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name: Leviathan Class Dreadnought
mass: 15000000 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 100(100)
designated usage: classified
history: The Leviathan was found and salvaged by a Zoner exploration team that had ventured far beyond Omicron Lost. It stood example for all the following Zoner designs, especially the Nephilim. Equipped with countless weapons and an alien reactor type using an artificial singularity, it produces more than 10 times the energy required to actually operate the ship. However most of its systems are still not repaired and operational leaving this ship a monument but hardly a spaceworthy ship anymore.
Today the ship is still permanently used by teams of Livadia scientists to unlock the ancient secrets.

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name: Civilian Shuttle
mass: 25 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: short range courier
history: The civilian shuttle is a ship for high business communters. Its main characteristic is a much more generous pilots cabin, easier controls, state of the art navigation and a lower fuel consumption compared to the Starflier.
The civilian shuttles mission time is limited to 36 hours however due to the limited cargo capability, its armor is paperthin and its reactor provides just enough power to accelerate the ship at a low average speed.
For many buyers it still is a significant alternative to the starflier due to its more comfortable pilots cabin and ease of maintenance.
The Civilian Shuttle is mostly used for planetary travel and only rarely seen in deeper space.

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name: Civilian Freighter
mass: 33 tons plus small containers
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: small freighter
history: similar to the larger camera freighter, the Civilian Freighter is one of the cheapest alternatives for small business cargo companies. Mostly used on planets surfaces, it still is fully space worthy. It shares almost all characteristics with the Civilian Shuttle but is build sturdier and slightly larger.
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name:Basalt Light Miner
mass: 35 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1 greedy bastard
designated usage: Cooperate Miner / Light Escort
history: The Basalt is a new design by an uprising civilian shipwright. It incorporates all that is desired from a new ship. Perfect view via a patented full-glass-bubble-canopy, toughened hull, vector thrust, blast shields, reactive armoring and a state of the art reactor. The ship itself is considered to be one of the best ships in its class.

Especially the targetting system and friend foe algorithms are the pride of the manufacturer. Able to target weak spots in both, mineral rich Asteroids as well as trigger-happy pirate ships, the Basalt can make quick work of both.

Most pilots are uneasy at first about sitting almost entirely "in space" but grow to it so quickly that they refuse to fly any other ship because they feel entrapped.

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name: Dacite Heavy Miner
mass: 130 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: Large Asteroid Miner / Heavy Constructor
history: the Dacite is based on the Basalt technology and does indeed make use of the Basalts base technology as well as part of the fuselage. The similarities end with the powersupply and the spinal mounted cutting beam though.

Not one, but two large reactors provide the ship with incredible power for its engines and mining systems. The cutting beam emits a continous particle beam capable of slicing through even the toughest rock.
Special heatsinks prevent overheating and enable the ship to keep this cutting beam running for minutes.

While the cutting beam almost comes with the firepower of a cruiser weapon, it is severely limited in range, emitting only around 70 meters before dissolving, it is useless in combat. To fight attackers, the Dacite brings the full arsenal of a grown very heavy fighter to astonishing effect.

Like the smaller Basalt, the Dacite comes with a full-glass-canopy and state of the art targetting systems.

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name: GMS Light Fighter Class
mass: 35 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: Scout / Escort
history: the GMS light fighter is a solid design capable of surprisingly long range patrols. It is mainly build for comfort with its large cockpit and generous space for its pilot.

While the ship itself is capable of supporting light mining gear, it is rarely used for that duty due to its poor armor and insufficient agility in dense rock formations.

A single internal reactor provides enough thrust for dogfights and limited weapon usage. Its main focus however was efficiency. the GMS reactors are build to last and to use very little fuel.

Especially the fuel shortage of Gallia has inspired engineers to build engines that run on almost 80% efficiency at the cost of maximum output. The ships build is modular and considered easy to maintain. Its cockpit and canopy are identical to the other fighter versions and easily replacable. Its armor is a lamellor alloy attached in mostly small and straight patches, its engine components are of average civilian rating.

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name: GMS Very Heavy Fighter
mass: 145 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1 (2)
designated usage: Heavy Escort
history: the GMS VHF is based on the modular designs of all GMS ships. Additional vertical wings provide room for additional fuel and heat converters allowing the installation of a secondary reactor.

All the additional mass goes to vectoring thrusters and weaponcoils providing the ship pin point accuracy with its massive weapons as well as the ability to turn tightly. additional armor and a reinforced duraframe allow the ship to sustain damage significantly better in combat situations, especially against particle and blast damage.
Some variants are coated in ablative layers on top of their generic armor. Those ships are usually used near stars or inside superheated nebulas.

While efficiency was still a primary objective, engineers had to achieve compromises. The energy efficiency is far from the light fighters rating at only 65%. Main culprit was an additional vector thruster that was added at a very late state of its developement. Although the range of the VHF and maintenance cycle was shortened, it still enjoys great popularity among the pilots due to the comfortable cockpit and modular designs.

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name: GMS Super Heavy Explorer
mass: 230 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 3
designated usage: Prospector
history: Initially the GMS did never want to develope a SHF design. Freighters or in extreme cases gunships would suffice the intended role. But due to the modular design and the great success of the VHF and LF classes, GMS decided to extend their shipline.

The SHF has a larger canopy allowing generous space for 3 crew members, a pilot, a comm officer and a specialist prospector. The ship is equipped with the most sophisticated scanning array available for that shipsize; almost equal to much larger cruiser sized arrays. All the additional equipment comes with a great cost though. Incapable of increasing the thrust output further more, the ship suffers greatly in terms of agility and combat performance.

Designers decided that combat was meant to be a secondary task only and added additional external fuel tanks and storage containers for mineral samples.

Pilots describe these ships to be very fast but turning about as well as a cruiser. Prospector crews are extremely highly payed, but duty on those ships is unpopular. Not only do they often operate on their own, they are also easy prey for pirates in their light ships that easily overwhelm the SHF class.

name: Gaian Heavy Fighter "Chamaelion"
mass: 55 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: Harasser / Space Superiority
history: When the Chamaelion was first spotted by a BAF officer, Bretonian officials were baffled. Not only was the Chamaelion a completely new design, it also proved to be a match for the best of Bretonias' arsenal.

Its most characteristic feature is the long, curved nose of the ship and the front mounted engine. Gaian engineers decided to use this shape for its most obvious benefits. The bend surface allows the ship to take a great amount of damage and the generous curve deflects great portions of particle damage especially by Splitter cannons.

The front mounted engine is a highly tuned thruster of a Katana, insulated and reinforced. Energy output was pushed to nearly 300%. The overclocking of the engine shortens the lifetime of the engine significantly, so gaians depend on old Kusari engines usually provided by their Kusari allies.

Armor and frame of the ship is mainly build out of salvage parts. In fact, Gaians stored a great amount of armor panels from previous battles to patch their new ships. The skin of the Chamaelion is often considered not to be pretty, but efficient - with bolts and seams scarring the surface.

Due to the very small reactor used and the decision to build a heavy, but not very heavy fighter, Chamaelions have minor stealth capabilities in nebulas due to their reduced energy signature, allowing Gaians to retreat to safety easier.

name: Claymore
mass: 280 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1 (3)
designated usage: Harasser / Hunter Killer
history: The Claymore is based on the Kusari Gunboat. Its characteristic long and thin hull, solar wings on the back and great agility still resemble its heritage.

Claymores have been deployed for some time but proved not to be a match for the heavier Bretonian Gunboat. Claymores have too little energy, weaker weapons, less armor than their enemies. But they were never build to combat military hardware. Instead they were build to deal with transport classes, especially Shetland and Shire transports as well as Liners.

The new Claymore, which was recently refitted, attempts to counter many of the problems of the old Claymore. It is equipped with coils that store energy for its forward cannon for a massive blast.
The problem however is that Gaians failed to contract a reliable heavy cannon manufacturer beneficial to their cause, so most Claymores still installed basic turrets making no use of the additional coils.

The new version also got rid of the solar panels which proved to be unreliable and fragile in combat situations. The mark II Claymore was meant to run more efficient engines, but most Claymores still use the older engines. Engineers have rerouted the coils meant for the forward cannon to the engines allowing a sudden burst of speed.

Gaians are currently proud on their gunboat boat sadly aware of its shortcomings. Engineers currently work on a spinal mounted cannon to become a match for the heavier bretonian gunboat or other ships of that class as well as more efficient engines.

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name: Order Light Carrier "Geb"
mass: 2300000 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1200 (1500) / 72 Small craft / no medium or large docking areas
designated usage: Base of Operations, Assault Carrier
history: The Geb is a birthchild of necessity. The order, trapped on a remote homebase, required a mobile headquarters capable of more access to operations. The Geb is a heavily modified Osiris Spyship. Its reactor was replaced with a smaller and lighter one, its massive cloaking device was removed and replaced by crews quarters and a reinforced superframe, its extensive sensorequipment replaced by a revolutionary launching system.

The launching system in particular is unique in sirius. With 72 fighter and bomberships aboard, the Geb is able to launch its entire squadrons in less than ten minutes.

Since the ship is incapable of cloaking it usually stays away from sensor range and patrols. Gebs are always part of expedition fleets for they require support ships for fuel and life support which they cannot carry on their own.

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name: Order Gunboat "Hathor"
mass: 420 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 3 (/)
designated usage: Patrol, Heavy Assault Craft
history: The Hathor was a gift from the Zoner Shipyards at Livadia. Originally based on the Conference Class, engineers made use of tougher materials and greatly reinforced armor. A heavier reactor along with a secondary reactor was installed, state of the art targetting systems and navigation equipment.

Just recently the Order build its own version of the Hathor. Rumor has it that they incorporated Nomad technology and experimental armor and sensory. The fall of Toledo however cut them off many of their resources and manufacturing facilities forcing Order HQ to abandon the project and use the original Hathor again.

Fortunately they received the entire blueprints from Livadia enabling them to build it entirely on their own.

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name: Mastodon
mass: 875000 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 3 (5)
designated usage: Supertransport
history: The Mastodon has been in service for decades and is used by Liberty cooperations to great success. Cooperate connections allowed it to be based on the famous Liberty Siege Cruisers powerful military grade engines and reactor system. It is unknown how the Navy agreed to that deal but it has worked out to each sides benefit in the end.

In contrast to most other Supertransport classes, the Mastodon pushes its cargo instead of pulling it. Its engines are unobstructed by cargo or frames of the ship - and its thrust to mass ratio is much greater than any other ship of its class.

Superheavy armorplating and state of the art navigation controls complete this transport making it arguably the best supertransport in Sirius. Shared technology with Navy ships and agreements with the Navy allows these ships to be maintained at any military base. Likewise the Navy enjoys cheaper spare parts for their LSC, too.

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name: BHG Orca
mass: 475 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: Hunter Killer, Anti-Ship
history: The Orca has a long history of a failed upgrade of the aging and ancient AP-01 Bottlenose. Extremely unpopular and somewhat a jack of all traits it failed at its primary task of overpowering unlawful technology in the first place.

The new Orca features a spinal mounted cannon, which is considered to be a large bore heavy cruiser class cannon, enabling it to break through soft targets armor easily. AP installed new flight controls and heavier armor and especially a siriuswide connection to the bounty network of sirius allowing the pilot to access bounties without the requirement to dock with a police station.

While the centerpiece of the new ship is its railgun, its secondary weaponry is equally impressive. Powered by two internal reactor cores, there is plenty energy to power its point defense systems and six thrusters.

Developement costs of the new Orca was extensive but AP expects the new Orca to be popular enough to make up for it within less than 3 years.


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name: BHG Mako
mass: 8800000 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 300 (750)
designated usage: Mobile HQ, Heavy Firesupport
history: The Mako was the BHGs first attempt on building a Battleship Class capital warship. Making use of its own research and developement it is considered to be a "light" battleship and regarding to official statistics it is sometimes referred to as a superheavy cruiser rather than a battleship.

The ships main characteristic is its very low crew requirement. Curved armor gives it more blast resistance than straight armor plates but also increasing its maintenance costs significantly.

AP line is not fully satisfied with the Mako but the extensive fleet numbers limit any attempts to replace it. Despite its flaws, the Mako has seen more combat situations than most other warships in sirius and emerged victorious out of most.

Due to the deployment, AP line has accumulated more up-to-date data about the real requirements for a warship than any other manufacturer, propelling it from a newcoming capital ship manufacturer to one of the top manufacturers in Sirius.

While simulations show that the Mako cannot stant toe to toe against some of the heavier battleships, its production costs are almost half the costs enabling the BHG to deploy 2:1 ships along with the much lower crew requirements.


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name: BHG Bottlenose
mass: 175 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 1
designated usage: Gunship/Tackler
history:

The history of the Bottlenose is a strange one. It was the first capital sized ship build by the AP cooperation and was regarded as a SHF at first. upgrades in reactor output and weaponry re-classified it as a gunship though. The very first Bottlenoses features 12 figherclass cannons and one heavy ordinance launcher capable of launching the fearsome Nova torpedo - but the refit to the gunboat class replaced the 12 small caliber weapons for half the number of much heavier calibers.

The trade off was considered to be successful though - due to the greater energy demand AP engineers had to reinforce every powerline in the ship, greatly reducing its spare cargo capacity.

The bottlenose is one of the greatest successes of AP - and a fearsome sight for pirates all across Sirius. It has also brought AP into the league of the top ship builders of Sirius.

Bottlenoses operate best in dense particle clouds or asteroids where their size, agility and firepower is superior to that of any fighter craft. in vast open areas - they can still be outmanovered by faster ships or shot down by heavier support ships.

Materials and spare parts for the Bottlenose are easily available at most freeports due to the fact that the bottlenose operates with so called "basic" modules and materials. There is very little high tech or sophisticated internal gear on the ship, which is a huge benefit for more independent bounty hunters while slightly reducing its effectiveness compared to the Orca.

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name: XT-9820-12378B Barge
mass: 2.000.000.000 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 80 (150)
designated usage: processing, refinary, storage
history:

The barge is sometimes not classified as a ship but rather as a massive spacebound factory that is capable of limited self propelled mobility. Ships of that class are incredibly expensive and usually only deployed by verticle mega cooperations. These ships easily dwarf even larger space stations and require the best crews to operate at all.

factory modules enable those ships to refine raw material into processed goods - some barges even feature assembly lines that can run the entire production line from ore to complex machinery.

Barges are rarely seen without massive support fleets. loosing a barge can cripple even large cooperations - and no insurence company in sirius is willing to insure ships of that class.

Travelling through unrestrained jumpholes can literally tear ships of that mass apart and permanently collapse those natural phenomena and even Ageira gates are put to extreme stress when allowing ships of that class to pass. That is why Barge crews require special paper and prearranged and agreed on routes to travel from system to system.


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name: 1001011101 Berserker Cruiser
mass: 386000 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 0
designated usage: Annihilation, Berserker Protocol
history:

extremely light for a cruiser, these ships act as so called Berserkers. they are servers and administrators for the rather peaceful Neumann drones. The Berserker consists of a large AI/VI unit, a reactor and weaponry. These ships do not have any sealed compartment for living creatures.

Like other AI ships their propulsion is not based on a chemical or fusion drive but rather on a Laser radiation system, which emits deadly gamma radiation to living tissue in close vicinity.

Berserkers can recharge from yellow and red starlight and are usually crawling with nanobots that maintain their systems. Berserkers follow strict protocols to ensure the survival and spread of its units. - each Berserker can command up to 20 Neumann drones.

When a Berserker is near destruction by natural causes or combat - it transmits its AI unit to the closest Berseker. That way attained knowledge is passed on and included in a replicated ship.

Berserkers are not considered to be very aggressive, but if the AI has decided that they have to annihilate a specific place, they are terribly efficient and merciless.

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name: 11011011100 von Neumann Drone
mass: 120 tons
necessary crew (usual crew): 0
designated usage: reconnaissance
history:

The Neumann drone probes space and locations. These ships are small of size and are practicly flying reactors with a slaved AI unit. Each drone is dependent on a Berserker mothership and only capable of limited freedom. When cut off forcefully, they usually try to re-establish the connection by force if required.

Neumann drones possess weaponry unique in Sirius. and mankind has yet to understand what kind of energy they use. The weapons oscilate matter to a point where it rips itself apart - making drones combat efficient against organic matter aswell as solid steel and alloys.

While human ships and nomad ships use chemical reactions to propell themselves through space, neuman drones do not "really" propel forward. instead they bend space around them, creating mini warps.

While this method is efficient and does not require refueling, it makes the drones slow in close combat due to the inability to react quickly.
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