Restricted Ship Station Coeus-Class Utility Barge

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Coeus-Class Utility Barge​

AFFILIATION
Open Market

MANUFACTURER
Starfeld Industries

CLASS
Mobile space station.

ROLE
Refuel & Repair Station

COMPOSITION
Durasteel and transparisteel.

DIMENSIONS
2km Length, 3km Width, 2km Height

CREW
80-800 Crew, 5000 Worker Droids

PASSENGER CAPACITY
100

CARGO CAPACITY
10 megatons.

HANGAR CAPACITY
Approximately;
2x Destroyer-Sized Ships
or 30x Corvette-Sized Ships
or 171x YT-1300 Light Freighters or equivalent

CONSUMABLES
2 standard years.

SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The Coeus-Class Utility Barge has a top speed of 10 MGLT and has sluggish maneuvering characteristics.

ARMAMENT

• 30x Tractor Beam Emitters, 15x each end

EQUIPMENT

• 2x hyperdrive, 1x class 10 primary, 1x class 10 backup.
• 1x navicomputer.
• 1x aerospace control center.
• 1x long-range communication suite.
• 1x long-range sensor suite.
• 1x heavy deflector screen generator.
• 4x heavy fuel storage tanks.
• 4x heavy water storage tanks.
• 2x heavy CO2 storage tanks.
• 2x heavy O2 storage tanks.
• 4x heavy waste recycling tanks.
• 2x large droid storage areas.
• 1x recreation area.
• Many x refueling probes.
• Many x resupply probes.
• Many x secure airlocks.
• Many x docking ring with integrated docking tube and refueling probe.
• Many x escape pod.

DESCRIPTION​

Named so purely due to its shape, the Coeus-Class Utility Barge is a colossal, mobile, space station that can be found operating in all areas of the Galaxy. Designed and manufactured to serve ships of (almost) all shapes and sizes, the Coeus was designed to provide the three Rs that all ships need;

Repairs, Refuelling and Resupply.​

As the 'hanger' of the Coeus is so incredibly large, the space contains no atmosphere at all as it proved to be inefficient in terms of power consumption during its initial development. This is used as something of a security feature against boarding attempts by ships landed within the hanger as any attempts to enter the interior of the Coeus requires access via secure docking tubes or movement through the void.

When ships are parked within the Coeus, they are connected via a series of refuelling and resupply probes; how much fuel, oxygen, water or other gasses are supplied to each ship depends on how much is agreed to be paid by the crew. Once payment is received, the refuelling and resupply begins.

Refuelling and resupply can be done in as little as an hour for even Destroyer-Class sized ships. Smaller ships can spend as little as five minutes, including landing and take-off, to fully refuel and resupply.

Repairs are conducted entirely by the droid workforce that typically comes with the Coeus as standard. A literal legion of astromechs and other utility and repair droids navigate the exterior of landed ships to diagnose technical issues first, then allow the owners and qualified technicians within the Coeus to provide a quote for the work. Once payment is received, repair work begins - timescales dependant on the extent of the damage and size of the ship.

Eventually, the Coeus can take a crippled Destroyer-Class ship and have it returned to full functionality - while it may take a comparable length of time as a typical shipyard to make the repairs, it will be significantly more expensive. The most common practise is the Coeus being used to repair a ship well enough for it to be able to safely reach a dedicated shipyard to affect more cost-effective ship repairs.

For length repair jobs or just for when pilots and crew wish to get out of their own ship to stretch their legs, docking tubes can connect ships to the interior of the Coeus proper and give access to a recreational area. Said recreational area is typically a rather depressingly stale waiting room with news holos playing constantly in different languages on dozens of screens, uninterrupted space views and entire rows of vending machines that, typically, never have what you want in stock.

LEGALITY​

Legal. Coeus-Class Utility Barges are perfectly legal to own with the right permits.

INTENT​

To flesh out the service industry for the site canon and for use as backdrop by players on personal levels, faction levels and everything in between.

RESTRICTIONS​

Typically a faction asset or NPC-run business, although they could also serve as the focal point of a player run business venture. Keep in mind that they are incredibly expensive to purchase, staff and run - but also lucrative.

 

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