Valiant-History
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| Crew Capacity | 12 |
| Cargo Capacity | 300 Tons |
| Top Speed | 1080 (2160 afterburn)
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Advertising Copy: Valiant Delivery Service
A single delivery, failed or successful, can change lives.
From organ transplants to gifts, legal documents to personal letters, they all need to get to their appointed destinations on time to change peoples lives. Sometimes, to save them. The most important delivery in the Verse is yours.
No matter what it is, it needs to arrive securely and discretely, on time. Our point-to-point direct delivery means that we offer a personalized service the Alliance Post simply can't provide. We offer it in a rapid, reliable fashion, and we guarantee delivery.
You need someone that cares about the delivery of your package, rather than treating it and you like just another number in the system. With human migration on the rise, it can be difficult for you to track down the intended recipient of your package. That's where our discrete research team comes in, making sure - by every means necessary - that we have the right person, every time.
Why do we care so greatly about your delivery? Because your delivery is our freedom.
History
Formerly the personal shuttle of Lord Marshall Salin Fawzy, this ship has a very curious history. Not even its own crew are fully of just where all this craft has traveled and seen in the 'Verse.
Due to the growth of their company, the Valiant was sold off and replaced with a retired APC, the Dark Embrace
She was then purchased in January of 2524 by Agatha Droge of New Melbourne, who intending to augment the needs of her growing ranch. However, Aggie as she liked to be called, took ill and passed away quietly. In her will, she granted the title of the Valiant to her favourite nephew, Teller Munro - her younger sister's son. With the help of his XO, Naomi Ida, Teller has put together a crew of well trained individuals, Siegfield Von Heilden, Finnegan Marsh, Mycol Reamer and Maite Padilla.
April 2, 2524 - The Valiant competes in the first P & T Enterprise Eavesdown Docks Ship Show, follow several weeks of both internal and external overhauling. She and her crew are awarded the First Place prize.
May, 2524 - Anner Kells joins the crew as the ship's chef, offering a greater range of services for the passenger side of
July, 2524 - Jacob Storn and Ronel Leight join the crew of the Valiant, seeing that the ship is well taken care of and keeping the crew and deliveries safe from any potential threats.
September, 2524 - The Valiant hires on Richard Clarke - a medic looking for a broader view of the 'Verse while still serving a purpose.
October, 2524 - Maite Padilla leaves the crew of the Valiant to seek out other pastures.
November 4th, 2527 - Salin Fawzy re-purchases the Valiant after it runs into some trouble
At Press Time, the expert crew of the Valiant continues to make contacts, accept contracts and the never ending work of becoming one of the premier delivery companies to crisscross the Black.
Description
Valiant, Osprey Class Mid-Bulk Transport. This sleek craft is larger than a Firefly by quite a bit, but the older design historically has less internal capacity than the more common Firefly class. It's simple, two deck design features a main lower cargo bay, and an upper deck which comprises most of the living and crew spaces. The primary hull is reinforced by twin dorsal spines that run the length of the craft and extend far to the aft to form a pair of tail booms that improve the atmospheric maneuverability. Gimbal mounted reaction thrusters are attached to the hull amidships, outboard of the dorsal spines. The cockpit extends off the upper deck forward of the primary hull with a unique down facing canopy.
Like the lady she is, the Valiant isn't about to give up the secrets of her age. The well informed would know that the Osprey Class ship hasn't been in production for over fifteen years, so she's hiding her age well. Truly meticulous care has been taken to keep this ship in service, and it shines through in each of the hull patches. This has caused an interesting effect, the slightly uneven texture becoming a feature of the deep, gunmetal grey, giving it an almost brushed sort of lustre below the paint job. Deep Roman Red accent lines have been painted in as well, to give interest and help smooth over the otherwise randomized appearance. There are two pieces of art that decorate the skin of this ship, the most predominant being that of a copy of the Winchester Round Table, with the characters for Valiant superimposed over the wedges of alternating green and white on the rondel's surface, flanking a red Tudor Rose. Below the ebony black characters, there's just the slightly translucent colouring of that matching Roman Red colour. On both of the tail booms, the logo of the Valiant Delivery Service has been painted - above a golden shield rests a Roman Red standard, held up by a pair of crossed wooden bars. On the standard in pure white are the two charcters for the word Valiant, seperated by the very word in proud black lettering for contrast.
Ship Layout
While this isn't the exact layout of the Valiant, this is one way the ship can be set-up. It is provided for reference to the crew and other players so that one can more-easily see what is happening and where. Primary differences include individual bathrooms in-quarters, twin single beds in the one-bed quarters, and subtle set-up changes in the internal layout in regards to furniture, as well as the majority of the crew quarters being on the Port side of the ship, while the guest quarters are on starboard. This layout and design are copyright of selek@yahoo.com.
