D I R E C T O R
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create stock Mining Barge for potential clients.
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- Canon Link: N/A
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- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Roble Manufacturing
- Affiliation: Closed Market
- Model: N/A
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Classification: Mining Barge
- Length: 624 meters
- Width: 43 meters
- Height: 22 meters
- Armament: None
- Defenses: Extreme
- Hangar Space: Very High
- Hangar Allocations:
- Starfighters: N/A
- Support Craft: 5 Squadrons
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Low
- Hyperdrive Class: Average | 2.0
- Internal Management
- Propulsion Systems
- Communications and Sensors
- Life Support
- x20 RMM-OEM3 Rorqual Heavy Mining Lasers
- x12 RMM-ORS9 Orca Refining Stations
- Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer Coating
- NAV-RH1 Interdiction Countermeasures Package
- SAMS Automation Management System
- Give Me Resources: With twenty mining lasers and twelve refining stations, the Venture can eat away at planetoids and other resource-rich locations, quickly extracting the desired substance and refining it to the process material, able to arrive in port with the refined metal or processed gasses ready to be put on the market.
- Barb-Wire Barge: Very aware of the many challenges that face mining fleets, such as junkers, pirates, or competing corporations wishing to get a good sight, the Venture features a wide range of defensive measures to protect it from potential enemy ships. A point-defense system of two missile launchers can protect the ship from smaller craft such as fighters and gunships, while the Eir defensive system, RAAM-M3 Tactical Ordnance Jammer, AR-0B Damage Reduction Component, and Stygian-Triprismatic Polymer Coating all either work to reduce the damage done to the ship or to scramble enemy sensors.
- Mining, Not Fighting: The Venture-class Mining Barge is intended only for mining and extraction of materials, and its defensive measures are set in place to protect the ship from junkers or pirates. As such, the mining barge is not a warship and thus cannot be used as such.
Designed to be the frontrunner for Roble Manufacturing's mining line, the Venture-class Mining Barge is intended to be the backbone of every self-respecting mining fleet. It's keystone features are its mining tools, chiefly the RMM-OEM3 Rorqual Heavy Mining Laser and the RMM-ORS9 Orca Refining Stations, with each barge containing twenty of the former and twelve of the latter. As a mining barge, the Rorqual heavy mining laser allows for the Venture to quickly strip planetoids of its resources, whether it be raw ore, gasses or valuable liquids. The Orca Refining Station then allows for those resources to be processed and refined into the final product, ready to be dropped off at port and sold on the market.
Knowing that mining fleets are favorites for pirate gangs and junkers to prey on, the Venture-class has an extremely sophisticated array of defenses; two Armato ventral missile cannons that provide defense against small ships and starfighters, and the Eir defensive system to protect the Venture from attacks. However, the barge is not a ship designed for combat, with no offensive armaments, and thus corporations who want to defend their fleets must invest in more combative ships to fill that role. However, the Venture-class mining barge is an all-around efficient, powerful and cost-effective mining barge that will make a valuable addition to any fleet.
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