Cargoking

Cargoking
Production information
Manufacturer	Federated-Boeing Interstellar
Use	Cargo Carrier
Type	Civilan Spheroid
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass	12,500 tons
Structural Integrity	12
Length	175 meters meters
Width	160 meters meters
Height	120 meters meters
Drive System	Merlin 2400
Safe Thrust	3
Max Thrust	5
Fuel (tons)	389 tons
Fuel (days)	92.18 days
Armament	5 x LRM-20s 10 x Medium Lasers 6 x ER Large Lasers
Armor	Standard Fore: 82 Sides: 72 Aft: 62
Crew	16
Escape Pods/Life Boats	2/2
Heat Sinks	128
BV (1.0)	2,900
BV (2.0)	?

Description

Designed as the best civilan cargo transports in the late Star League Era, the Cargoking was the civilan equivalent of the military Cargomaster. Only two ships were ever built, with one being destroyed during testing and the other (the FSDS Richard III) disappeared in the Kestrel IV system in 2825.

Built using state-of-the-art systems, the Cargoking was automated to such a degree that the ship's crew numbers were kept small, and no additional workforce was required to load the cargo.

After the Star League accepted the design of the Cargomaster and requested a civilan model, pre-production began in 2781 at the Federated-Boing industrial megaplex at Galax. However, when the Star League had fallen and the Inner Sphere was in the grips of the First Succession War, the resources and technology to build and support the massive Cargoking had become scarce, and so the production was abandoned.

Armament

The Cargoking was armed at each angle with one ER Large Laser and mixed supportive weaponry: 1 LRM-20 in the front, 2 Medium Lasers and an LRM-20 at the sides, and 2 Medium Lasers in the back. All LRM-20s were outfitted with Artemis IV Fire Control Systems.

Cargo

Designed to replace the aging Mule, each of the Cargoking's four self-loading bays could store as much as 2,200 tons of cargo. These interconnected bays could be isolated in case of a hull breach or similar disasters.

Variants

The Cargomaster, the military variant of the Cargomaster, was developed and produced at the same time. Both DropShips shared the same fate.

Bibliography

• Technical Readout: 3026 Revised