The Hobbes class superbulk freighter is an example of the extremely large merchant craft run on prepared routes in the Imperial core, and civilized sections of the Imperial fringes. The freighters are dependent on picking up fresh sets of drop tanks at each stop, and power plant fuel has been pared down to the minimum needed for a port-to-port trip. Since a fully loaded freighter has an acceleration of only 0.083G, reaching the safe jump limit in a large gas giant system could take up to 70 hours, although most mainworlds are smaller. No provison is made for wilderness refueling, and megacorporations operating vessels of this and similar classes generally operate their own fueling facilities at each stop. The cargo capacity of 170,517 tons allows over 42,600 Imperial Standard 4 ton freight containers to be carried.

CraftID:	Superbulk Freighter, TL15, MCr43701+50.635/drop tanks
Hull:	180000/450000, Disp=200000t (+50000t), Config=4USL, Armor=40G, Loaded=3,097,509t, Unloaded=742,535t
Power:	1807/3614, Fusion=487800MW, Duration=14 days
Loco:	3600/7200, Maneuver=1 (Thrusters=260kt), 9000/18000, Jump=4, TrueAcc=0.083G, Agility=0
Comm:	Radio=System*3, Laser=System*3, Maser=System*3
Sensors:	EMS Active(FarOrbit)*2, EMS Jammer (FarOrbit)*2, EMS Passive(Interstellar)*2, Neutrino Sensor (10kw)*2, High Pen Densitometer (1km)*2, ActObjScan=Rout, ActObjPin=Rout, PassObjScan=Rout, PassObjPin=Rout, PassEnScan=Simp, PassEnPin=Rout
Off:	Hardpoints=2000 BeamLaser=xx9 Batteries 1 Bearing 1
Def:	DefDM+7 SandCaster=x09 Batteries 6 Bearing 4
Control:	Computer Mod9fib*3, 160*HeadsUpHoloDisplay, 14900*HoloLink
Accom:	Crew=170 (18 bridge, 120 engineer, 5 maintenance, 9 gunnery, 13 command, 4 steward, 1 medical), Staterooms=170, Env=basic env, basic ls, extended ls, grav plates, inertial comp
Other:	Fuel=81950kl (14 days), Cargo=2,301,987kl (170,517 tons), ObjSize=Large, EmLevel=Strong

Author: R.S.Dean