Post by allie on Dec 3, 2021 19:53:43 GMT
Vehicle operating range, especially for jumpcraft, is a critical limit of life on Poseidon. Most pilots are leashed to established travel lanes with reliable refueling points, and can lose days grounded even if they can avail themselves of a convenient hydrogen still. The solution to this problem, pioneered by Atlas Materials in 2194 with the El Nacer HS-100, is the jumpcraft tender.
At the heart of a jumpcraft tender is a small McClusky reactor, powering both the submersible itself and a huge hydrogen still designed to process thousands of liters a day. (In heavily trafficked routes, jumpcraft tenders are often escorted by utility subs set up as fuel tanks, allowing the hydrogen still to run 30 hours a day without reaching capacity.) Most have a small cargo of parts too complex or digital to manufacture on-site, and MAX/3AX hardware to produce everything else - although all jumpcraft tenders currently in service are Incorporate vessels, licensed only to print parts from their own company's catalog. An air-search radar remote and a powerful radio let jumpcraft tenders communicate with aircraft past the horizon; by the time a damaged hopper arrives on site, the tender often has parts ready.
A jumpcraft tender has a minimum crew of three; the captain (usually also the franchisee) oversees its operation and is in charge of signals and communication, while the pilot navigates and the engineer maintains the reactor. In the field, this joined by a crew of mechanics who handle repairs and fuel transfer. Life aboard is cramped and uncomfortable, even when the Incorporate franchisor's resupplies arrive on schedule; jumpcraft tenders are regularly reduced to using oxygen candles when they ride out cyclonic storms.
the following details are subject to revision
Dimensions: 26 meters long, 8 meters wide, 32 metric tons
Durability: 2
Power source: Fusion reactor, MHD drive
Fuel Range: N/A
Capacity: 7 passengers, 3 metric tons of cargo
Availability: Rare
Features: Autonomous, hot interface, sensors
Cost: 3 million cs
Models: Atlas Materials El Nacer HS-100, Hanover UTS-1, NIS SSK-2 Vodpod Kai
Maneuver Mods: Attack -2, Defend -3, Chase/Evade -4, Performance -3
At the heart of a jumpcraft tender is a small McClusky reactor, powering both the submersible itself and a huge hydrogen still designed to process thousands of liters a day. (In heavily trafficked routes, jumpcraft tenders are often escorted by utility subs set up as fuel tanks, allowing the hydrogen still to run 30 hours a day without reaching capacity.) Most have a small cargo of parts too complex or digital to manufacture on-site, and MAX/3AX hardware to produce everything else - although all jumpcraft tenders currently in service are Incorporate vessels, licensed only to print parts from their own company's catalog. An air-search radar remote and a powerful radio let jumpcraft tenders communicate with aircraft past the horizon; by the time a damaged hopper arrives on site, the tender often has parts ready.
A jumpcraft tender has a minimum crew of three; the captain (usually also the franchisee) oversees its operation and is in charge of signals and communication, while the pilot navigates and the engineer maintains the reactor. In the field, this joined by a crew of mechanics who handle repairs and fuel transfer. Life aboard is cramped and uncomfortable, even when the Incorporate franchisor's resupplies arrive on schedule; jumpcraft tenders are regularly reduced to using oxygen candles when they ride out cyclonic storms.
the following details are subject to revision
Dimensions: 26 meters long, 8 meters wide, 32 metric tons
Durability: 2
Power source: Fusion reactor, MHD drive
Fuel Range: N/A
Capacity: 7 passengers, 3 metric tons of cargo
Availability: Rare
Features: Autonomous, hot interface, sensors
Cost: 3 million cs
Models: Atlas Materials El Nacer HS-100, Hanover UTS-1, NIS SSK-2 Vodpod Kai
Maneuver Mods: Attack -2, Defend -3, Chase/Evade -4, Performance -3