Starship Corporation

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Terencia InterGalactical
The board of directors has decided to open new contract opportunities to renew its working fleet for the coming century.

Rules of appliance for a Ship Plan:
1. One ship plan per product type only. (We expect that your engineers will pre-select the best design)
2. Basic demands should be met according to product specifications.
3. Contract bidding per product type consist of 2 rounds. (simulation & prototype)
4. The 2 firms with the most promising product type design will be allowed into the next round. And will be funded for their prototype accordingly.
[*** To clarify more clearly, there are 11 independent contracts (each with their own rounds) to win. ]

Ship Plan Contracts
Extra info:
*Survive certification = pass test, critical damage allowed
*Pass certification = good score, all systems should be able to revert to stable
*All ships need to pass basic operations
*Minimal < Standard < Optimal
*Depending on economic/field results, planned contract production numbers might increase

[TR] Personnel Transporter (60 units planned for production)
Military Small Ship, orbital/short-space travel, slow speed or better, no luxury needed, no weapons needed,
preserve money on armor (mobility is the key), pass asteroids certification, stable hull with minor small ship collision,
able to operate with minimal standard crew total, able to transport up to 12 marines as passengers.

[TR] Transporter Goods (200 units planned for production)
Civilian Medium ship, medium-space-only travel, slow speed or better, no luxury needed, no weapons allowed (as according to law),
reserve space for an optional 'asteroid defensive module' with corresponding power, pass asteroid certification without the optional 'asteroid defensive module',
preserve money and weight on armor/electrics/cooling, survive ramming of other medium ship, able to operate with normal crew total,
a good balance between total cargo and travel distance
(this design needs a plan with and without the optional module, our engineers expect to encounter small ship sized "asteroids")

[TR] Transporter Fuel (150 units planned for production)
Same rules apply as the "Transporter Goods" except:
- no space needs to be reserved for the optional module as this ship type will be in convoys with other merchant ships
- replace cargo space by fuel storage
- do not preserve on cooling
- bonus if you can house some optional marines versus boarding pirates
- extreme bonus for passing fire drills

[SC] Scout Ship (20 units planned for production)
Military Small Ship, short-to-medium-space travel, slow-medium speed or better, no luxury needed, no weapons needed,
no armor allowed at all -> the scouting ship should have a low radar profile, power shield is allowed but standard in off-status,
able to operate with standard crew total, optimize for scanning and radar, no special certifications needed

Space Early Warning Ship (12 units planned for production)
Military Medium Ship, medium space travel, slow-medium speed or better, no weapons needed, preserve on armor costs,
able to operate with optimal crew total, optimize for radar, no special certifications needed

[HS] Hospital Ship (3 units planned for production)
Military Medium Ship, medium space travel, slow speed or better, no weapons nor any active marines allowed, preserve on armor costs,
able to operate with full crew total, optimize for huge hospital and patient housing activity, pass power failure certification

[LS] Landing Ship (20 units planned for production)
Military Medium Ship, short orbital/space travel, medium speed or better, ~80-100 passenger marines, optimize for drop-off exit,
able to operate with standard crew total, weapons/shields/armor optional, bonus for small cargo, no luxury needed, no special certifications needed

[PF] Patrol (100 units planned for production)
Military Small-Medium Ship, short space travel, medium speed or better, small weapons mandatory, no luxury needed,
able to operate with standard crew total, survive collision and asteroids, bonus for each extra certification

[FF] Frigate / Corvette (25 units planned for production)
Military Medium Ship, medium-long space travel, medium speed or better, medium weapons mandatory,
able to operate with standard crew total, pass collision and asteroids, bonus for each extra certification

[CA] Cruiser (12 units planned for production)
Cruiser should be a downgraded battleship, with lesser armor/shields/arms, able to outrun standard Battleships,
cheaper to build, requires free room for later addable classified modules (= should be easily adaptable to a specific support role)
In short the Cruiser should be a mass producable if needed ship, while the Battleship is an optimized expensive quality flagship.

[BB] Battleship (6 units planned for production)
Military Large Ship, long space travel, medium-high speed, heavy weapons mandatory,
able to operate on full capacity, the pride of the fleet

From: Roy Burns (roy.burns@finix-shipyards.com)
To: Terencia board of directors (bod@terencia.com)

Dear sir or madam,

We at Finix Shipyards think we have the capability to design high quality vehicles fitting your requirements. To further optimize our design specifications to your demand, information about your priorities in the constant struggle between price and quality is needed.

As this may concern operational details of your company, you may want to encrypt details using the PGP-Key in the signature of this mail. At this occassion I would also like to note that all vehicles built by Finix Shipyards have built-in encrypted communiction with our other vehicles.

We are looking forward to a future coorporation.

Best Regards

Roy Burns
Finix Shipyards CEO

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From: Head Production Specifications Terencia InterGalactic
To: Roy Burns

Dear Roy,

We think we have 2 contracts perfectly matching the Finix Shipyards company spirit.
Your high-grade specialized communication equipment would be perfect for a new Class Scout Ship or a new Class S.E.W.S. (Space Early Warning System).

Specs following:

Class Scout Ship
Will be used for stealth scanning of sectors.
This is a support ship, not meant for primary combat roles.

- Suggesting the "Bug Hull"
- No armor plating (as this increases radar detection rate)
- No EEV's (company policy for this type of ships)
- No Bays (reduces fuel consumption, and increases top speed)
- Minimal exterior cooling hatches (as these increase the ships heath signature)
- Required: Radio Room, Navigation, Sensor Room
- Basic accommodations (extra luxury would mean extra power and higher unwanted electrical field detection)
- Optional: Shields on its own circuit (default in off = lower electrical field detection, will be turned on in case of imminent danger)
- Optional: 1x Low Cannon on its own circuit (default in off = lower electrical field detection, will be turned on when cornered or no escape possible)
- Operational patrol of 6months (or 1yr if possible)
- Operational range of ~400TM
- No money limit

Class S.E.W.S. (Space Early Warning Ship)
Will be used, while escorted by other ships, for longe range scanning.
This is a support ship, not meant for combat duty.

- Suggesting the "Yanmori 2"
- No weapons (costs cut)
- No armor plating (costs cut)
- No EEV's (company policy for this type of ships)
- No Bays (costs cut)
- Required: Radio Room, Navigation, 4x Sensor Room
- Basic accommodations (costs cut)
- Optional: Shields
- Operational patrol of 1year
- Operational range of ~1200TM
- No money limit


Best Regards,
Head Production
Terencia InterGalactic [TIG]

From: Imperiale Raumwerft Hyperion GmbH & , CEO Jonas Winter
To: Head Production Specifications Terencia InterGalactic

Dear sir or Madam,

Our shipyards provided the best military ships to our costumers since the early 23th century, and our ships often won war-deciding battles.

We think we could provide top-of-the-line military ships forged in the 2nd biggest military shipyard in the whole galaxy, located around the lone star of New Frankfurt.

We could provide bigger military ships like cruiser and battleships.

If you are interrested in our offer ,please contact us.

Best wishes,

Jonas Winter
CEO, Imperiale Raumwerften Hyperion GmbH

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From: Office Production Specifications, Terencia InterGalactic
To: Imperiale Raumwerft Hyperion GmbH & , CEO Jonas Winter

Dear Jonas,


Our head production specifications is currently unavailable due to a fieldtrip to the Mercator Stardocks.
I have forwarded your request towards his private intercom channel. We expect him to return into office tomorrow.
Sadly we do not currently possess his biometric authorisation to access the named specified files from our encrypted AI Core.
We will send you the specified files as soon as possible.

Thank you for your interest,
Assistant Head Production Specifications
Terencia InterGalactic [T.I.G.]

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Dear Ratakari,

We are pleased that you enjoy our services As much As we are passionate about iT.
Please feel free to spread the word about any of our solutions.

Greetings,
Customer Relations
Terencia InterGalactic [TIG]

From: Office Production Specifications, Terencia InterGalactic
To: Imperiale Raumwerft Hyperion GmbH & , CEO Jonas Winter

Dear Jonas,

Im currently shiplogging you from my shuttle and passing throughout à Nebula. I hope all data gets through As intended.

Let us skip first the battleship plans. We know your company very wel for its Imperial craftsmanship. However if you could nail the Cruiser prototype, you Will have à good spot for the BB contract. For the Cruisers, we are not looking for Imperial perfection buth rather statetial modularity. Same ship, different tools, like the outdated Sherman class.

I dont have the hull list available heer. But you can use the biggelt one present at the moment.
One of the decks should be military only. I would-be love to see according to your creativity, how à light cruiser should look like. If i remover the contents of the mil deck, the ship should still be able to travel. (Except ofcourse the wiring/cooling tubes and stair/elevator).


Thank you for your interest,
Head Production Specifications
Terencia InterGalactic [T.I.G.]

From: RISK [Raum Ingeneurdiestleistung und Schiffwerft Komanditgeselschaft]
To: Terencia InterGalactic

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of Terencia Intergalactic ,
I thank you for your interest in our products.
regrettably I must inform you that our design department is revised in collaboration with space guild,
chamber of pilots and the union of the workers. In this context, I can tell them that we participate in the
starshipcorporation progam to provide you more security and better quality of planning to give its fleet .
We develop standardized comparative missions to characteristic each individual ship type for better assess and compare.
I am sure you will be thrilled by the many possibilities of the new design exchange modules.
Until the completion of these measures, we can manufacture only our standard models but do offer many interesting sales:
An order within the next month gets a discount of 10 % on any standard shiptyp, further additional 25% on all SRFR AGM-25 short-haul freighter
and at a total tonage of more than 1.5 GT still 15 % volume discount. (thats 50% for a order of min 250 SRFR AGM-25 in the next month).

Best Regards,
Rob
Geschäftsführer RISK

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From: TIG
To: RISK

Hi,

We would like to see the prototype plans for a Large Fuel Tanker. Due to its civil purpose and nature we are bound to the Spacial Disaster Specifications. Plans should be ready before the next intergalactic presidency voting,As we expect stronger regulations because of the Brittanic Petrol [BP] incident in the Gulf Quadrant.

Utilise all empty space for Fuel tanks. According to civil regulations we must provide EEVs. We need room for 4 private militaire marines to deter any piracy activity. Supply only extra frontal armor plates + full hull shields. Interplanetary laws define for this type of vessel that Fuel tanks should be 2grids away from the exterior hull.

We dont want any negative publicity from labor groups. Please give us the guarantee that you wont use any production lines with childworkers, As this would result into à severe financial contract penalty.

Greetings,
Terencia InterGalactic