Hull A

The small and efficient MISC Hull A is the entry-level model in the Hull series. Featuring a retracting external cargo spindle and powerful engines, this ship has the largest cargo capacity in its size class. Care should be taken when traveling in low-security areas, however: the Hull A lacks significant offensive or defensive capabilities, with armament limited to a pair of forward-facing size 1 distortion repeaters.

In addition to its standard use as a light hauler, the Hull A is often used as a surface-to-orbit ferry. It can carry its load in any fitting mix of 1-SCU containers, 2-SCU containers, 8-SCU containers or 16-SCU containers .

Features

 * Telescoping Cargo Spindle: Compact when retracted and capable of accommodating up to 64 SCU of cargo when expanded, the Hull A's spindle gives the ship both a unique profile and a very high cargo capacity.
 * Dynamic Spindle Loading: Loading and unloading cargo is a speedy, hands-off experience; saving the pilot time and money at both ends of a profitable cargo run.
 * Crew accommodation: The single-person crew enjoys a generously appointed cabin amidships featuring a kitchenette, full washroom, weapons locker, suit locker, a bunk that doubles as an escape pod, and convenient access to the ship's internal storage.
 * Airlock: The side airlock offers convenient planetside or EVA access, and can also be used as a ship-to-ship docking port.

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Testimonial
"“I bought my first [Hull] A used, when I was first starting out… her previous owner had named her SNUGBUG and try as I might to come up with something else, the name stuck. Snugbug and I had some good times. I got my start flying short runs; ground to starside, starside to ground to pick up crates off the bulk freighters over and over to make a name for myself. Spent more on fuel than I ever did flying duration missions! By the time I was worth a journeyman hauler rating, Snugbug was outfitted well enough to fend off the occasional pirate and I started moving whatever I could cross-system to make a ‘cred. Weirdest thing I ever shipped? It was livestock, grown on Terra… these weird cube-shaped chickens. Looked like meaty rectangles. Had to have a special transport module so they could breathe vacuum in-flight. I kid you not. Never saw anything like it, but the Banu ate them up. Literally.”"

- Captain Ike Chamner, Free Trader

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Series variants
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).

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

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