Kobayashi Maru
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| SS Kobayashi Maru | |
 Blueprint view of a standard Roadrunner-class transport. | |
| Spacecraft Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Base Hull | Roadrunner class transport frigate (four engine nacelles in 'box' pattern at the end of octagonal spine which, in turn, sports four modular mounts - dorsal, ventral, starboard, port. Wedge-shaped cockpit/crew section.) |
| Drive Type | Ion thrusters, Reactionless thrusters |
| Owner | SEBureau |
| Faction | SEBureau |
| Registry Number | SEB-X-2501 |
| Launched | March 3rd, 2013 |
| Purpose | Assault Frigate |
| Primary Crew | Katz Schrödinger (Captain) N (Weapons Officer) J. Hawking (Helmsman/Navigator) P. Ingless (Engineer) |
| Other Crew | Viola (AI, majordomo) Trigon (AI, transient, Electronic Warfare) "The Dirty Dozen" - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc. (Marines) |
| Operational Status | Active |
Created by Griever
| “ | A former "blank slate" slave. A girl abducted during a trip to Venus. A father whose family was "taken." A dozen "marines" who'd been Senshi once upon a time, in another life you could say. The crew had been chosen carefully. I wondered for a moment if I should be upset with myself for being this cold. |
” |
| —from the captain's first log entry | ||
Known Vehicle Quirks
- It feels so good to be so evil - As with every single Artificial Intelligence to Quicken on a ship that Schrödinger had a hand in working on directly (four and counting) the persona manifest is that of an "antagonist" type fictional character. Viola 'Gyane' is, as with her siblings - Trigon, d'Sparil, and Harlequin (Harley Quinn) - approached with a certain amount of pragmatism and caution. While not as openly malicious as either the eldest or second eldest, and not as ... insane ... as her nominal sister, Viola has what can be referred to as a "thorny" personality and is wont to be rather extreme in her responses. That being said, she's also become quite protective of her "crew," whom she views as comrades.
- Canonical convention - More in the form that is sometimes seen with craft of dedicated fanbase members of certain series', the handwaved powerplant and its feeds change modes of operation depending on snippets of old Star Trek TV episodes. They seem to respond best to ones of Jean-Luc Picard, though.
- ... where no man has gone before - There is no Cargo Compartment #3 in the plans. Or concepts. Or on the blueprints. Systems say it's there, though, and the door is there. Clearly marked, even. You do not want to go in there. You just ... don't. You'll regret it if you do.
Known Crew Quirks
- Lock and load - Viola is an obsessive-compulsive when it comes to calculating targeting solutions, which is the reason the weapons console and some of the sensors have lockouts that keep her from those parts of the ship.
- The corps is mother ...? - N, no other name on record, is an androgyne as well as a shapeshifter and tactile esper. This was induced by a 'wave biomod, the source of which was 'removed' during a mid-2012 raid on a Boskonian slaving facility. The purpose was to create a single 'blank slate' template strain of handwavium, which would cause the person 'modded with it to shift into as close an approximation of the most pleasing form in its "owner's" mind as possible. It's a conditioned response upon skin contact, and before this was properly diagnosed upon recovery, N's blank slate of a mind was affected by a number of conflicting stimuli, leading to the sparking of an actual persona complete with skills and abilities from a melange of sources. The conditioned response still remains, though, and whenever N touches someone, skin-on-skin, the "neutral" base form - chalk-white skin, white eyes, no real defining features, hairless - changes. Hence, N tends to wear gloves and full-body overalls.
- Don't make me fucking shoot you ... - helmsman and navigator Hawking is sick and tired of all the damn Treasure Island references. Also, for some reason he seems to attract any gay men in the immediate area.
- Roughnecks! - Senshi Marine Corps ... 'nuff said.
Trivia
- Originally intended as the sole representative of the class, seeing as it's at its most effective with the use of Trigon's particular abilities (as in, using the harpoon cables' fiber-optic cores and Field Amps in the projectiles themselves to hijack a hooked ship's systems), the Roadrunner transport frigate class hull did go 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 ships of the period.
- Nicknamed 'Kingfisher' by the Bleach Fen who were the first to make a sighting, the name stuck even past the ship's official 'outing' to Fen in general.
- Holds a Letter of Marque from Space Patrol.
Stories
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