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Regina/Spinward Marches 190-1121
The Imperial Scout Service has grounded all Type S scouts
manufactured by General Shipyards. All ships are to have their
spaceworthiness certificate removed and placed in the custody of
Starport Control wherever they may be. Scouts have been found to
have been constructed with substandard hull materials.
This hull deficiency has resulted in a 2% increase in cancer
in ship crews due to radiation exposure. Gas giant
skimming has caused hull failures in many ships after repeated
exposure to pressures. The armor has been found to be
substandard in its ability to withstand damage in combat. The
hull will not stand up to it's rated depth of 495 meters of water
at 1G and has been known to collapse if taken to that depth
repeatedly.
The numbers of the affected scouts is not known. But serial
numbers are being analyzed by personnel from the Scout Service.
Dr. Hloch, a naval architect for the Scout Service has
stated that the hull defects were found by modelling the ships
stated top acceleration of 3G's against known structural Scout
models. The Scout ships in question are much lighter than any
Scout has a right to be. In addition, the added acceleration has
been known to cause buckling in the hulls plates.
Regina/Spinward Marches 190-1121
A spokesneut for General Shipyards denied all responsibility for
the grounding of the Scout ships of their manufacture. They
claimed that the Scout hulls were manufactured by the
subcontractor: Spinward Superdense, and that the sole
responsibility for the hull warrenty is their problem. Ship
owners are directed to Spinward Superdense for recompense for the
grounding of their ships. Spinward Superdense could not be
contacted for comment, but it was found that the company filed
for bankruptcy five hours before the official notice went out
grounding the Scout ships.
Regina/Spinward Marches 191-1121
An unidentified source in the Scout Service has said that there
have been talks at high levels concerning the purchase of the
substandard Scouts produced by General/Spinward Superdense at
1/10th manufacturing cost for use as spares by the Scout Service.
These rumors were denied by a spokesvargr for the Scout Service.
Scout/Courier TL15
CraftID: Scout/Courier Type S, TL15, MCr 37.46279
Hull: (90/225) Disp=100, Config=2SL, Armor=39G,
Unload=457.99, Load=1420.46
Power: (2/4) Fusion=426.63MW, Dur=30/60
Loco: (5/9) Maneuver=2, (3/6) Jump=2, MaxAccel=3, NOE=190,
Cruise=750, Max=1000, Agility=3
Comm: Radio=System
Sensors: EMM, A-EMS(FarOrb), P-EMS(InterStel),
Densiomter=1km, Neutrino=10kw
ActObjScn=Rout ActObjPin=Rout
PasObjScn=Rout PasObjPin=Rout
PasEnScn=Simp PasEnPin=Rout
Off: HPt=1
Def: DefDM+5
Control:Computer Mod/1bis*3, HoloHUD, HoloLink*46
Accom: Crew=1(Bridge/Engineer=1) Stateroom=4,
BasicEnv, BasicLS, ExtendLS, G-Plates, I-Comps
Other: Fuel=356kl(1 jump-1+30dy), Cargo=497, Scoops,
Fuel Pure=12hr, ObjSize=Avg, EmLevel=None
Scott Kellogg
PS
Was it Metlay that mentioned 'A Vargr Kind of Love'?
When I'm feelin' blue,
All I have to do
Is bark a bit at you.
Then I'm not so blue.
When I bite your (...)
Nothing seems to matter.
If the worlds would shatter
I don't care.
Wouldn't you agree,
Baby, you and me
Got a Vargr kind of Love...
Recorded in 1115 by Turez and the Horde
{Apologies to Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders...}
{Young philistines know the cover by Phil Collins}