On  July 8th 1947 an alien spacecraft crashed into the desert near Roswell, New Mexico. The military quickly covered up the entire crash and recovery of the alien ship and it’s crew with a flimsy story stating that a Project Mogul weather balloon had come down. Any stories of a ‘flying saucer’ were deemed as ‘fanciful nonsense’.

However, we now know the truth. The vessel was a 150dton Vegan Light Merchant. The Vegans at the time were a subject race of the Vilani Imperium, a huge interstellar polity that strictly controlled technology and trade within it’s borders. It is thought that the Vegan vessel was on a routine trade exploration mission when it mis-jumped into the Sol System and fell into a decaying orbit around Earth. Despite the attempts of the crew to repair damage to the drives, the ship ended up falling into the atmosphere and crashing.

 

Two of the Vegan crew were killed in the crash and despite the attempts of military doctors to keep the third crew-being alive, he died a week after the crash.

 

High Guard Stats.

USP
S-1622221-000000-22000-0 MCr 74.684 150 Tons
Bat Bear             1     11      Crew: 3
Bat                  1     11      TL: 11

Cargo: 54.000 Fuel: 33.000 EP: 3.000 Agility: 0
Fuel Treatment: Fuel Scoops and On Board Fuel Purification

Architects Fee: MCr 0.747   Cost in Quantity: MCr 59.747

Detailed Description

HULL
150.000 tons standard, 2,100.000 cubic meters, Flattened Sphere Configuration

CREW
Pilot, Gunner, 1 Other Crew

ENGINEERING
Jump-2, 2G Manuever, Power plant-2, 3.000 EP, Agility 0

AVIONICS
Bridge, Model/2 Computer

HARDPOINTS
1 Hardpoint

ARMAMENT
1 Dual Mixed Turret with: 2 Beam Lasers (Factor-2).

DEFENCES
1 Single Sandcaster Turret organised into 1 Battery (Factor-0)

CRAFT
None

FUEL
33.000 Tons Fuel (2 parsecs jump and 28 days endurance)
On Board Fuel Scoops, On Board Fuel Purification Plant

MISCELLANEOUS
3.0 Staterooms, 54.000 Tons Cargo

USER DEFINED COMPONENTS
None

COST
MCr 75.431 Singly (incl. Architects fees of MCr 0.747), MCr 59.747 in Quantity

CONSTRUCTION TIME
49 Weeks Singly, 39 Weeks in Quantity