SS Overflow
resalvaged freighter
PRICE: 1,600,000
HS: 5 HP: 35 Powerplant: 2 Atomic C (salvaged and in need of repair)
ADF: potentially 4 MR: 3 DCR: 35 Crew: 5-10
Armament: LB (needs repair)
Defenses: RH, ICM(x2, needs repair & mounting)
Communication/Detection Equipment: n/a
Cargo Capacity: 5
Crew Accomodations: 2 double occupancy cabins, 2 triple bunk cabins
Passenger Accomodation: n/a
Ship's Vehicles:
Misc Equipment: medium hull armor, streamlined (accommodations for a cargo arm)
Computer (FP:193 LV:4 SP:100)
Alarm (2)
Analysis (4)
Astrogation (4)
Commerce (1)
Damage Control (2)
Drive, Atomic (6)
Information Storage (1)
Interceptor Missile (3)
Laser Battery (1)
Life Support {capacity:10} (1)
Maintenance (2)
Key Selling Features
unorthodox oversize drives for maximum performance
medium hull armor
Required for Operation
engineering finesse to make the drives work properly
Needs astrogation, communication, and detection equipment
Component Age:
Astrogation equipment: 41 years
Hull - 32 years
Drives - 45 years
Maneuver Jets: 32 years
Laser Battery - 24 years
ICM launcher - 18 years
Computer: 15 years
Life Support: 12 years
The Overflow is a salvaged rat ship, that is to say it has already been salvaged once before and is awaiting its third attempt at life. It was a work in progress that ended up being sold back to Shat Rat's after the prior owners gave up on it. The ship is unique in the way of sporting a pair of massive C-class drives on a class:5 hull. It will take some engineering finesse to make them work, and even so they still need some lengthy work to run again. The final result should be awe inspiring but reliability could be questionable. As such the ship has been equipped with medium hull armor (of which the integrity permits the use of said drives) and several defensive systems which would otherwise seriously hamper the specified B drives, however if successful the oversized drives should be capable of improved acceleration compared to unladen B-class drives.
The cargo hold is equally unorthodox, with loading bays fore and aft on the port & starboard sides versus the conventional clam-shell bay doors that most freighters are equipped with. The ship is streamlined for atmospheric use, although most civilized worlds may not permit atomic powered craft to operate in their airspace. Nonetheless, the loading bays are a boon for manual cargo transfers when gravity is a factor as the ramps can extend down and out for ease in loading or remain upright/locked for zero-G operations. The hold currently contains a laser battery, two missile ICM launcher, subspace radio, radar unit, cargo arm, furnishings for the cabins, and the mainframe computer (all but the computer are salvaged items and in need of repair).
Special rule regarding the oversized drives: If the repair roll fails then the drive(s) can not be salvaged and replacements will have to be swapped over. Once functional drives are available, the engineer must roll 20% + 10%/skill level to allow proper functionality. The process can be repeated for each engineer in the group but only once per engineer and each attempt takes 2d10+5 days. Reliability is going to be an issue, if a breakdown occurs utilize half the drive age rounded down as a plus/minus buffer for drive breakdowns --- i.e. half of 45 rounded down = 22, with the drives being 45 years old and the next component is 32 years old a normal rat ship breakdown roll of 33-45 would result in drive issues, instead add plus or minus 22 to that roll meaning a roll of 10-67 results in the drive issue (see the Special Rules for Salvage Ships section for more details).
