Meridian Star
- Registration
- LSC-2071
- Home port
- Niago Orbital
- Crew size
- 14
- Maximum occupancy
- 60
- Warp level
- Level 2 (interstellar)
A deep-space carrier on the Sol to Niago run. She carries her own crew of fourteen and up to forty-six passengers aboard the small ships riding in her bubble.
Specifications
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Length (m) | 120 |
| Width (m) | 42 |
| Height (m) | 30 |
| Power generation | |
| Fuel type | Deuterium (D-D) |
| Fuel capacity (kg) | 60 |
| Reactor output (GW) | 5 |
| Heat dissipation (MW) | 650 |
| Warp capability | |
| Level | 2 (closed, interstellar) |
| Bubble factor | 1.021 |
| Bubble size, max radius (m) | 50 |
| Rocket capability | |
| Thrust (kN) | 2,400 |
| Exhaust velocity (km/s) | 60 |
| Mass | |
| Total mass, dry (t) | 820 |
| Total mass, wet (t)with fuel and other consumables | 1,010 |
Crew
|
Ada Okafor
Has flown the Sol to Niago run for twenty years and still stacks the hitch racks herself. Crews say she can feel a badly packed bubble through the deck plates. |
|
Tomas Lind
Takes the star fix at every surfacing and plots the next throw. Keeps a paper logbook of every leg as a backup against the ship's computer. |
|
Rosa Mbeki
Runs the reactor, the field ring and the radiators. Reads the colour of the fins on a long leg the way other people read a clock. |