This is a snippet from my current game. The Capitalist Alliance is a significant intra-empire faction of the U.N. that pushes for investment in shipping lines, military escorts for corporate ships, pushes against union contracts, for automation of mines, etc. I don't know whether this is the best section of the forums to put it in or not, but here goes.
Civilian shipping provides some great depth, but I wanted another "civilian shipping business" with ships that are a little different and that I can use for role playing and plot devices a little more. This is what I came up with.
August 20, 2049The Cunningham Colony Group now has 16 vessels (10 freighters and 6 colony ships) and a share price of 21.86 credits. Their competitor Cross Carrier Services has two vessels (1 freighter and 1 colony ship) and a share price of just 2.87 credits. They’re struggling to stay in the market.
Star Corp., Sol’s third transnational shipping corporation to venture out into space has a different approach to commerce than its competitors and has recently launched multiple projects simultaneously as joint ventures with Earth-based companies. Star Corp. itself is Luna-based and has 3 Luxury Liners, a fleet of 6 light transports, 19 small recreational starships, and a massive orbital hotel over Luna called the MGM Pinnacle.
(This is all SMed in and is for role-playing purposes)
The Valentine and the Ambrosia are the two **Star Corp. Valentine class Luxury Liners** in service. They offer premium tours of the Solar system and have regular visits to Mars, Ganymede, Callisto, Saturn, and Venus for different tastes. They only carry 750 passengers each, so tickets are exorbitantly expensive, but for those who can afford it, the Valentine class is worth every microcredit.
Star Corp. Valentine class Luxury Liner 13 950 tons 360 Crew 717 BP TCS 279 TH 600 EM 0
2150 km/s Armour 1-51 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 32 Max Repair 75 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Spare Berths 0
Passengers 750
300 EP Commercial Ion Drive (2) Power 300 Fuel Use 6.19% Signature 300 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 52.1 billion km (280 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
The
Star Corp. Crown Jewel class Luxury Liner is the larger cousin of the Valentine class. There’s only one and it serves as the flagship of the Star Corp empire. Its design incorporates some armor as well as a close-in-weapons system to defend in the unlikely event of a space attack.
Star Corp. Crown Jewel class Luxury Liner 33 350 tons 703 Crew 1630.65 BP TCS 667 TH 2100 EM 0
3148 km/s Armour 2-92 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 3 PPV 0
MSP 92 Max Repair 75 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 12 months Spare Berths 0
Passengers 1250
300 EP Commercial Ion Drive (7) Power 300 Fuel Use 6.19% Signature 300 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 250 000 Litres Range 21.8 billion km (80 days at full power)
CIWS-80 (1x6) Range 1000 km TS: 8000 km/s ROF 5 Base 50% To Hit
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
The dream of every rich kid growing up in the TN space age is to pilot their own private spaceship. The
Star Corp. Ferrari class Recreational Starship offers that chance for a steep price. It’s a derivative of the Fleet Command Frogfoot class Trainer design with room for one extra passenger with the sensor, extra fuel, and life support stripped out. At a purchase cost of 17,000,000 microcredits and relatively reasonable fuel economy and serviceability, the Ferrari is available for rental, private flight lessons, and even for private ownership. Four are available to passengers of the Star Corp. Crown Jewel class Luxury Liner Starcorp has 17 Ferraris in its fleet.
Star Corp. Ferrari class Recreational Ship 105 tons 4 Crew 17 BP TCS 2.1 TH 4 EM 0
1904 km/s Armour 1-1 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 0 PPV 0
Maint Life 0 Years MSP 51 AFR 0% IFR 0% 1YR 0 5YR 0 Max Repair 10 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 15 months Spare Berths 2
4 EP Nuclear Pulse Engine (1) Power 4 Fuel Use 14% Signature 4 Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 5 000 Litres Range 61.2 billion km (372 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Fighter for production, combat and maintenance purposes
The
Llama class Light Transport is a freighter concept with minimal crew needs compared to normal freighters and transports. It hauls light cargo containers or even singularly large structures or other ships with its tractor beam and can scale up or down depending on need. The ships specialize in small loads direct to customers instead of mass imports to markets. There are 6 Llamas in service,
Star Corp. Llama class Light Transport 3 400 tons 40 Crew 219 BP TCS 68 TH 240 EM 0
3529 km/s Armour 1-20 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 1 PPV 0
MSP 40 Max Repair 100 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 18 months Spare Berths 0
Tractor Beam
240 EP Commercial Ion Drive (1) Power 240 Fuel Use 3.54% Signature 240 Exp 4%
Fuel Capacity 50 000 Litres Range 74.8 billion km (245 days at full power)
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
The
Star Corp. MGM Pinnacle class Luxury Resort is based over Luna and it the premium destination for the ultra wealthy. It offers 298 restaurants and bars, 58 dance clubs, 39 swimming pools and spas, 12 concert venues, 2 sports stadiums, a variable grav plate monster truck arena, extensive shopping opportunities for off-world goods, and access to the best recreational drugs and escorts.
Star Corp. MGM Pinnacle class Luxury Resort 369 850 tons 1645 Crew 3764 BP TCS 7397 TH 0 EM 0
1 km/s Armour 1-458 Shields 0-0 Sensors 1/1/0/0 Damage Control Rating 2 PPV 0
MSP 13 Max Repair 10 MSP
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months Spare Berths 1
Habitation Capacity 50 000 Passengers 1500
Recreational Facilities
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
This design is classed as an Orbital Habitat for construction purposes
These ships have opened the door for a lot of fun role plays and clashes between factions within the U.N.'s realm, as individual ships can put themselves in harms way or, perhaps, been taken over by pirates. The tractor ships can also be "contracted" by the government for certain tasks.
Cross-posted to R/Aurora4x on Reddit -
https://www.reddit.com/r/aurora4x/comments/7pqhtx/star_corp_a_custom_civilian_transport_company/
