SPECIFICATIONS
GOVERNMENT: Planetary Alliance Xanadu Colony
TYPE: Space Mining Vessel (Golden Hinde)
MODEL: Ceres Industrial/Venus Dynamics ST-68I
DATE INTRODUCED: 2182 AD (ST-68I)
LENGTH: 1436.4 feet (437.8 meters)
WIDTH: 287.3 feet (87.6 meters)
HEIGHT: 191.5 feet (58.4 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: 100x Hensai Energy HEFR-4100 fusion reactor (ST-68)
OUTPUT: 4100 megawatts each reactor: 410,000 megawatts total (ST-68)
ARMOR TYPE: none
ARMOR THICKNESS: NA
DISPLACEMENT: 150,000 tons
CREW: 84 (4 Pilots, 4 Technicians, 4 Electricians, 4 Engineers, 12 Gunners, 2 Officers, 2 Medical, and up to 60 space fighter pilots)
PROPULSION
PRIMARY:
1x Daigun HYIE-90K
SPEED: 45,600 mph
SECONDARY:
4x Eurospace ES-ID-60K
SPEED: 30,400 mph each (121,600 mph total)
WEAPONS:
PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
2x Cydonia Research CR-P100 dual PHELAC cannon turrets; Effective Range: 400 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system recharged by the shuttle's main reactor. ROF: 3 blasts every twenty seconds for up to 9 blasts per minute.
PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
10x Daigun Industries DI-ST-800A six-shot concealed retractable space torpedo launchers; Missile Type: UN-SRT-800A short-range passive EMS-guided space torpedo with 800-pound warhead; Effective Range: 10,833 miles; Payload: 25 torpedoes each launcher; ROF: 1 to 6 torpedoes each launcher per discharge for a total of 60 torpedoes per salvo of all multi-tube launchers or 300 per ten seconds.
ELECTRONICS:
1x Microwave Communications array with a 10AU range.
1x RADAR array with a range of 200,000 miles.
1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1000 miles.
1x Active EMS array with a range of 1000 miles.
1x Antigravity control system.
DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
6x Cydonia Research CR-DF-2000 omnidirectional deflector field generator; Range: 2000 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 2000 megawatts each; Output: 360,000 gigajoules with a regeneration of 36,000 gigajoules every ten seconds.
CARGO BAY:
1x 2100 cubic yards. A 6 year food and supplies were stored in this cargo bay.
1x 10,000 cubic yards. This cargo bay was reserved for ore or other mining materials.
HANGAR BAYS:
6x 15,000 yd3 One hangar holds 20 VBR-81 Variable Battle Robots (Rock Crusher Squadron). The other three hold mining vehicles and equipment (usually 20 MBR-01 type mecha refit to mining robot vehicles)
2x 6000 yd3 shuttle hangars that each holds up to two AS-01, or AS-02 space shuttles.
Description/Overview:
The Golden Hinde was a ST-68 class of UN shuttle-transport ship that was originally built by the United Nations Space Corps in AD 2169. It was a typical defense carrier of the old UN Solar Empire used for cargo going to and from Earth, Luna, Mars, and the various planetoid bases. The original class of ST-68 spacecraft were somewhat successful as space fighter transports and were quite agile in both space and in an atmosphere. The mission of the ST-68 series did not change much after the end of the 1st Interplanetary War, save for the types of vehicles that it carried. The "I" designator of the ST-68I class stood for "Industrial" meaning the ship was refit to accomodate for whatever industrial puropose it was being upgraded to perform.
The Captain of the Golden Hinde at the time of the discovery on the Moon of Good Hope was thirty-eight year old, 3rd Generation Cosmonoid, Mining Director Haiji Semai. Like many Venusians, he had the distinct features and accent of someone who had lived on Venus since he was born in AD 2154. A child of the former UN Solar Empire, Captain Semai was a shrewd man who ran the Golden Hinde with precision efficiency. He was however, too practical a person to handle the scope of the discovery on the Moon of Good Hope and it contributed to the demise of the him and his ship during the battle of Majestic 07.
