Tiny Tim Freighters

Tiny Tim Transporters / Freighters

When Construction on the Ross 128 Torus begun in 3200 it became apparent that no ship was big enough to bring in the resources and parts needed for the project. Even though large transporters existed and the very common Container Barge Trains with TL-Tugs used in the Bridge construction it was neither practical nor efficient. The Construction of SOL Hub and Blue Moon Hub Station also required tremendous amounts of materials exceeding the outputs of entire solar systems. In all this the Wurgus desired large Bulk haulers. So the demand for a truly enormous transport ship was there and the Ship yards around Neofast owned by Black Star Shipping made the financial plunge and built the first Tiny Tim Freighter (Model A) in 3225. A ship of 25,000 meters length with a Flat bed area of 300 Square Kilometers and with the capacity to engulf Torus parts 3 times the size with an ISAH field. The Tiny Tim Transporter  became the only Ship produced by Black Star Shipping and the Neo-Green Star system contains the biggest and longest Factory style Ship yard assembly line of over  6 Light Minutes in length. Tiny Tims were purchased both by the Navy and civilian freight companies. Tiny Tims can not land on planets but emergency planet fall is possible. Navy Tims differ little from Civilian Versions and are generally unarmed.

Tiny Tims take their time to get to the TL Threshold and acceleration takes about 3 hours (when fully loaded.) Trans Light range is 7000 LY.