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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)
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Thrust Statistics (See Notes) MASS: 52 NPV: 117 Classification: Light Merchant (MVL) Crew: 6; 2 Officers, 4 Ratings, plus up to 24 passengers Crew Factor: 2 Hull Integrity: 10 (3/3/2/2) Armor: 0 Main Drive Thrust: 4 (3.9 TW) Drive Auto-Detection Range: 2.634 AU ∆V (Combat): 19.917 km/sec ∆V (Cruise): 398.343 km/sec Fuel Points: 40 (647 tons propellant) Propellant Tanks: 4 Fuel Points per Tank: 10 FTL: Yes (Short Jump - 3.3 parsec range) Auxiliary Systems: 18-MASS Cargo Bay; 2-MASS Passenger Bay; 0.33 G Spin Habitat for 30 Combat Systems: None Weapons: 1x Point Defense Battery Fully Loaded Displacement: 5221 metric tons Empty Displacement: 2574 metric tons Length: 243 meters Beam at widest point: 91.8 meters Nation of Origin: Martian Alliance (used by various) Date First Entered Service: 2298 Number Constructed: 117 Number of class known to be present in Sagittarius: 26 (not counting Tautogs) Endurance: Consumables for 30 for 90 days |
 Soujourner Class SDD |
The Sojourner is a common light merchant vessel plying the trade routes. The design is tough for a commercial vessel, and as such the cargo capacity suffers to some extent, but the improved reliability and ease of maintenance has reduced operating costs enough to compensate. The Sojourner also carries passengers as a regular supplement to its freight hauling income, and can accommodate up to two dozen at the 3rd Class level of comfort, or by using the modular design of the berthing spaces can substitute for 2nd Class level of comfort at the rate of two 3rd Class berths for one 2nd Class berth. The trip as a passenger is by no means a luxurious one, but it's a damn sight cheaper to travel the stars in a Sojourner than an Astral Queen. Specifically, dining and entertainment facilities on the Sojourner are insufficient for 1st Class accommodations even if additional space is provided to the passengers, as the fare consists of pre-prepared meals that are reheated in the galley, and whatever media happens to be present in the ship's library.
Almost all Sojourners in service are into their second or even third owners, as they are rugged, reliable, and cheap to operate even after their first mortgage is paid off. Ships that have been paid off typically make their way into the hands of smaller shipping firms and independent operators, lending the romance of the Free Trader to the class. The ship's biggest drawback is that it does not carry any landers, and so must exchange cargo and passengers via tenders and orbital skiffs. Many Sojourner hulls in Sagittarius were bought up by the SDC and converted to Tautog Missile Corvettes as a stop-gap defensive measure.
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