Hull E

The MISC Hull E (UEE Military Starlift Command call-sign  R5M Proteus ) is the largest specialized freighter available on the market today, generally owned by major corporations and operated with a high degree of planning. The lack of maneuverability inherent in such a large ship means that anyone planning to operate them should be careful about equipping turrets and providing escort. Their potential load (and modularity) is unparalleled, however: no other ship allows as much room to store goods or to modify towards another role!

The Hull E cargo capacity is 3072 32-SCU containers at full load. They are the minimum-equippable sized container for the RAFT, Hull C, Hull D and Hull E.

Description
"MISC's Hull E is the big fish in this cargo Hull series. With its unparalleled capacity and immense adaptive structure, it can dominate any transport job. Large and extremely diverse, the MISC Hull E provides the hauling strength and defensive power any captain could dream of. If it's a big job the Hull E will get it done."

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Testimonial
''“We shot Star Robbery! on a retired Hull E that the studio purchased for the holo. Worst part was that a 300 meter long spaceship looks like a city on camera; spacious interiors, engines you have to walk a quarter mile to reach. We actually ended up renting a Hull C for a bunch of the second unit stuff! Then for the climax, where it was supposed to blow up while Jan [Halsey, holo star] is rocketing away, the [redacted] thing just wouldn’t [redacted] explode! We rigged the spine with explosives, which the demo guys said would give it a cool collapsing effect… just snapped one of the prongs off with nary an additional scratch. Had to tow it to a drydock, reattach the prong and then tow it back to be blown up again!”''

- Ax Skart, Director, STAR ROBBERY!

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

Trivia

 * With a nominal load of 3072 32-SCU containers, a Hull-E has a similar carrying capacity as a modern Post-Panamax cargo container ship. A 32-SCU containers is roughly equivalent to a 40-foot container (FEU) and Post-Panamax ships carry between 2,500 and 5,000 FEU.

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