BFF-1 Bulk Freighter

Description
The BFF-1 Bulk Freighter is all and nothing more than what the name states. It can carry all one would ever want to have hauled. Basically the design comes down to a decent hyperdrive engine surrounded by lots of cargo containers. It acts rather sluggish at sublight speeds so a pilot with a steady yet gentle hand is a must. In fact, maintaining the full crew complement of seven is strongly advised although most ships seem to run well with just four experienced crewmen.

One advantage of this type of transport is that despite its significant size, the BFF-1 has the ability to land. Besides cargo of all sorts, the manufacturers managed to make later versions acceptable for passenger transport, making room for about a hundred people. One other important attribute is the BFF-1's tractor beam. This is very handy if there's even more to haul, but it also helps multiple ships to stay in formation which is very important because these ships tend to travel in convoy.

A significant flaw in the BFF-1 Bulk Freighter is the fact that it has no armament to speak of which makes it an easy target for pirates and the like. Its thick hide, boasting good deflectors and ionic shielding as well as the 'safety' in numbers, are the only things that can make sure this ship gets the goods where it's needed.

Craft Abilities Escape Pods: 2

Landing Capacity

Flight Grade Repulsorlifts

Hanger Bay

Production Statistics
Shipyard Required: Shipyard 1 NPC Workers: 25 AVG Build Time: 40 Days AVG Build Cost: 1,647,164c CA RM Cost: 3,334,500

Affiliation: - Aurora Technologies - Incom Corporation

Raw Material Requirements: Quantum: 231 Meleenium: 1,160 Ardanium: 190 Rudic: 145 Rock Ivory: 169 Varmigio: 984 Lommite: 37 Durelium: 328

Production Examples
In System -1,675,868cr -1,501,667cr -1,579,704cr -1,500,593cr

Out of System -none-