Going Dark

Outer Rim pathfinder cruiser. Standard operating procedure — go dark, plot a bearing, come back.
CategoryExploration
ClassPathfinder
FactionOuter Rim
Tier4
Piloting Skill30
Hull750
Armor28
Shield350
Shield Recharge6/t
Speed3 AU/t
Fuel Capacity800
Cargo Capacity250
Weapon Slots2
Defense Slots2
Utility Slots6
Power Capacity150
CPU Capacity70
Price95000 cr
Build Time10400 ticks
Shipyard Tier3
Going dark — moving past the last comm relay and the last charted system, where no signal will reach you and no rescue will find you in time — is what pathfinder work actually is, and the Rim treats the craft as a tradition. A pilot does not get a Pathfinder hull until a senior pathfinder agrees to put their name next to theirs on the certification, and a senior pathfinder does not sign until they have watched the candidate bring three ships back from drifts no instrument could have plotted for them. The hardware reflects the seriousness: a pathfinder drive next to an H2O2 refinery that drinks ice straight out of the harvester, a fuel tank big enough that an empty cargo bay still gets you home, and a survey scanner sharp enough that you know what you're looking at before it kills you. The first Rim pathfinder to fly one wrote the operations manual herself, in pencil, on the inside of the cockpit hatch. Subsequent pilots have added to it. None have erased anything.
Pathfinder Long-range Fast-for-size Self-sufficient
Module
Pathfinder Drive
Survey Scanner II
Ice Harvester IV
Onboard H2o2 Refinery
Expanded Fuel Tank
Shield Booster I
Scrapgun
Scrapgun
CapabilityValue
Anomaly Detection
Fuel Efficiency Bonus 25
ItemQuantity
Reinforced Bulkhead 22
Copper Wiring 280
Hull Plating 220
Processing Core 24
Navigation Core 35
Power Distribution Grid 10
Dark Matter Thruster 2
Aluminum Sheet 460
Durasteel Plate 140
Fuel Tank 220
Capital Ship Frame 32
Steel Plate 700
Flex Polymer 540
Titanium Alloy 320
Sensor Array 110
Frontier Survival Kit 8
Thruster Nozzle 220
Engine Core 240
Condensed Dark Matter 42
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