The Cambria is an advanced bioship built in secrecy by a subsidiary of Avatar Klusterkorp. One of the purposes was scientific curiosity, but the spacecraft had to be useful: very fast to travel through the Deep Beyond, capable of self-repair for reliability away from technical facilities, and preferably able to visit low-gravity worlds. But the main goal is to be some day able to literarly grow spacecraft for a relatively low cost.
The Cambria was designed to be fast rather than robust, with exceptional regenerative capabilities which should compensate for its relative structural weakness. The spacecraft's nervous system includes a large brain spread in the internal structure of the ship, and implanted with cybernetic systems. This bioship is highly intelligent and fully sapient.
Externally, this spacecraft looks somewhat like a triangular trilobite, with thick scales (grown on a nanocomposite armour frame) and a long thin tail, designed to hold the fusion reactor away from the organs. It usually has a slimy-looking brownish colour, but it tends to change at will or with the mood of the ship.
The cost is high, but it is expected to drop a lot if one day biotechnology allows such a creature to be grown industrially, or even to self-reproduce. For the moment, 3 to 4 of these ships are believed to exist, all are slightly different models.
The Cambria has a food requirement of 41 man-days per day.
Note: This spacecraft was designed to be usable for characters, as opposed to the Nadezhda (SSS21) which is more like a curiosity. The Cambria is more sophisticated and may be ahead of the canon TS technology.
Pilot/Navigator (Piloting (High-Performance Spacecraft)),
Communication/Sensor operator (Electronics Operation (Communications), Electronics Operation (Sensors));
2-5 engineers (Mechanic (Fusion Drive), Mechanic (Life-Support Systems), Biology (Biochemistry), Bioengineering (Tissue)).
Streamlined Delta hull (140' / 42 m, 176 spaces, Biomechanical Medium Frame, Smart);
cDR/cPF 1/1 (nanocomposite armor).
old basic bridge;
2 medium fixed PESA, 1 medium radar, 1 small fixed ladar [F];
30 HI fusion pulse drive, 70 ultra-light tanks (nuclear pellets) (bio);
1 seats (bio);
6 cabins (bio);
3 bunkrooms (bio);
1 hall (bio);
1 small entry module (bio);
1 refinery;
1 fuel electrolysis;
1 minifac workshop;
2 laboratories (biochemistry, bioengineering);
2 small robot arms (bio);
2 external cradles (bio);
1 surgery;
11.6 hull radiator;
3.4 folding radiator wings (41'×41' / 12 m×12 m)
2 light laser towers;
chameleon skin (bio);
40 cargo (200 t).
EMass: 324 t; DMass 527 t; CMass 947 t; LMass 1367 t;
Cost: M$223;
Fuel cost: M$0.42;
cHP: 235;
Size modifier: +9;
HT 12;
Maintenance interval: 6h20m (1.9 8-h shifts/day, engineers: 1 cybershell or 2 humans).
sAccel: 0.13 G;
burn endurance: 58h20m;
burn points: 26614;
real ΔV: 85.8 mps / 137 km/s;
ST 1000
DX 12
IQ 10
HT 12
Acceleration Tolerance [10],
Bioroid Body [0],
High Pain Threshold [10],
Injury Tolerance (No Neck) [5],
Internal Senses [20],
Sanitized Metabolism [5],
Vacuum Support [40],
Radiation Tolerance 100 [28],
3D Spatial Sense [10],
Fast Regeneration (1 cHP/100 mn) [50]Inconvenient Size (Large) [-10],
Lame (Legless) [-35],
No Manipulators [-50],
Short Lifespan 2 [-30],
Piloting (High-Performance Spacecraft) [8] 15
Astrogation [8] 15
Electronics Operation (Sensors) [8] 14
Diagnosis (self) [8] 13
Thanks to John for his corrections.