Ashin Varanin
Professional Enabler
Image Source: Venture frigate, EVE Online
Affiliation: Personal
Manufacturer: Koensayr/Silk Holdings
Model: Orzu-class Tug/Jo'henry-class Rare Materials Mining Vessel
Modularity: Plasma jets can be swapped out for additional tractor beams or Orzu-class pressor fields. In exigent circumstances and with a metric fethton of work, mining gear could be swapped out for a handful of turbolasers and/or warhead launchers, comparable to a lightly-armed corvette.
Production: Unique
Material: Durasteel hull, glasteel viewports
Classification: Mining vessel
Length: 80m
Width: 45m
Height: 34m
Armament:
- Dual Raptor ACES Shieldcutter (1, subcapital scale, forward fixed)
- Dual Ion Cannon (1, subcapital scale, forward fixed)
Hangar:
- Eshan Drive Yards/MandalMotors KKT-74 "Cricket" construction vehicle (1) (half of stock)
- MandalMotors E4-GLE scouting droid (10) (half of stock)
- Silk-9 cargo speeder
- Adaptable docking collar (stock - capable of engaging with and towing Savant-class cargo containers or Tryton-class cargo containers at a substantial loss of acceleration and maneuverability (reduced to 7 and 9 respectively))
- Dual-function tractor/pressor beam (4) (2/3 of stock, same level of mining function minus the potential for easy violence)
- Plasma-jet (2) (stock, range reduced by 40% to 300 meters)
- Service arms (2) - capable of moderately fine manipulation, including operation of welding gear or a Koensayr KUT-42 plasma torch. (stock)
- Particle shield generator (stock)
- Ray shield generator (stock)
- Mining sensor package, including materials stress/temperature sensors (stock)
- Escape pod (1) (stock)
- Standard life support systems (stock)
- Standard sensor systems (stock)
- C-N:FA01 Fast Acting Navigation Computer
- Navigational deflector (constant low-level particle shield)
- Heavily modified Invictus Aeronautics Shen-Ru Cargo Hold (proportionally reduced in size and capacity)
- QQ-1453-DR1 'Rebel' Solid Fuel/Ration Converter (so the kid will always have something to eat and a little gas in the tank)
- QQ-45H/310T Chaff/Flare Dispenser
- QQ-4U85 Tractor Shroud
- Quantum-locked distress/tracker beacon (can contact the Coronet directly in case of severe distress)
- Special Feature: Thin sensor-dampened smuggling compartments (appear as structural elements on scans)
Speed Rating: 7
Hyperdrive Class: 4
Strengths:
- Small gun complement designed for easily dissuading or disabling small enemies
- Advanced cargo hold enhances stock model's efficiency
- Plasma-jets can be used as improvised, unwieldy, short-range weapons if necessary (stock)
- Capable of solid performance in mining (stock)
- Capable of solo operation (stock)
- Good maneuvering jets allow meagre forward guns to be brought to bear on more maneuverable attackers
- Good navicomputer, tractor shroud and chaff/flare dispenser assist rapid escapes from untenable situations
- Very small weapons complement for a corvette (four starfighter-scale guns)
- It's a mining ship, with unimpressive defenses and maneuverability
- Sacrifices support craft/mining probe droids
- Sacrifices plasma jet range
- Sacrifices significant tractor/pressor beam offensive capacity
- Sacrifices significant hyperdrive speed and backup hyperdrive; the Class 4 installed is very, very reliable and durable but slower than just about anything commercial
Description: The Koensayr Orzu-class tug is an old favorite of Jorus Merrill, the former salvager and tramp freighter pilot who founded one of the most powerful corporations in the Outer Rim. When it came to outfitting his more far-flung assets with ships he trusted, then, he bought the Orzu in bulk and modified it for the use or purchase of Silk Holdings employees. Seeing as Silk Holdings explorers, prospectors, traders and agents visit the most distant corners of the galaxy and the Rishi Maze, these vessels turn up secondhand just about anywhere. With paired plasma-jets, tractor/pressor beam assemblies, and plasmatic cutting torches, a Jo'henry-class can chew its way through an asteroid significantly faster than the competition.
The Role Model is Ember Rekali's gift to his granddaughter and ward Alex, a starter ship designed to teach her a trade and self-sufficiency. Capable of relatively safe independent operation, and equipped with a fast-acting navicomputer for the kid's security, the Role Model would have had a more flamboyant name and more powerful weapons if it had been left up to Alex. But it wasn't.
Like a stock Jo'henry-class, the Role Model can be operated solo. Optimal crew is two to five; Ember has provided Alex with a handful of droids for her assistance. The vessel has room for only two passengers. Improved structural supports allow the ship to safely handle 150 tons of ore, plus 300 tons in each of the forward mandibles.
Ember's become pretty wealthy, all told. He doesn't want his grandkid to forget how to work, so he's giving her a ship that'll make her work, and that's the only part of his fortune she gets for free.
Proof of funds.
Development Thread: None
Intent: A starter ship for Ember's granddaughter
Who Can Use This: Alex Rekali
Primary Source: First paragraph of description modified from Jo'henry-class Rare Materials Mining Vessel
