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Sagittarius Colonial Atlas

Ahriman (HM+31 0938 B)
Amethyst (HB+32 3331 B)
Angelique (HM-50 2602 B)
Apollonia/Phyrigia (HD+35 2475 A)
Aquilla (SAG+56 0107)
Arkhangelsk (HM+41 2746)
Atlantis (HM+52 0225)
Aurora (HM+47 2620 A)
Avignon (HM+31 3323)
Baker's End (SAG-36 0528)
Bellarmine (HM+36 1662 A)
Bellissimo (HM+40 2827)
Beowulf (HM+39 5516 A)
Bounty (HB+38 0524 A)
Buran (HD+32 1678)
Cauldron (SAG+47 1522)
Charybdis (HB+56 0404 B)
Concordia (HM+00 2422 A)
Cora's World (HM-40 2634)
Daedelus (SAG+45 4907 A)
Demeter (HM+31 3563)
Destiny (HD+47 0309)
Dustbowl/New Deseret (SAG-42 4503 B)
Frontiera (HD+40 1336)
Frostpile (SAG+43 2208)
Fury (HM+53 0102 A)
Gateway (HM+00 0000)
Goldrush (SAG+33 2643)
Gulag (HD+40 4019)
Hecate's Hate (HM+32 3972)
Hyperborea (SAG+44 1855 B)
Ice Station Mike (HD+42 3267)
Ice Station Oscar (HD+42 5807)
Inshallah (HM+53 0608)
Jena (HB-33 4139 A)
Jewel/Sulfur Flats (HM+41 0955 A & B)
Jin Xian (HM-45 4415)
Jove/Fuzhou (SAG+49 2911 A & B)
Libertad (HD-46 2312)
Marino (HD-31 4687)
Midgard/Muspellheim (HD+54 1018)
Mirabilis (HM-45 1718)
Neu Bavaria (HM+31 7329)
New Anchorage (HD+35 3455 A)
New Ares (HM+57 0405 A)
New Havana (HM+55 1217)
New Tanstaafl (HM+43 3626 A)
New Taranto (HB+31 2685 A)
New Zion (HD+47 0954)
Paydirt (HM+36 2309)
Porto Fria (HM-52 2716 A)
Pu'huonua (HM+35 2017)
Research Station Victor (HB+55 1522)
Sakura (HM-31 0629)
Sandovar (HM+34 0139 A)
Santa Clara (SAG+31 0179 B)
Scherzo (SAG+55 2007 B)
Sheba's World/Neu Bayer (HD-51 1306 A)
Tanner's World (HB-32 1052)
Tartarus (HM+31 5806)
The Alamo (HM+34 0552 B)
Tortuga (HD-37 4529)
Toulon (SAG+55 0823 A)
Valhalla (HD+31 1168)
Viracocha (HM+31 1175 A)
Waypoint November (HM+31 1969 A)
Waypoint Omega (HM-06 1121 A)
Waypoint Tango (HD+41 4528 A)
Waypoint X-Ray (HD-66 1619)
Waypoint Yankee (HD+10 1721)
Waystation Alfa (HM+34 1207)
Xiamen (HM+48 2891 B)
Zhengzhou (HM-27 9791 B)

Astral Queen Class
Design History and Analysis
AMC Registry of Vessels for this class
Gallery Images for this class

Full Thrust Statistics (See Notes)

MASS: 97
NPV: 246
Classification: Large Passenger Liner (SS)
Crew: 298; 6 Officers, 42 Ratings, plus up to 250 3rd class passengers (2nd Class accommodations count for two 3rd class, and 1st Class accommodations count for four 3rd class) Liners on major routes typically carried 120 3rd class and a mix of 2nd and 1st class staterooms.
Crew Factor: 2
Hull Integrity: 12 (3/3/3/3)
Armor: 0
Main Drive Thrust: 2 (3.6 TW)
Drive Auto-Detection Range: 2.544 AU
∆V (Combat): 27.785 km/sec
∆V (Cruise): 555.702 km/sec
Thrust Points: 56 (1640 tons propellant)
Propellant Tanks: 4
Thrust Points per Tank: 14
FTL: Yes (Short Jump – 3.3 Parsec Range)
Auxiliary Systems: 6-MASS Hangar Bay; 20-MASS Passenger Bay; 8-MASS Cargo Bay; 0.7 G Spin Habitat for 298 passengers and crew
Combat Systems: None
Weapons: 2x Point Defense Battery

Fully Loaded Displacement: 9712 metric tons
Empty Displacement: 6410 metric tons
Length: 415 meters
Beam at widest point: 296 meters
Nation of Origin: United States; vessels of this design registered under various flags.
Date First Entered Service: 2331
Number Constructed: 49
Number of class known to be present in Sagittarius: 15
Endurance: Consumables for 300 for 90 days.

Astral Queen Class SDD

Design History and Analysis:

The Astral Queen series of passenger liners ply the spacelanes between Earth and the offworld colonies, chiefly for the purpose of tourism, but also as chartered voyages to bring colonists and their belongings to their new homes. The idea of interstellar travel being taken merely for pleasure is a relatively new one, but with enough people with the income to do so, and the effect of popular entertainment making the idea attractive, passenger lines like Empress, Blue Diamond, and Astral Adventures have redesigned their habitat modules with bigger staterooms, several restaurants with top chefs presiding over them, live entertainment, and of course, casinos. Where possible, and the Astral Queen's impressive Delta-V of 556 km/sec makes a lot possible, flybys of impressive worlds and even the occasional stopover for a landing with the ship's small craft are conducted.

One tradition the Astral Queen has become famous for is the Grand Ball, held in the bow section of the starship in the Grand Gallery, a large split compartment ballroom and dining area normally under free-fall conditions. The vast deck to overhead windows over an amazingly immersive view of space. During the decleration burn to a destination port of call, the Astral Queen's crew will increase the propellant mass flow rate to the engines, increasing thrust from 25 milligees under normal cruise mode to about 200 milligees. This is sufficient artificial gravity to allow an elegant meal and dance for the passengers, and is considered the highlight of the trip. A famous dramatic minseries from Elgar Poincaire called The Last Absolution used an actual Grand Ball event for the Star Empress (AMC-247) as a setting for the program's memorable finale, and received one of the highest ratings of the decade.

Astral Queens owned by corporations chartered in the United States, Great Britain, and Brazil are also typically obligated for call-up as reserve troop transports (which may carry 250 troops plus their equipment), and in exchange for this obligation receive government subsidies and tax breaks. The Astral Queen is a pleasant vessel to travel in, though most are not luxury liners in any particular sense. There are fifteen Astral Queen class ships currently in Sagittarius, most of these under charter for colonial development when the stargate crashed and stranded them. One Astral Queen is believed to have been lost to unknown assailants in the HB+55 1522 System while transporting colonists.

AMC Registry of Vessels for this Class:

Vessel Name	Hull Number	Laid Down	Commissioned	Current Disposition in Sagittarius
Sagittarius Queen	AMC-055	15 October 2347	10 June 2348	Active with the Sagittarius Development Corporation
Sagittarius Centaur	AMC-056	21 November 2349	15 July 2350	Active with the Sagittarius Development Corporation
Astral Empress	AMC-082	8 March 2346	2 January 2347	Active with Astral Adventures Cruise Lines
Astral Sorceress	AMC-085	21 July 2346	16 April 2347	Active with Astral Adventures Cruise Lines
Astral Temptress	AMC-104	10 March 2348	14 December 2348	Active with Astral Adventures Cruise Lines
Astral Adventuress	AMC-105 (AACL-6)*	20 July 2349	11 February 2350	Found wrecked in planetary orbit in late May 2361 by a prospecter in the HB+55 1522 System, the victim of an attack. The identity of the assailant is unknown.
Star Empress	AMC-247	5 May 2346	11 March 2347	Active with Empress Cruise Lines
Nebula Empress	AMC-249	8 May 2346	17 March 2347	Active with Empress Cruise Lines
Astral Princess	AMC-254	14 November 2345	29 August 2346	Active with Astral Adventures Cruise Lines
Astral Enchantress	AMC-285	9 June 2338	3 April 2339	Active with Astral Adventures Cruise Lines
Galactic Empress	AMC-288	12 July 2346	11 May 2347	Active with Empress Cruise Lines
Solar Empress	AMC-289	19 July 2346	22 May 2347	Active with Empress Cruise Lines
Blue Voyager	AMC-291	6 February 2350	8 November 2350	Active with Blue Diamond Cruise Lines
Virgin Empress	AMC-294	19 January 2348	1 November 2348	Active with Empress Cruise Lines
Blue Traveler	AMC-297	30 April 2350	6 January 2351	Active with Blue Diamond Cruise Lines
Astral Dreamer	AMC-300	10 May 2345	22 January 2346	Active with Astral Adventures Cruise Lines

*The Astral Adventuress was lost prior to the actual implementation of the Armada of the Mercer Compact registry system, and is listed here with its original UN registry hull number as well as the AMC Registry number assigned to it prior to the vessel's discovery as a derelict.

Gallery Images

Background image courtesy of Buchvecny