[email removed] writes:
> 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.
I wonder how long General Shipyards will remain in business? After this
incident, and their participation in the Kinunir class (four ships, none
satisfactory), if I were in charge of Naval procurement I'd refuse to
have anything to do with them. Does the president of G.S. have high-ranking
connections? (Such as a brother in Sirius Cybernetics.)
Perhaps General Shipyards were responsible for the Type S scout/courier whose
deck plans appeared in Supplement 7, Traders and Gunboats, in the Classic
Traveller series. Those plans were lacking a few minor details, such as
computer and power plant.
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"Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott
Adrian Hurt | JANET: [email removed]
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