Cargo Ship

The Cargo Ship, a Frigate class vessel, is a converted troop carrier, used initially on Evacuation Day to move the upper Echelon of Earths forces to the colony waypoint station orbiting Neptune. Very slow and cumbersome, these vessels faced deconstruction for a time, but it was discovered that by fitting them with short range matter transmitters (Transmat) booths in their sizeable holds, that they could be used for the moving of equipment to and from a planets surface if within orbital range of a PDS beacon.

Relatively cheap to build, these vessels soon became the secondary vehicles for smugglers, who could move stolen property and other illicit shipments between planet and orbiting vehicle without ever having to land there. With this in mind, the more experienced smugglers began to toy with the Beacon Lock-On software, and found that they could target resources held in storage deep within a planets perimeter defences, Transmat them aboard the ship and make off without anyone knowing they had been there. The only problem with this craft was the fact that no weaponry was ever installed, and due to its age, the power source was not able to support anything other than the Transmat coil. Armour plating was also kept to a minimum to stop further mass increase and the slowing of an already cumbersome space-faring craft.

This article refers to a ship from a previous round of Planetarion and may not apply to the current game.