((Apologies about the silence lately.))
Administrator Harper looks at his latest report irritably. "Send me in the Chielf Logistics Officer please." he announces to what seems like an empty room.
Only a few minutes later a slightly older bearded man enters. "Explain." Harper demands as he throws a report over the table at the newcomer's direction.
"Ah well... it seems..." he begins, pauses, then continues, "There have been some isolated cases where there has been some... fraud... in our colonist emigration lottery system. Investigating further we found that a virus had infected some of our critical systems for the lottery project. We had to start from scratch."
"That still does not explain how we had THAT MANY more people on the ships than we had slots available."
"Well, sir... thing is... we only restarted the lottery system after the first round of tickets had gone out. And then we had some issue with one of our civilian lines transporting 'tourists' with one way tickets and..."
Harper cuts him off, "Fine. I get it. Leave." he states simply.
"But sir, its not too late to save some... if we send one of our colony ships soon we could..."
"That would be expensive. Colonists isn't worth the fuel it would cost us." Harper says simply, "I am simply concerned about the PR and the likelyhood that good skilled citizens will join the next wave, but from the latest polls it seems the people are excited about space travel and won't have something as minor as large-scale death deter them. Just... see what you can do about sorting out the lottery system for the next wave, okay? Dismissed."
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If a colony ship is still desired, Sol has a spare one. Special terms at 5% markup.
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Colony class Colony Ship 24 800 tons 293 Crew 768.8 BP TCS 496 TH 500 EM 0
1008 km/s Armour 1-75 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 19 Max Repair 16 MSP
Colonists 50000 Cargo Handling Multiplier 10
Nuclear Thermal Engine E1 (
Power 62.5 Fuel Use 10% Signature 62.5 Armour 0 Exp 1%
Fuel Capacity 50 000 Litres Range 36.3 billion km (416 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
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807.24 BC
414.75 Mercassium
286.44 Duranium
100.8 Gallicite
5.25 Corbomite
That is all.