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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thondor" data-source="post: 5072426" data-attributes="member: 31955">Slick wants a "Sparrow Class Short-Range Shuttle" as his fortress of solitude <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. [sblock=Preffered stats and background details<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />  Sparrow Class Short-Range Shuttle  Dimensions (LxBxH): 35 x 20 x 12 feetTonnage: 30 tons.Speed Class: 1 cruise/3 hard-burn (reaction thrusters only).Crew: Pilot, Copilot.Life support: 30 man-days.Fuel Capacity: 1 ton (1,000 hours).Cargo and Passenger Capacity: 18 tons, or up to 14 passengers on fold-down benches.  Traits: Agi d10, Str d2, Vit d6, Ale d2, Int d2, Wil d4; Init d10+d2, Life 6.  Healthy as a Horse; Short Range; Nimble (minor)- Sparrow Class shuttles are fitted with a variable-geometry wing system that adjusts to provide maximum manoeuvrability in a variety of flight regimes and gives the class a +2 step Agility bonus to Pilot actions in atmo.  Skills: Aerial Transport Operations/Shuttle d2Space Transport Operations/Shuttle d2. Complexity: low Maintenance costs 36CR per year.Price: calculated as 180CR but probably around 580CR or something using Short-range shuttle in the core book as a base.  The Sparrow Class shuttle was intended to be Kieran Yards first foray into large-scale production, and almost a thousand were ordered at the company yards on Beylix. Unfortunately, construction delays and cost overruns made the operation extremely unprofitable, and forced Kieran to license the design for manufacture by others. Of the twenty two thousand Sparrows officially manufactured, only about four hundred and seventy were produced by Kieran Yards. Designed for use aboard bulk and mid-bulk transports, the Sparrow is a robust and dependable vessel, with good cargo capacity and range. A major drawback to the design is that it comes in larger than a standard short shuttle (48 versus 25 feet in length), yet has only a modest increase in cargo capacity. Still, owners and operators of the Sparrow tend to be quite loyal, remarking favorably on the vessel’s reliability and maneuverability. Sparrow class shuttles lack the pulse drives and regenerative life support systems necessary for prolonged or deep-space voyages, but are more than able to travel from their base ship or homeport to nearby planets, vessels or moons and returning.   Quirks/Special Characteristics: The Sparrow Class are fitted with a variable-geometry wing system and a “fighter-style” cockpit (a Kieran trademark). As a result, they are characterized as “sporty” and “a joy to fly “. The Sparrow Class was used by the Independents as an “intermediate” trainer from 2505 to 2511 and the boats have found a home at a number of flight schools for the same reason. The “Red Sparrows”, a Rim-World aerobatics demonstration team uses distinctively painted Sparrow Class shuttles in their performances. [/sblock]  [sblock=Link to more pics]<a href="http://cortexsystemrpg.org/index.php?topic=1138.0" target="_blank">Sparrow Class Shuttle- Responding to a Request</a>  can't seem to find a way to post the pic in, even saved on my harddrive.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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