I have a mildly exotic proposal for you. I was browsing through some scrap & derelict auctions, and I stumbled over a charming little gem named the Sunshine Seeker. It's a 15k-tonnage watership originally built for fishing, converted for environmental monitoring, and decommissioned in 809, currently enjoying a quiet life of slow decay at Los Angeles' Coiner Beach. Apparently that's where most of the planet's waterships end up to wait for deconstruction by scrappers or erosion, depending on which happens first. You learn something new every day.

Anyway, I sent the consigner a friendly message, asking if the ship can be disassembled in any convenient fashion for off-planet transport. They told me it wasn't intended for it, but a good team of engineers could make it so in a few days, if required.
Apparently it's mostly just missing the skin, which was some particularly corrosion-resistant alloy they peeled off pretty soon after decommissioning for salvage. It even has most of the environmental monitoring equipment still intact, for what that's worth. It's powered by a typical fusion generator which they assure me, works perfectly fine.

I have to say, I'm intrigued. Because I can think of a certain oceanic planet that could do with some experimental surveying sea-side. The current bid is hovering just under four million credits, and there's only been three changes in the past 48 hours. If they're willing to deliver the pieces to somewhere convenient, let's say Bethlehem, I'm tempted to bid.

~ Stracke

I am going to need some assistance with a major project I'm kicking off.
I've placed a bid upon a derelict watership up for auction on Los Angeles, with the intention of moving the vessel to planet Wichita in Kansas, a (seemingly) uninhabited oceanic world I've had my eye on for a while.
The consigners have agreed to have it disassembled for space transport and will be shipping the pieces to Bethlehem as soon as the auction ends or I pay the buyout price. So first things first, I want the pieces brought to Milford. It's an enormous load and I'm not sure any of our ships besides the Death Valley will be able to handle it, and certainly not all at once.
Be smart about this and don't get the Zoners in trouble. The pieces are huge and awkwardly shaped, so loading is going to take a substantial amount of time. Have one of you cut the lane to the station and distract any traffic heading for the station while you're loading.
I would like to have this done as soon as possible after the shipment arrives, because renting that much space on Bethlehem is shockingly expensive.

At Milford, we're going to examine what we've bought clearly and plan its reassembly, including rebuilding the hull which will require a substantial load of suitable alloys. I will try to order those as soon as possible.
Now, I don't imagine even the Death Valley has a single compartment large enough for the whole vessel, so we're going to have to do final assembly planetside. I imagine we would want to construct a temporary platform with a large enough crane to maneuver the individual segments. According to my preliminary research, none of the planet's islands are permanently above water, so we'll need to research the oceanic phases and set up a time plan accordingly.

We'll go further into operational planning once the work starts at Milford.

~ Stracke