I've toyed with various ideas for long term voyage with KHs ships. One idea was a rip off of the Battle Star Galactica storyline- satharmeggedon has hit the frontier and a big ship for space Fleet is leading a rag tag fleet on a desperate journey. Most civilian ships will have ion engines and if one is a mining ship with an ore processing plant then it can mine ice bodies for more fuel. If there are 1 or more ag ships present and you exercise the save 10% of the harvest to replant with option then you'd have a continual food source. at least one star liner would give you a "resort" and be the high value realestate where the rich an powerful would really want to live. several freighters of course. and a jump tug to drag along some small military vessels (jump tug would need to be ion powered)<br /><br />In discussing the possibilities in the radioglyph thread about an abduction of a ship (Star Trek Voyager campaign rip off) it got me wondering which ship would be the most valuable to have on such a voyage? A mining ship which could always refuel itself if its ion powered or an ag ship which would always have food.<br /><br />Then I just happened upon an image of the Cygnus from the movie The Black Hole and i remembered that it had green houses as well as being an exploration ship. some significant weaponry. and parasite craft. <br /><br />So what if someone in the Frontier designed an large (heavy cruiser sized) ship with all these features mixed in. A digger shuttle and a down sized ore processor (not intended for profitable mining operations) that would replenish the ship's fuel bunkerage. plus a dome or two for growing plants and small protien rich animals on extended voyages. Labs and a full compliment of exploration equipment. Well stocked supply hold, a large compliment of support craft and landers. plenty of journey class cabins of crew or passengers.<br /><br />Call it the cygnus class explorer since the Black Hole's Cygnus is the inspiration.
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