Viridian Ship Catalog · Chapter 6
Yachts and Liners
Hulls for people who travel in comfort and need the walls to keep quiet. Each is built around a protected interior, and neither is built to be repaired by whoever happens to be nearby.
The VN-43 Line
Ring-and-Core hull in two revisions, VN-43C1 to VN-43C2. Scale 4, Civilian grade.
The VN-43 is a diplomatic yacht: a principal's ship. A sealed salon, executive quarters and a Counter-Surveillance Suite sit in a ring around a protected core, so that a delegation can arrive, speak and leave without being overheard. It is not a fast ship and not an armed one. It is a quiet room that happens to fly.
Revision notes. VN-43C1. The first revision, with the salon, two luxury cabin modules, a galley, a counter-surveillance suite and a Medical Bay. The 120,000cr fit-out of the salon is a fitting in the price. VN-43C2. One more segment on the module ring, a larger sensor lattice dish on the core, one more Module Slot and one more System Point. The extra slot is open: most owners fit a second Medical Bay or another set of Passenger Berths.
Common Variants. Diplomatic yacht, Delegation ship, Executive transport, Treaty-bay tender, Private charter yacht.
VN-43C1 Diplomatic Yacht
| Role | Price | Acquisition |
|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic and executive transport | 682,000cr | Licensed |
| Speed | Cruise | Handling | Sensors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | +1 | Extended |
| Armor | Deflection F/A | Hull Points | System Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 / 0 | 20 | 15 |
| Power | Heat Threshold | Heat Dissipation | Module Slots (open) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 2 | 7 (1) |
| Crew | Passengers | Cargo Units | Consumables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 / 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 months |
| Weapon | Range | Hull | Sys | Crit | Heat | Pwr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point-Defense Laser ×2Light · Turret · Point Defense 1, Accurate 1, Cooldown | Short | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Rated Slipstream · Atmosphere · Landing
AI Core Advanced Directive AI
Mounts 2 Light · 2 points
Modules Executive Quarters, Luxury Cabin Module, Luxury Cabin Module, Galley and Provisioning, Counter-Surveillance Suite, Medical Bay · 1 open
Builder Viridian signature benefits and weak drawbacks; Integrated Architecture (Chapter 4). Extended sensors detect to Extreme.
Trait Sealed Salon: Interception of communications from aboard takes a Hard Electronics check. Negotiation and Charm checks held in the salon add 1 Boon Die (does not stack with Executive Quarters).
VN-43C2 Diplomatic Yacht
| Role | Price | Acquisition |
|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic and executive transport | 699,000cr | Licensed |
| Speed | Cruise | Handling | Sensors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | +1 | Extended |
| Armor | Deflection F/A | Hull Points | System Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 / 0 | 20 | 16 |
| Power | Heat Threshold | Heat Dissipation | Module Slots (open) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 10 | 2 | 8 (2) |
| Crew | Passengers | Cargo Units | Consumables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 / 6 | 8 | 20 | 3 months |
| Weapon | Range | Hull | Sys | Crit | Heat | Pwr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point-Defense Laser ×2Light · Turret · Point Defense 1, Accurate 1, Cooldown | Short | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Rated Slipstream · Atmosphere · Landing
AI Core Advanced Directive AI
Mounts 2 Light · 2 points
Modules Executive Quarters, Luxury Cabin Module, Luxury Cabin Module, Galley and Provisioning, Counter-Surveillance Suite, Medical Bay · 2 open
Builder Viridian signature benefits and weak drawbacks; Integrated Architecture (Chapter 4). Extended sensors detect to Extreme.
Trait Sealed Salon: Interception of communications from aboard takes a Hard Electronics check. Negotiation and Charm checks held in the salon add 1 Boon Die (does not stack with Executive Quarters).
Revision Table
| Revision | Change | Build points | Price | Upgrade from previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN-43C1 | First revision | 135.0 of 190 | 682,000cr | n/a |
| VN-43C2 | +1 Module Slot, +1 System Point | 139.0 of 190 | 699,000cr | 8 points, 22,500cr |
The VN-53 Line
Layered Shellcraft hull in two revisions, VN-53C1 to VN-53C2. Scale 5, Professional grade.
Four hundred passengers ride ninety days in a VN-53 without once being reminded they are in vacuum. It is a luxury spaceliner built at Scale 5, two Scales under the liner class, for routes that cannot fill a Scale 7 hull. Charter lines, pilgrimages and medical cruises buy it, never individuals. It is the one Viridian line built to Professional grade, because no Civilian Scale 5 hull carries its Power and Heat margin.
Revision notes. VN-53C1. The published liner: two luxury cabin blocks, passenger berths, a promenade and observation deck, a Medical Bay, a galley and a Shuttle Bay. The 1,480,000cr cabin fit-out is a fitting in the price. VN-53C2. One more cabin tier on the promenade shell and a larger pair of thermal fins, for one more Module Slot and one more Heat Threshold. The C2 fit-out is 1,600,000cr.
Common Variants. Pilgrimage liner, Charter liner, Medical cruise ship, Embassy liner, Long-haul passenger ship.
VN-53C1 Luxury Spaceliner
| Role | Price | Acquisition |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger liner, pilgrimage and charter transport | 3,640,000cr | Licensed |
| Speed | Cruise | Handling | Sensors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | −2 | Extended |
| Armor | Deflection F/A | Hull Points | System Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 / 0 | 35 | 30 |
| Power | Heat Threshold | Heat Dissipation | Module Slots (open) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 14 | 3 | 16 (2) |
| Crew | Passengers | Cargo Units | Consumables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 / 120 | 400 | 120 | 8 months |
| Weapon | Range | Hull | Sys | Crit | Heat | Pwr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point-Defense Laser ×2Light · Turret · Point Defense 1, Accurate 1, Cooldown | Short | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Rated Slipstream · No atmosphere · No landing
AI Core Advanced Directive AI
Mounts 2 Light · 2 points
Modules Luxury Cabin Block (3), Luxury Cabin Block (3), Passenger Berths (2), Medical Bay, Galley and Provisioning, Promenade and Observation Deck (2), Shuttle Bay (2) · 2 open
Hangar Shuttle Bay: 2 craft of Scale 3 or smaller
Builder Viridian signature benefits and weak drawbacks; Integrated Architecture (Chapter 4). Extended sensors detect to Extreme.
Trait Absolute Quiet: On voyages longer than one week, passengers and crew aboard remove 1 Bane Die from checks to resist fatigue, stress, and morale complications.
VN-53C2 Luxury Spaceliner
| Role | Price | Acquisition |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger liner, pilgrimage and charter transport | 3,843,000cr | Licensed |
| Speed | Cruise | Handling | Sensors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | −2 | Extended |
| Armor | Deflection F/A | Hull Points | System Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 / 0 | 35 | 30 |
| Power | Heat Threshold | Heat Dissipation | Module Slots (open) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 15 | 3 | 17 (3) |
| Crew | Passengers | Cargo Units | Consumables |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 / 120 | 400 | 120 | 8 months |
| Weapon | Range | Hull | Sys | Crit | Heat | Pwr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point-Defense Laser ×2Light · Turret · Point Defense 1, Accurate 1, Cooldown | Short | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Rated Slipstream · No atmosphere · No landing
AI Core Advanced Directive AI
Mounts 2 Light · 2 points
Modules Luxury Cabin Block (3), Luxury Cabin Block (3), Passenger Berths (2), Medical Bay, Galley and Provisioning, Promenade and Observation Deck (2), Shuttle Bay (2) · 3 open
Hangar Shuttle Bay: 2 craft of Scale 3 or smaller
Builder Viridian signature benefits and weak drawbacks; Integrated Architecture (Chapter 4). Extended sensors detect to Extreme.
Trait Absolute Quiet: On voyages longer than one week, passengers and crew aboard remove 1 Bane Die from checks to resist fatigue, stress, and morale complications.
Revision Table
| Revision | Change | Build points | Price | Upgrade from previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN-53C1 | Published first revision | 129.8 of 195 | 3,640,000cr | n/a |
| VN-53C2 | +1 Module Slot, +1 Heat Threshold | 134.8 of 195 | 3,843,000cr | 10 points, 112,500cr |
At the Table: Receiving a Delegation
Use this when a crew delivers or receives a delegation aboard a VN-43, or meets one at a Concord dock.
Aboard. The Sealed Salon is the table. Communications from aboard take a Hard Electronics check to intercept, and Negotiation and Charm checks held in the salon add 1 Boon Die (this does not stack with Executive Quarters). The Counter-Surveillance Suite tells the crew when someone takes a Target Lock or an Active Scan on the yacht.
At the dock. A delegation in a Viridian ship is expected in Concord ports and read as well funded elsewhere. Give the crew a Boon Die on checks to clear a Concord customs desk, and a Bane Die in a Jaziri or Funtari port that has no reason to be polite.
When the walls fail. A listening device found in the salon is evidence of a serious breach of the delegation's trust. The principal will want to know who had the keys: the Sealed Salon is only as private as the yard that last serviced it (Chapter 4, The Service Seal).
Pressure. A principal who must finish a conversation before the dock clears, with an envoy from a rival power in the next berth, is an opposed Negotiation check against the clock. Give the crew a Boon Die for a good plan and a Bane Die for a late guest.