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The "Second Chance" is a next-gen exploation vessal. Comminsioned by the ExoProtectorate Council, it was financed, designed, and built by Compression Space Transport (CST). The main hull is 400m long and 150m in diameter. Halfway down the main hull is the life-support section, a think ring 300m in diameter, this rotates and provides a 20% gravity-field around it's rim. The sub-light proplsion consists of 5 plasma rockets. The FTL drive is based on our whormhole technology (Devloped by Ozzy Fernandez Isaac). The power source are 15 of the largest Nilling d-sinks made by CST. These Ninning d-sinks are a zero-size sinkhole in spacetime that can keep filling up with energy. Any power level can be contained proving the quantum field is strong enough. Also onbord are 2 fusion genrators. This gives it the power to fly 7,000 light-years at 2.5 lightyears a minute. Also due to our wormhole technology , a one month flight will only take one year, earth-time. The ship is protected by 3 high-energy forcefield generators.The sensors package can pick-up EM trails and any sings of technoligy or other ships from 10 light years away (In normal-space of course). Finally it has a crew of 100, and a science staff of 150. Painting of the Ship:http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/1306/031604pandorasstar8nx.jpg

Any questions you have about the ship you can sedn in a telegram. Also, In a few years I may make ships to order.

OOC: YAY! Another Peter F. Hamilton reader! 'Tis about time I found another Pandora's Star fan. :p

Can't wait for the second book, but in all serousness, I do posess that ship.

OOC: Here comes Sir Bumpsalot.

Can't wait for the second book, but in all serousness, I do posess that ship.

OOC: When the hell is it coming out? I'm considering moving my nation to a Confederation time-line, or at least utilising the nanonic implant technology.
Nights Dawn is an amazing trilogy, but I just can't wait for Judas Unchained.

Can't wait for the second book, but in all serousness, I do posess that ship.

OOC: My own Charlatan-class starcraft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=428641) is based on the Second Chance as well. I second McLeod03's idea; I want to make the FT version of my nation reasonably Commonwealth-like, what with the unisphere, SI, implants, weapons (to a degree), and such. I already use implants for my spacecraft crew, we have RIs on the ships, and they use niling d-sinks for power, but I want to bring these innovations to my civilian population. As for when Judas Unchained is released...check out the countdown. (http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.html)

I'm not shure hwne it is too be released, I may use some of the comenwlth tech, but right now I'm good.

I wonder, I could from a region based on the comonwealth, and since we know the technoligy founf in the serries we could from a very powerful region and an allience.Just a though, also my military varyany should be unvailed soon.