Para-Military Freighters
Para-Military Freighters
Ranging in size from HS:3 to 20,
these freight haulers are reinfoced and upgunned yet retain most of
their stock freighter performance figures. When a PM Freighter is
commissioned, it is usually done so under a government charter with the
owner(s). There are typically established trade routes that the ship
will heed to with steady cargo schedules, and while the owners are
under this chartered route all operating costs are taken care of, and
payments are made on the loan by the chartered government, but there is
no profit being made off of any cargos at the same time. The owner(s)
are given one forty day period of leave time for every forty day period
that they work.
Hovever, on that free time the owner is responsible for
all costs and is eligible to make any profits off of any cargos that
are obtained. Naturally no illegal conduct is permitted during such
time. PM Freighters are permitted (HS x 20) cubic meters of space for
weapon systems and (HS x 12) cubic meters for defensive systems.
Defensive and offensive allocated space is not interchangeable, any
unused space is unused. Crew size is typically (HS x 2) members, hull
points varie according to armor possibilities, although most usually go
witht he light armor (HS x 6), DCR is calculated at (HS x 5)+30 , and
cargo is reduced by one unit for freighters HS 4-8, -2 for freighters
HS:9-14, and -3 for freighters HS:15+.