Roadrunner

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Spacecraft Registry
Roadrunner class transport frigate
Roadrunner.jpg
Blueprint view of a standard Roadrunner-class transport.
Spacecraft Characteristics
Base HullCustom
Drive TypeReactionless thrusters
Ownervaries
Factionvaries
Registry Numbervaries
Launchedvaries, mid-2013 and later
PurposeCargo transport
Primary CrewCaptain, Helmsman/Navigator, Engineer, Cargomaster
Operational StatusActive
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Created by Griever

Designed by the SEBureau, the Roadrunner transport frigate class hull went onto the open market in mid-2013, becoming - due to the modular and standardized design as well as the relatively cheap fabrication costs and high adaptability - one of the most popular class of cargo ships of the period amongst groups that did not design their own freighters.

Roadrunners have four engine nacelles in a "box" pattern at the end of an octagonal spine. The spine, in turn, sports four modular mounts - dorsal, ventral, starboard, and port - which can carry two ISO standard cargo containers each, and a wedge-shaped cockpit/crew section at the bow.

The design is easy to retrofit to a "Q-ship", having originally been intended to clandestinely hunt pirates. These Boskonian-hunters replace the Cargomaster with a Weapons Officer, and carry troops and concealed weaponry instead of cargo. Only two such Q-ships are currently known to exist: the SEBureau's Kobayashi Maru and Great Justice's Polly Oliver.

Known Ships of the Class