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The Hard Luck

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Just a picture for an RP I'm involved in, she's our Starship, the Hard Luck

The Chevrol was potentially the oldest and most obsolete ship to be used in The War by the Alliance. Pinnacles of technology when they first were produced in quantity nearly a century earlier, they represented the fourth generation of starship technology. They had respectable speed and maneuverability (for their time) and sported a quad Pulse laser turret with an outstanding field of fire. (Most fighters of the time only had two lasers) In addition, she also had four Pigsticker class missile launchers, two on each side with a total of two missiles per launcher.

Another bonus for the Chevrols was their impressive cargo bay. Miniaturization and strong lightweight materials made this ship exceptionally roomy inside and capable of carrying a respectable payload. Some ships not destined for military service actually became excellent armed civilian armed yachts with enough room for a party of ten in addition to the regular crew of six.

They were later superceded by the Gant, Crovus, Huspilar, and finally the Persephone classes of corvettes. Initially they were designed to be light commerce raiders, they ended their service as armed merchantmen. Although as resources dwindled some were pressed back into action as front line ships.

Bob found his example when it was deposited in the scrapyard next to his miserable hovel. The burnt out engineer took offense to deragotory comments to him and the small ship then proceeded to take the next two years of his life making her spaceworthy.

Unfortunately, all Bob's resources went into repairing the ship, leaving him with little else to live on once he had freed himself from the scrapyard that had become his place of exile. The first spacedock he landed at impounded the unregistered vessel as Bob had no way to pay the docking fees. He was just about to give up hope and do something drastic when the ship was won in a game of cards by Loo [link]

Bob is bitter at losing his ship, and still considers her his baby, but he knows that Loo is a far better pilot, and navigator. Without him, the Hard Luck would probably end up right back in the scrapyard. Loo tolerates Bob's attitude knowing that the Binturong is probably one of the best starship mechanics out there, and he is able to practically rebuild the ship for free.

Other crewmembers include:

Mel: Communications officer / diplomat

(Placeholder): Chief of Security

Irlo: Weaponsmith / security

(Placeholder 2): Medical Officer

Ashera: Science Officer

(Will fill in names once I get them again, sorry guys! ^^; )
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spacewolfomega's avatar
Excellent work, my friend! Even got the windows in the right places, etc., and it certainly looks like it has seen some hard luck!