIII bioplastic radar absorbent/chameleon surface, Sarif Industries optical camouflage system, Mobius Labs Class VI Electronic Warfare Suite.
Computer – Orbit Systems Mk II Quantum Processing Macroframe.
Crew – 2 min, 10 standard.
Cargo – 250 tonnes. (Yes, the story about them driving a MBT into the bay is true. The walking an Atlas in is false. They loaded it lying down and in parts.)
Speed - FTL –(cruise – max – emergency(12h)) 1800c|5ly/day – 2000c|5.5ly/day – 2191.44c|6ly/day
Speed –STL – 1000G
Range – 9 Months
Escape – 3 x 5 person re-entry pods with Mobius Group Type IX Transworld Displacer Pack
There is no stock version of the Saucer. Every vessel produced has been modified to the specifications of the customer, some quite extensively, and aftermarket reconfiguration is the norm.
The UNSAD fleet version reconfigures the cargo hold and crew capacity to allow a better weapons load and defensive systems. Precise details are classified, but do include better shielding , adding an anti-particle accelerator cannon, and loading disruptor torpedoes.