The Athelstan class merchant ships are presently being built by SIE at their corporate facilities at Grote. The unsettled situation in the Imperium has left SIE unable to procure ships from their usual suppliers at Glisten. The Athelstan is a modified Type R2 design, and is fairly typical of ships built in frontier areas with an integral refueling capability, a maneuver drive capable of making a landing while fully loaded on any inhabitable planet, and a full armament package.

Unlike many other SIE vessels, the Athelstan does not ordinarily carry a robotic crew supplement since the supply of cheap robots has also dried up.

CraftID:	Athelstan class Merchant (Type R2 mod), TL11, MCr157.06
Hull:	360/900, Disp=400t, Config=4SL, Armor=40E, Loaded=5828t, Unloaded=4296t
Power:	20/40, Fusion=1800MW, Duration=30days
Loco:	18/36, Maneuver=2 (Thrusters=13000t), 11/22, Jump=2, Max=1000kph, Cruise=750kph, TrueAcc=2.23G, Agility=1
Comm:	Radio=System*2, LaserComm=System
Sensors:	EMS Active(Planetary), EMS Passive(Interplanetary), ActObjScan=Diff, ActObjPin=Diff, PassEnScan=Rout
Off:	Hardpoints=4 Missile=x02 BeamLaser=xx3 Batteries 1 1 Bearing 1 1
Def:	DefDM+4 SandCaster=x04 Batteries 2 Bearing 2
Control:	Computer Mod2*3, 8*HeadsUpDisplay, 665*DynLink
Accom:	Crew=11 (2 bridge, 2 engineer, 4 gunners, 1 command, 1 steward, 1 medical), Staterooms=20, Passengers=9, LowBerths=20, LowPassengers=20, Env=basic env, basic ls, extended ls, grav plates, inertial comp
Other:	Fuel=1460kl (1 jump-2+30 days), Cargo=1424kl, Missiles=60 (20b-r), Fuel Scoops, Fuel Purifier (24hr), ObjSize=Avg, EmLevel=Moderate

Author: R.S.Dean