"Hercules" Civilian Base Construction Platform

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"Hercules" Civilian Heavy Lifter
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Ship Class	Transport
Built by	Civilian
Technical information
Guns/Turrets	0 / 5
Opt. weapon class	4
Max. weapon class	4
Other equipment	1xCM
Hull strength	40,000
Max. shield class	7
Cargo space	749 units
Nanobots/Batteries	150/150
Max. impulse speed	80 m/s
Max. thrust speed	140 m/s
Max. cruise speed	350 m/s
Power output	30,000 u
Power recharge	3,000 u/s
Additional information
Ship price	$2,800,000
Package price	$5,539,750

The Heavy Lifter, originally developed for atmospheric deliveries and planet-to-station transfers, carries immensely powerful engines in order to remain aloft within a planet's gravity. To do this, cargo space and armor had to be sacrificed. Despite this, it has inexplicably become a popular ship among startup transport captains, likely due to its reliability and inexpensive maintenance.

Handling

• This ship is too large to use docking bays, it must use mooring points.

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Review The Heavy Lifter is a straight honest up front ship. It does what is says on the can and its function falls right in line with it. There's not much to be said about this freighter apart from the fact it has magnificent handling, a disappointing cargo hold for its size and an expected number of turret mounts for a ship of its design. This ship was not designed for trading but for "Moving cargo of all types between transports, trains and bases". So basically it's a ship designed for loading and unloading transports and trains, that's when they reach their mooring points. So sadly it can't do much else, but it is designed for companies that would require such a vessel. To sweeten the deal, five Type 4 Transport Turrets are thrown in for you to mount onto it, this is probably a promotional factor to draw the attention away from its low 750 cargo hold, but is a pro nonetheless. This ship was only meant for heavy shipping industries that would find themselves needing it, so only factions such as DSE, Daumann, Samura, Kishiro, Ageira, BMM, EFL, IDF, The GMG and possibly Kruger and the IMG. I strictly advise you don’t use this ship for trading or shipping of any kind, it was never designed for that and by doing so will probably raise a few eyebrows as well as the price of it’s warranty. I can see it being used for short distance trading however, for small profits. It’s a ship of few functions, but that doesn't mean it's useless. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Chad Jones

RP Use

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Review While seemingly useless, this ship is very good for certain 'odd' RP restrictions within Discovery. Zoners will find this very useful to get around the Zoner Guard ID docking restrictions that prevent any Zoner Guard IDd ship from docking within house space. Bring one along with a repair ship and a few Zoner whales, and assorted escorts, and you can trade with house space at will, just use the lifter to transfer cargo. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Mudd

Hardpoints

• 5 Class 4 Turrets

Purchase Includes

Spoiler:
1 Deep Scanner ($14,750) 5 Transport Turret Type 4 ($425,000 ea.) 1 Civilian Transport Shield ($600,000)

Availability

Spoiler: Buying Locations
Base Owner System Location Planet Leeds Bretonia Police Leeds Bretonia Planet Junyo Samura Industries Shikoku Kusari Planet Pittsburgh DSE New York Liberty Saint Paul Base Universal Shipping Minnesota Liberty Planet Hamburg Rheinland Federal Police Hamburg Rheinland