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With the establishment of the Rimward Merchant-Marine, Rimward Rescue Service, and the Articles, the shipbuilders in the Rimward Trade League realized there was a market for ships designed to League regulations for ease of use in crew training, cargo stowage, and all other essential functions of a vessel, especially for sale to the medium-large shipping companies who desired (and had the currency) for a standardized merchant-fleet. While free traders and smaller outfits tended to rely on light freighters or second-and-third-hand larger vessels, the shipping houses of Svivren, for one example, had the reliable cashflow to commission ships and purchase orders in bulk.
As a result, several smaller firms worked together through the Outer Rim Manufacturing Union to design a new series of ships, beginning with a medium freighter, for the midrange market. Based on its successes, they planned on expanding into heavy freighters, bulk freighters, and container carriers. As a result, their first design was the Endeavour-class medium freighter. Aesthetically pulling from the streamlined, utilitarian vessels of the Rimward Rescue Service, it was a striking contrast to the blocks, cubes, and circular designs of the Corellian manufacturers. It used a patented system for securing cargo, based on the cargo container types listed in the Articles, making it easily adapted anywhere the League had influence. But otherwise, it was a stock standard medium freighter.
It could carry 20,000 metric tons of cargo, depending on container type, with smaller container types being more space efficient. It had a decent number of compartments for crew and officers, with barrack bunks for all save the ship's officers, with a typical crew complement of thirty, with approximately six officers and twenty-four enlisted, allowing for three standard watches to be manned at all times across all departments, as per League regulations on a vessel of this size. The ship has a full galley, frozen food storage, a small sauna and gym, an entertainment center, a common room, and a medium-sized environmental control center utilizing hydroponics and algae to lessen the need to purchase stores.
Otherwise, the Endeavour class is comfortable if practically furnished and designed.
- Intent: To create a standard, typical medium freighter for shipping companies
- Image Source: Imperial Cutter from Elite Dangerous Wiki
- Canon Link: Medium Freighter
- Permissions: N/A (I created the Outer Rim Manufacturing Union)
- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer: Outer Rim Manufacturing Union
- Affiliation: Outer Rim Manufacturing Union
- Market Status:Open-Market
- Model: Endeavor-Class Medium Freighter
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Standard Starship Materials
- Classification: Medium Freighter
- Length: 250 meters
- Width: 57 meters
- Height: 60 meters
- Armament: Average
- Defenses: Average
- Hangar Space: Average: 1
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: 0 squadrons
- Support Craft: 1 squadron (Assorted gigs, shuttles, loaders)
- Single Craft Hangar: No
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: 2.0 primary, class 10 backup
- All Standard Features
- N/A
- Reliable
- Cost-Efficient
- Easily-Maintained
- Rear blindspot
- Point-Defense only, primarily
With the establishment of the Rimward Merchant-Marine, Rimward Rescue Service, and the Articles, the shipbuilders in the Rimward Trade League realized there was a market for ships designed to League regulations for ease of use in crew training, cargo stowage, and all other essential functions of a vessel, especially for sale to the medium-large shipping companies who desired (and had the currency) for a standardized merchant-fleet. While free traders and smaller outfits tended to rely on light freighters or second-and-third-hand larger vessels, the shipping houses of Svivren, for one example, had the reliable cashflow to commission ships and purchase orders in bulk.
As a result, several smaller firms worked together through the Outer Rim Manufacturing Union to design a new series of ships, beginning with a medium freighter, for the midrange market. Based on its successes, they planned on expanding into heavy freighters, bulk freighters, and container carriers. As a result, their first design was the Endeavour-class medium freighter. Aesthetically pulling from the streamlined, utilitarian vessels of the Rimward Rescue Service, it was a striking contrast to the blocks, cubes, and circular designs of the Corellian manufacturers. It used a patented system for securing cargo, based on the cargo container types listed in the Articles, making it easily adapted anywhere the League had influence. But otherwise, it was a stock standard medium freighter.
It could carry 20,000 metric tons of cargo, depending on container type, with smaller container types being more space efficient. It had a decent number of compartments for crew and officers, with barrack bunks for all save the ship's officers, with a typical crew complement of thirty, with approximately six officers and twenty-four enlisted, allowing for three standard watches to be manned at all times across all departments, as per League regulations on a vessel of this size. The ship has a full galley, frozen food storage, a small sauna and gym, an entertainment center, a common room, and a medium-sized environmental control center utilizing hydroponics and algae to lessen the need to purchase stores.
Otherwise, the Endeavour class is comfortable if practically furnished and designed.
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