Slaves in a Pirate Train

[ArthurDent]

Would it be good roleplaying to carry salves or prisonners in a Pirate Train? This thing looks more like a tanker. It raises questions like are they able to breathe?

[Sprolf]

The Pirate Train does not really have the life support systems you'd need, because it is basically a small barge pushing cargo tanks with some armor and guns over top of it all. All the people you'd be transporting would need some sort of life support, and unless you carried 2150 oxygen to offset that in RP - or something similar - I would not recommend using it. It's not what you would ship any sort of live cargo in.

Pirate Transport would work for this task, as it would be easy enough to extend life support functions throughout the entire ship, if they aren't already, I think.

Although, if you are looking for something in the area of the Pirate Train to haul live cargo with, definitely choose to use the infamous Slave Liner. Brilliant ship, nice weapons, good cargo - plus in RP it has massive life support systems, so it's perfect for transporting a lot of people all at once.

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[Baltar]

Talk about your micro-role playing ... come on guys ... give it up.

[Xing]

lol. Whining on roleplay now. Your sig is certainly very ironic.

But yeah. PTrain looks like a fuel tanker. Use a slave liner or a pirate transport instead if you want to go on a maximum of RP aesthetic.

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[Cadmus]

Indeed.

I can definitely see myself transporting human beings through the ravages of space, likely flooded in radiation, inside unpressurized metal containers.


Read:
It's never going to happen.

Pirate trains should never haul live cargo, given the nature of their very construction. They're essentialy a barge with cobbled together armor, as Mr. Sprolf said above, and to think that they have life support in their tanks is ludicrous. Take a look at the story I'm writing (in my signature, if you please) and you'll see that this fact is already established in my mind. (To be correct, the next section I'm posting [which I've already written] contains the details of the transport. So I suppose this testimony counts for very little.) Trains should never, ever haul live cargo unless it is contained in a life support system - which is bulky and takes up more space than the cargo itself does.

Just by one of those egregiously overpowered Slave Liners and call it good.
You will at least look the part and not raise any eyebrows in the process.

Just because trains get higher cargo space doesn't mean you should use them. They're specialized ships, just like every other ship in Sirius except the Starflier.

Plus, the Slave Liner affords distinct pew-pew advantages.

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[Gamazson]

I suppose it really depends on how you RP the transportation of slaves. In the Slavers Union I have always stressed a faction preference towards cargo vessels with internal holds, and I have put an out right ban on the other trains. The P-Train is used by one of members, however she RP's her slaves as being in a cryo-sleep, the rest of us who RP our characters being much cheaper, fly Fireflys, P-Trans and of course a slave liners. These ships all have native life support in their cargo bays, which means chain link cells, instead of a complex system of tubes and support lines.

You can really get away with any transport as a slave trader, but the Slave Liner and the P-Trans are highly recommended due to their ability to pirate as well.

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[tansytansey]

There are no restrictions on what cargo a transporter can carry, so don't let people bully you into roleplaying their way.

Choose the way you want to roleplay your own characters, people. Stop forcing your own views onto other people. I could easily see a cruel slave hauler packing slaves into a tank. So what if a few perish? They're only slaves to be sold.

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[Cadmus]

Choose the way you want to roleplay your own characters, people. Stop forcing your own views onto other people. I could easily see a cruel slave hauler packing slaves into a tank. So what if a few perish? They're only slaves to be sold.

Only a few, in a tank without life support?

Your estimations of life expectancy are marginally more positive than mine.

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[Zelot]

Only a few, in a tank without life support?

Your estimations of life expectancy are marginally more positive than mine.

Well, a little real life input here. Estimates have put the number of African slaves that died during transit of the Atlantic Ocean at one quarter to one third of all those who started the journey. Much more than a few, but still, something that happened. Anyone who would trade in slaves cant really be expected to worry that much for their cargo, as we can see from this real world example. They would give the minimal possible life support, and if say a quarter of the slaves died on the trip, so what? They wont lose any sleep over it. If they could stick an oxygen tank and some fiberglass around the wall of the tanks, they would give it a try.

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[tansytansey]

Only a few, in a tank without life support?

Your estimations of life expectancy are marginally more positive than mine.

Please point out to me where in any info card it says the Pirate Train has no life support in its' tanks.

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