Category:Hull series

The MISC Hull series of ships is a series of utilitarian cargo haulers that have the highest cargo capacity in their class, but sacrifice defenses and extra features. The MISC series is an inter-connected system of ships designed around the same principles and intended to share the same equipment and maintenance processes.

For most of the concern’s history, the majority of MISC’s business has come from the production output of its heavy industrial division. MISC-HI is  chiefly  responsible  for  the  Hull  series  range  of  configurable  bulk  transport spacecraft that have become ubiquitous in UEE space. These sturdy, modular hulls are the basis for the majority of Human corporate shipping. Their unexpected  popularity  among  the  Xi’an  has  spawned  an unlikely business relationship (and a string of imitators on the other side of the border).

MISC has created the Hull A through E to provide countless options for every type of merchant: from the single-person Hull A to the super-massive Hull E bulk freighter, there’s a Hull for every job. Each ship includes a manned cab, a drive unit and a telescoping cargo spindle. When laden, the spindle expands to accept cargo pallets; while unloaded, the spindle retracts for faster, more maneuverable travel

When the line launched in 2802, four standard models ranged in size from the  efficient  Hull  A  to  the  gargantuan  Hull  D.  The  Hull  series  quickly revolutionized interstellar freight, leading to the standardization of  dockyards  and  cargo  processes  around  the  UEE. This led  to  long-ranging  knock-on  effects,  including  over  a  dozen  outside  companies  being founded or significantly shifting focus to support the Hull design, such  as  Argo Astronautics  launching  its  MPUV  line  of  short-range  cargo  ferries.

In 2820,  MISC  developed  a  fifth  ‘super-freighter’,  the  Hull E, which has since become the de facto interplanetary bulk goods transporter,  with  docks  around  the  galaxy  moving  cargo  containers  back and forth from the huge ships around the clock