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HANDBOOK - 4027
PUBLISHED BY MARK
ALAN RUSSELL
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Contents
civilian spaceships 5
ARIBOO 3 CLASS 6
AYAIL CLASS 8
AZIK 10
BAHLROUS CLASS 12
LIPOCK CLASS 14
MODIFIED VONX CLASS 16
MUBARIK CLASS 18
OORSTANISCLAV THE THIRD 20
RASERS CLASS 22
SRANTIS CLASS 24
TRISTRAN CLASS 26
ULIAS 28
VONX CLASS 30
WERPIS CLASS 32
GOVERNMENTAL SPACESHIPS 35
ADARI CLASS 36
CBAHLRO 38
EFOSI CLASS 40
HASU CLASS 42
IJINT CLASS 44
NIZ CLASS 46
QUINCER CLASS 48
SAPROUS 50
TRANSTAR CLASS 52
MILITARY SHIPS 55
ASP CLASS 56
DESMONDAR 58
GRESTICHA CLASS 60
KANDIREBS CLASS 62
MARTAN CLASS 64
NELLIA CLASS 66
ONISTUS CLASS 68
PRASTUS CLASS 70
VLADIMIR THE DESTROYER CLASS 72
WUSTINCH CLASS 74
YEBISAR CLASS 76
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civilian spaceships
The first spaceships that humans built were government craft,
but in the late 21st century, the large scale production of spaceships was
undertaken by commercial interests in order to meet Earth’s growing need
for rare elements which could be stripped from the asteroid belt. Now
80% of all spacecraft are civilian, the majority are freighters which travel
far and wide in the known galaxy. They range from personal spaceships
owned by the wealthy to colossus freighters many kilometers long,
weighing many millions of tons. Freighters create prosperity through trade,
corporate exploring craft open up new frontiers across the known galaxy,
passenger craft ferry tourists to exotic worlds and colossus colony ships
transport entire populations to new worlds.
The spaceship manufacturing sector employs many billions of
people in the construction of civilian spaceships and their greatest source
of income is derived from the construction of what many see as mundane
craft but the technology is often at the cutting edge, barely behind the
military’s. Their purposeful exteriors may not excite young teenage boys
but those in the know look to these craft as the true kings of space.
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ARIBOO 3 CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Ariboo 3
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Personal explorer / luxury transport
NUMBER PRODUCED 686
MANUFACTURERS Markil Engineering
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Golk
YEAR BUILT 4024 - 4027
COST WHEN NEW $42,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 20
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 4
ARMAMENTS Can be customised to support light weapons systems
CRUISING SPEED 240 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 355 light years per day
RANGE 17,700 light years
These spacecraft are some of the most the peoples of the Yark Empire by a factor of around
incredible vehicles available and yet are only 10 to 1!
available to citizens of the wealthiest system: Golk. The Ariboo 3 is an enormously popular
They represent the ultimate in materialistic excess ‘personal spacecraft’ of enormous size but fits the
today. Golk’s unparalleled productivity is due to vast category only due to it’s usage. It is often heavily
cybernetic systems which churn out machinery and customized to taste and outfitted to sumptuous levels
goods which are at the cutting edge of hi-technology. with exotic surface finishes and art adorning the
Due to this, the four hundred million inhabitants of interior. They are usually multi-capable with roles such
this ultra-wealthy planet enjoy the highest per-capita as galactic explorer, transporter or warship, which they
wealth in the known galaxy, even exceeding that of fill with aplomb equally. Ariboo 3’s are seen across the
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known galaxy and draw gasps when spotted due to the owner of the Interplanetary Zoo on Golk employs
their extravagant nature. just such a craft to travel across the galaxy and
Designed and built by the Markil Engineering capture all manner of beasts and bring them safely
company they are heavily automated and require only home. Her spacecraft aptly named the ‘Darwin’ is
twenty flight crew, their medical facilities are entirely equipped with a variety of ground transport vehicles
robotised and the armaments are also fully automatic. and can also boast of an extensive scientific laboratory
The navigation system is Level ZZZ precise and which is used for studying the specimens for disease’s
incredibly fast and the Ariboo 3 class can even adopt a before bringing them out of their home system.
form of ‘stealth cloaking’. The interstellar customs and police have also
The most famous of these ships was the taken to the Ariboo 3 class because of their extensive
vessel who’s registered name was unusual - 9764. This capabilities. They employ them as unmarked vessels
ship was taken by it’s owner Ashaw Trilbort to find the and this has lead to many a smuggler becoming a
lost colony world of Hmashilt, and was involved in the victim of the Golk authorities entrapment.
conflict which destroyed the nearby inhabited asteroid. Several of these craft have been offered in the
The ship was extensively damaged and still floats in used spacecraft market and despite the high asking
orbit around Hmasilt. price they are snapped up very quickly.
Most of these vessels are used for private
excursions to exotic planets for the most indulgent
form of luxury adventure holidays. Justine Redmond,
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AYAIL CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Ayail
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Large Freighter
NUMBER PRODUCED 32
MANUFACTURERS Zoorast Spacecraft Engineering
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Dilcom
YEAR BUILT 3980 - 3995
COST WHEN NEW $156,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 42
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 3
ARMAMENTS Can be outfitted with Crestex System’s Smart Missile System
CRUISING SPEED 132 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 150 light years per day
RANGE 1,145 light years
A very large freighter, the Ayail class is economy of the new colony world. They feature
designed to carry enormous containers that hold an advanced systems which would put many military
enormous open volume of just about anything that ships to shame, such as their sophisticated navigation
needs to be transported around the galaxy - even systems which can assist hyperspace jumps down to
other spacecraft! an accuracy of several hundred metres! They also have
These craft are amongst the biggest civilian a secret anti-missile system which was only revealed
spaceships that have ever been made and are a rare when the Redara military tried to intercept a fleet of
sight indeed with just 32 being made. Made in the them. The Redaran military suffered no losses except
Dilcom system which is one of the newer sectors of to their pride when they attacked with a barrage of
space they have contributed much to the burgeoning missiles which were rendered 100% ineffective within
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a matter of minutes. The incident made the news on a to 3080 of the known 3812 settled systems.
galactic level and created a sense of awe about these
special machines.
Extremely expensive they earn their keep by
performing freighter tasks that can’t be undertaken
by any others. They have moved everything from
fruit to unfinished destroyers with ease, and security.
The large containers are virtually an open-space
interior which can support a range of modular racking
which can hold container modules from K1 to AA
size. They also feature a small number of shuttles
to assist in loading but this is primarily handled by
third party shuttles capable of utilising the ‘Adaptable
Loader/Unloader interface’. This entails a shuttle
‘piggybacking’ the load in a similar fashion to the Ayail
class itself and when the craft meet they use a series
of robotic arms to pass the containers from shuttle to
freighter. It is quite elegant to watch for those who are
unused to such things.
The Ayail class has been used around the
known galaxy, having the enviable record of travelling
PRESSURISED CONTAINER
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AZIK
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Azik
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Custom built galaxy wide explorer
NUMBER PRODUCED 1
MANUFACTURERS Bix Spacecraft Manufacturing
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Hadron
YEAR BUILT 3870
COST WHEN NEW $65,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 100+
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 2
ARMAMENTS Plasma Cannon, 45 Smart Missiles
CRUISING SPEED 50 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 65 light years per day
RANGE 14,000 light years
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BAHLROUS CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Bahlrous
TYPE OF SPACESHIP General purpose freighter
NUMBER PRODUCED 250+
MANUFACTURERS Easil Spaceships
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Trin
YEAR BUILT 3956 - 3972
COST WHEN NEW $42,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 45
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 4
ARMAMENTS None
CRUISING SPEED 150 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 165 light years per day
RANGE 2,250 light years
A very purposeful looking craft the Bahlrous speed is sufficient to transport the rare and expensive
class of freighter is a common sight in the wealthy Yaris fruit from the Fewish world to many of the
Rulis sector of space. They were designed to transport nearest planets in just a few days. The wealthiest
troops and their equipment in the Trin-Camult war, people across the sector can then enjoy the fruit at its
but the first ship was completed 4 days before the best, after their ripening.
end of the conflict, leaving an enormous oversupply of The Deost conglomerate made them
new freighters on the market. These were fast, very somewhat famous when they featured strongly in
defence capable ships and were snapped up by smart advertising wearing brightly multi-colored exterior
investors. These days they ply their trade across the paint schemes which made many look differently to
Rulis sector in a timely manner. Their 50 lyd cruising the usual workhorse’s of space. The paint returned to
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normal after eight years but many still associate the
Deost conglomerate with the public relations ploy that
made it a household name, and the Bahlrous class
famous.
They also have been adopted by a few
pirates in the unruly Pasik sector, mainly for their
incredibly hardened exteriors which are incredibly
difficult to penetrate with the moderately powered
customs and police craft of the area. However they
are gradually becoming a rarer sight as they become
more difficult and expensive to maintain. Many of
the unique electronic systems are now starting to
show failure rates that are unacceptable to the local
authorities and all the spare parts have been owned
by the Easil consortium since manufacture. Their
unique, uncompromising, approach to design makes
them being copied by a rival spaceship manufacturer
prohibitive. Those that do survive however are likely to
continue for a few more decades yet.
Oorstanisclav The Third is named after the combination of size and wealth it creates. There are
ruler of the Yark Empire who lived for 420 years after other corporate ships but none like this incredible
inheriting the fledgling colony world from his father vessel, as this ship generates many billions of galactic
Oorstanisclav The Second. It is unparalleled in its dollars per week as it traverses the galaxy. It’s ability
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to absorb many large freighters loads of raw minerals the ship, rarely leaving for any length of time, due to
daily and its ability to manufacture vast quantities of the fact they share amongst themselves 40% of the
hi-tech commercial wealth is simply awe inspiring. profit!
At the time of construction this was the most It is rumored that a sister ship is to be built in
expensive spacecraft ever built but it soon repaid the the Yark colonies, however the government strongly
investment back to the wealthy owner - Oorstanisclav denies this. If it were true it would have a severe
The Third. It has been upgraded continuously but economic impact on many worlds. It is more probable
essentially retains the same shape it was designed that a new clean sheet design is being considered,
with. It however was severely damaged in the Chalist if this is the case then knowing the wealth chasing
conflict of 3770 but was towed back to Yark for a culture of Yark it is likely to be even bigger, more
full rebuild. This time it was rebuilt with far greater powerful and productive than the original.
defensive and offensive abilities.
Incredibly fast, this ship travels from wealthy
sector to wealthy sector plying its trade in its vast
assortment of goods. As an enormous automated
manufacturing facility - it requires a supervisory and
maintenance crew of around 25,000. In addition there
are over 10,000 flight crew. They live permanently on
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RASERS CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Rasers
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Medium Freighter
NUMBER PRODUCED 24
MANUFACTURERS Baf Cos
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Slipshow 2
YEAR BUILT 3992 - 3994
COST WHEN NEW $37,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 145
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 3
ARMAMENTS None
CRUISING SPEED 125 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 135 light years per day
RANGE 2,600 light years
The Rasers class freighter is a very rare ship coverage of the Yabba Terrorist campaign these
and is almost never seen outside the Dvelk worlds, vessels are etched into the minds of many billions.
however there are few ships which enjoy the notoriety Rwasid Honjak the enigmatic leader of the Yabba
that this class of vessel does. Due to the galaxy wide Enlightenment Movement chooses to use a fleet
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of seven Rasers Class to bring horror to those who and subsequently modified to accept the Mretish
choose to ‘dishonor’ his backward belief system. Frequency Dispersal System. This is a weapon first
Three invaded colony worlds form the basis of his developed 600 years ago and due to it’s outrageous
supporters which number in the tens of millions. One horror was banned by the then Galactic Government.
of there best tools for coercing other people to bow It basically uses a chaotic wave energy which can
to his movement are these very capable ex-freighters turn all organic matter into ‘mush’ within seconds. It’s
converted to military use. range depending upon it’s power could be as much as
The unusual asymmetrical design was first a radius of five kilometres. The Rasers Class is a very
intended to be a very capable fast freighter and was capable vehicle in atmospheric flight and can even out
produced in the Slipshow 2 system by a new company manoeuvre some dedicated atmospheric fighters! It
- Baf Cos. They served for the first ten years doing has extremely powerful gravity effectors which came
just as they were made to do - move goods from into being because the Qradtok planet has variable
system to system quickly and cheaply. The invasion gravity, being between 1.2g and 1.7g.
of Qradtok the home planet of the Slipshow 2 system
by YEM lead to 18 of these vessels being captured
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SRANTIS CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Srantis
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Medium Freighter
NUMBER PRODUCED 10,000+
MANUFACTURERS Various commercial organisations
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Across the many Srantis settled worlds
YEAR BUILT 3860 - Now
COST WHEN NEW Estimated $40,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 200+
MEDICAL FACILITIES Very limited
ARMAMENTS 4 Plasma Cannons
CRUISING SPEED 50 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 68 light years per day
RANGE 4,000 light years
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TRISTRAN CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Tristran
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Luxury Passenger Transport
NUMBER PRODUCED 10
MANUFACTURERS Zoorast Spacecraft Engineering
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Dilcom
YEAR BUILT 3870 - 3877
COST WHEN NEW $70,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 400 - 700 First Class passengers
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 2
ARMAMENTS Not disclosed but proven to be very defence capable
CRUISING SPEED 70 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 90 light years per day
RANGE 3,500 light years
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ULIAS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Ulias
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Research ship
NUMBER PRODUCED 1
MANUFACTURERS Unknown
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Unknown
YEAR BUILT Unknown
COST WHEN NEW Unknown
NUMBER OF CREW 240
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 1
ARMAMENTS Extensive - details unknown
CRUISING SPEED In excess of 100 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED In excess of 200 light years per day
RANGE Unknown
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VONX CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Vonx
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Medium Freighter
NUMBER PRODUCED 7,300+
MANUFACTURERS Ulyian Consortium
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Earth
YEAR BUILT 3920 - 3995
COST WHEN NEW $24,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 150+
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 3
ARMAMENTS Custom Smart Missile System
CRUISING SPEED 145 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 170 light years per day
RANGE 7,500 light years
This class of freighter is the most common for his more extravagant designs that were used
medium sized freighter in the known galaxy. by the Gelk Corporation. The Volk class represents
Manufactured for 70 years by the Ulyian Consortium the stereotypical view that the public has of what
in their vast facilities in Earths orbit, they are the a general purpose freighter looks like, and for good
backbone of most freight companies who need an reason - they are extremely common and many other
inexpensive, versatile and dependable vessel to freighters have been designed with a good deal of the
move cargo. They have a rather brutal but purposeful Volk’s features.
design which was penned by the noted spacecraft Initially they were a custom ship built for Tralis
designer Augustus Russell before he was famous Freighters in the Lhasa system but their very low cost
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and reasonable performance had them being built in
ever increasing numbers for many others. They have
been used as the basis for numerous conversions to fit
other roles, and some are even the mainstay of small
military fleets.
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WERPIS CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Werpis
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Asteroid processing plant
NUMBER PRODUCED 1,600 +
MANUFACTURERS Dershoo Astro Engineering
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Earth
YEAR BUILT 3901 - 4016
COST WHEN NEW $155,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 1,200
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 4
ARMAMENTS None
CRUISING SPEED 20 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 24 light years per day
RANGE 4000 light years
Produced in vast numbers these specialised The Nostoilabesh class of Asteroid processing plant
craft are the result of an intense effort by the Earth had dominated the industry for several decades and
systems many factions to regain a market share once eventually driven the Earth system economies to the
diminished to very low levels by outdated equipment. brink of collapse. The Nostoilabesh were produced by
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the Qart species and had flooded the mineral market
with very cheap products to such a degree that the
Earth system central government were forced to
embark on a concentrated building program.
The design work was handed to the Dershoo
Astro Engineering Company and this helped restore
the once great conglomerate to profitability again.
After the initial batch of 35 were completed their
efficiency was noted by other companies; and various
governments, and then the orders started to come
in rapidly. Due to their size and length of build time
these orders went into a backlog queue and the sheer
demand meant they occupied the shipyard facilities for
over 100 years!
Over this time they were refined in their
design and their manufacture. They still remain the
dominant asteroid processing plant today. They are
weird looking craft and are rarely seen except by their
crew as they leave or arrive for their often several
month long shifts.
CREW ACCOMMODATION
MINERAL STORAGE /
LOADING AREA
This vast class of battleship has patrolled the Brak 2 was thwarted initially by just one ship of this
Brak 2 system for over a hundred years and rather class - Qafist, and when the Euwis returned with their
successfully, no raid on the wealthy homeland of the entire fleet - 2400 ships - these too were defeated
Brak species has even come close to the bejewelled - by the remaining four vessels which had returned
home planet. Much of this is due to the enormous size promptly.
of the Prastus Class, which at almost 16 kilometers long The Prastus class remains one of the most
is capable of housing an incredible arsenal of weapons, capable military ships ever built, but little detail is
both offensive and defensive. known about the armaments that she contains. It
Designed and built prior to the Euwis species’s is known that they house several thousand fighters
hostile engagement of all its neighbours in 3903, this which are incredibly fast, maneuverable and armed
proved a decisive weapon in the conflict. The attack on with a powerful anti-matter cannon. These alone
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probably accounted for over half of the losses by their
enemies. They also have a well shielded hull which
can only be breached by a constant barrage of energy
weapons which can cause an overload and then allow
a breach.
These vessels are also quite fast and known
to be extremely accurate in their hyperspace jumping.
The two Davis Energy Field Engines are the largest
built ever and give of a familiar red glow when idling.
They sit half exposed at the rear of the spacecraft and
are a rare sight in most sectors of space, despite the
Brak species having offered the technology for over
two hundred years to any spacecraft manufacturer
that can afford the licensing costs.
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VLADIMIR THE DESTROYER CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Vladimir The Destroyer
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Destroyer
NUMBER PRODUCED 210+
MANUFACTURERS Flijist Consortium
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Kiestra
YEAR BUILT 3985 - 4001
COST WHEN NEW $84,500,000
NUMBER OF CREW 245
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 3
ARMAMENTS 4 Medium Maser Cannons, numerous defence/offence missiles
CRUISING SPEED 180 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 221 light years per day
RANGE 3,200 light years
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WUSTINCH CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Wustinch
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Battleship
NUMBER PRODUCED 12
MANUFACTURERS Pret Fan Ship Construction
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Dwal 6
YEAR BUILT 3923
COST WHEN NEW $450,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 11,000+ flight crew, 100,000 ground troops
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 1
ARMAMENTS Extensive offensive / defensive capabilities
CRUISING SPEED 450 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 495 light years per day
RANGE 7,400 light years
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YEBISAR CLASS
NAME OF SPACESHIP / CLASS Yesibar
TYPE OF SPACESHIP Battleship
NUMBER PRODUCED 4
MANUFACTURERS Davis Manufacturing
SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURE Ralton
YEAR BUILT 3956 - 3957
COST WHEN NEW $230,000,000
NUMBER OF CREW 2,300+
MEDICAL FACILITIES Level 1
ARMAMENTS Extensive offensive / defensive capabilities
CRUISING SPEED 275 light years per day
MAXIMUM SPEED 300 light years per day
RANGE 6,000 light years
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