Here we see CNS Peter Osterhaus, a Boyne-class replenishment ship owned by the Cascadian Navy, near the gas giant Betonica in the Tlix system (Cascadia 0706). The Cascadian Navy operates two of these vessels.
By the time of the Collapse in 2331 thirty-five Boyne-class ships were in commission with five major national navies and in eight system defense forces within both Earth and Clement sectors. Of that total, there were eleven stationed in Clement Sector of which the Royal Navy had three, the Republic of Australia Navy had one (RAS Manoora), the Cascadian Navy had two, the Monroe System Navy had one and the United States Space Navy had four (one was later destroyed at Sophronius (Hub 0408) during the initial exchange between Swanson loyalists and the USSN ships supporting Admiral Manning.
In addition, there is also the civilian variant of the Boyne, the Aranui-class medium cargo vessel. The Aranui-class began as a side project in 2320 by Anderson and Felix Shipbuilders seeking to reduce design time and costs by tweaking an existing medium freighter size vessel. As they were licensed originally to provide full maintenance and refit and had a full set of design plans it was decided to produce a civilian version of the Boyne squarely aimed at small merchant shipping companies and wealthier owner/captains.
Even with fifty percent of the profit per ship going to the owners of the Boyne-class design in Earth sector, Anderson and Felix turned over enough per construction order to make the design a profitable one. Now, post- Collapse, they are quite content to pour one hundred percent of sale profits back into the company.
There are over forty of the Aranui-class cargo vessels in service scattered throughout the Clement Sector hauling cargo at the current time. Anderson and Felix currently construct two or three per year as orders.
Both the Boyne-class replenishment ship and the Aranui-class medium cargo vessel can be found in Ships of Clement Sector 14: Boyne-class Replenishment Ship which will be released on June 17.
Art by Ian Stead.