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According to the Bulletin series Journeys in Deep Night the first time a Tanapur docked at Coriolis station was in CC 29. It registered as a courier ship and supposedly had a Zalosian crew onboard, which led many to assume it was a Karrmerruk shuttle of some kind. Time passed and Zenithian ambitions continued to awaken the slumbering Horizon. As old trade routes reopened, more of these sleek, old ships began to emerge from the darkness of space. Some were nomads, others were agents of remote col-onies, or pilgrims undertaking long journeys across the Horizon. No two crews were the same, or from Zalos for that matter.
As some of these ships fell into the hands of a new generation of travellers, clues about the history of the Tanapur started to crop up, indicating that they had been around for a long time. Discreet markings eventually identified them as originating from the lost shipyards of Khiravo. Since then, this discovery has only raised more questions, as the location of the Khiravo shipyard still remains a mystery to this day.

THE FORE

: The front section of the ship is more dimly lit than the rest, and consists of four rooms. The bridge and the central room that leads to it are both raised slightly above the main floor giving the crew a wider field of view from their stations. On either side of this raised section is the stasis chambers which in turn sits lower than the main floor, with short stairs leading down to them and a low curved ceiling that is somewhat reminiscent of a cellar. The stasis pods themselves look old and a little clunky compared to newer models.

THE MIDDLE SECTION

: The airlocks on either side lead straight into the main area of the ship, a space that has to serve many functions. Surrounding the small cargo hold are the basic coffins with their little hygiene units, and toward the fore a small common space that is also the ship’s kitchen and cantine. The cargo hold itself is deeply embedded in the structure of the ship and feel almost like a vault. In some cases it has been converted to a holding cell for crews working as bounty hunters or similar activities.

THE STERN

: In the back end of the ship is a large hemispher-ical chamber that contains the ship’s rather imposing fusion reactor. With a brave engineer at the controls, it can generate generous amounts of energy in relation to the overall size of the Tanapur

CLASS: II

SHIPYARD: Khiravo, Dziban system (rumoured).
TIME OF CONSTRUCTION: Unknown (pre-Zenithian).
CREW: 3, with 1 extra coffin.
STASIS PODS: 4, with personal storage lockers.
DIMENSIONS: Length 30 m, Width 13,5 m, Height 6 m (9 m with land-ing gears fully extended).

Class

CLASS II PRE–ZENITHIAN ARMORED COURIER

Nickname

Deep thruster

Motto

We break for asteroids

Manufacturer

Khiravo Shipyard

Owner

Shamus loaded

Width

15

Length

30,5

Height

9

Speed

4

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

4

ENERGY POINTYS: 4
HULL POINTS: 4
MANEUVERABILITY: 0
SIGNATURE: -1
ARMOR: 5
SPEED: 4
FEATURES: Precise (direcational) thrusters, Atmospheric entry, Reactor burst
MODULES: Docking stations, Cabins (4 coffins), Cargo Hold, Stasis Hold, Weapon System (Twin Autocan-nons).
PROBLEM: Obvious signature
COST: 348 000 Birr

KHIRAVO SHIPYARD

The notion of a Firstcome colony big enough to con-struct its own space ships, yet small enough to vanish in The Long Night and fade from the memory of the major Firstcome factions has unsurprisingly stirred up some interest among researchers and historians. A Foundation-sponsored study of the ornamentations and markings of a decommissioned Tanapur corvette carried out in CC 54 concluded that there are some similarities to artifacts found in the remote Dziban system. The archeologist Nisrine Fasaal, who partook in this study, is said to have embarked on an expedition to confirm this theory, but no further evi-dence has been uncovered as of yet.

KHIRAVO: Smaller ships (max class III), with armored hulls and austere interiors.
+1 ARMOR
-1 MAN
Price +5%