400 Ton Droyne Explorer TL 15

[mavikfelna]

So in my quest to build characters and ships for each of the races in the Aliens of Charted Space books, i go to the Droyne. This is an obscenely expensive TL 15 400 ton explore for a Droyne Tyafelm to go exploring in Charted Space. It has a jump-4 engine because I couldn't fit in a bigger one and still use the ship for anything. But it has to jump out of Auitawry in the Trojan Reach rift so it has to have drop tanks to clear enough space to make it anywhere useful.
I couldn't use @Arkathan's spreadsheet, cause it can't handle the special Droyne tech so I did everything by hand. I hope I've got all my numbers right!
The Droyne Auspicious of Jump hull tech is very expensive but oh my is that 10% reduction in jump fuel nice! Especially when you can stack another 10% off with the Reduce Jump Fuel modx2 on the engines.
The ship isn't suppose to make money, it's an explorer, but it is off on its own without the support of the Droyne worlds to keep it up so the crew can do some trading to help cover the maintenance and life support bills. A single jump-1 with full freight cargo will net 135000 credit, enough to fund expeditions for over 3 months.

 

[Terry Mixon]

If the Droyne stuff isn’t in the sheet, @Arkathan might be willing to add it.

 

[mavikfelna]

If the Droyne stuff isn’t in the sheet, @Arkathan might be willing to add it.

The Auspicious hull types add some great bonuses at huge cost increases and might be tricky to do. The alternate bridge and crew spaces should be easy. I think it's mostly a question of time for him

 

[Terry Mixon]

The Auspicious hull types add some great bonuses at huge cost increases and might be tricky to do. The alternate bridge and crew spaces should be easy. I think it's mostly a question of time for him

All we can do is be happy with a great spreadsheet, but it never hurts to ask.

 

[Galadrion]

If you need higher jump capability, since you're at TL14 or above there are always collectors. And the Droyne are alien enough compared to most of the Major Races to easily justify using Exotic Tech such as that.

 

[mavikfelna]

If you need higher jump capability, since you're at TL14 or above there are always collectors. And the Droyne are alien enough compared to most of the Major Races to easily justify using Exotic Tech such as that.

Thank you! I hadn't even considered that. It would work much better for crossing the rift. And time is not important here, they can take as long as needed because there is always science and observation to do.