For the first time in two thousand years, the Vilani are producing their own version of the ubiquitous Type S Scout/Courier. Following lines more to the liking of the Vilani, the Type S(ZS) is a broad, flat-ended disk with a raised control deck running the length of the dorsal (top) surface. Two raised cylindrical housings at the rear of the craft hold the 2G capable maneuver drives. A "pop-up" missile turret on the ship's underside is its only armament. Access to the craft is through either of two airlocks, or through the Air/Raft bay, which sits behind the bridge. The main airlock is at the rear of the ship, and (like most Type S designs) opens into the engineering section. The second airlock is associated with the pop-turret on the ship's underside. It gives access to a crawl space under the stairs between the bridge and the Air/Raft bay. Aside from a wedge-shaped fin, the rear half of the ship is a deck-and-a-half high, with fuel tankage occupying the extra space. An iris-valve at the rear of the Air/Raft bay leads to stairs descending to normal deck level. The front half of the ship is one deck high, with the bridge, turret access, and Air/Raft bay elevated 1.5 meters above the staterooms. This explains the stairs. Potentially, all cargo capacity could be used for missile magazine, but 5 kl of the cargo capacity is accessed from the turret crawlspace. This is equivalent to 16 battery rounds plus two extras.
CraftID: Type S Scout/Courier (Vilani), TL15, Cr46,676,600 (Cr37,341,302 in Qty.)
Hull: 90/225, Disp=100, Config=6SL, Armor=40G, Unloaded=702.5t, Loaded=857.3t
Power: 5/6, Fusion=864MW, Dur=45/135 (Dur=85.7/257.1 w/o Agility)
(Dur=86.3/258.9 w/o Agil or Weapons)
Loco: 7/10, Maneuver=2, 4/6, Jump=2, NOE=190kph, Cruise=750kph, Max=1000kph, Agility=3
Comm: Radio=System x3, MaserComm= System x3
Sensors: ActiveEMS=FarOrbit, PassiveEMS=Interstellar, Densitometer=HiPen/1km, Neutrino=10kw, ActObjScan=Routine, ActObjPin=Routine, PassObjScan=Routine, PassObjPin=Routine, PassEngScan=Routine, PassEngPin=Routine
Off: Hardpoints=1 Missile=x03 Batt 1 Bear 1
Def: DefDm+5
Control: Computer Mod1/bis x 3, Heads Up Holo Displayx1, HoloLinkCP x 180
Accom: Crew=5 (2 bridge, 1 engineer, 2 gunnery), Middle Passengers = 3, Staterooms=4, Env=Basic env, basic ls, extended ls, grav plates, inertial comp.
SubCraft: 4-ton Air/Raft (Hegira [#98] standard).
Other: Fuel=669,060 liters (49.6 disp ton), of which 202,500 liters is for jump, Cargo=108 kl (8 disp ton), Scoops, Purification=20 hours (6.05 hours for J-Fuel only), ObjSize=Average, EmLevel=Faint.