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Line 31: The '''Corvair Luxury Passenger Airliner''' was designed and built by Boeing to provide month-long luxury cruises for the very rich on [[Tiber (FWL)|Tiber]], a key industrial world within the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Operated by the Boeing Travel subdivision of the company, the first Corvair entered service in [[3066]], and six were in service by the end of the [[Jihad]], with a further four under construction.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> The '''Corvair Luxury Passenger Airliner''' was designed and built by Boeing to provide month-long luxury cruises for the very rich on [[Tiber (FWL)|Tiber]], a key industrial world within the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Operated by the Boeing Travel subdivision of the company, the first Corvair entered service in [[3066]], and six were in service by the end of the [[Jihad]], with a further four under construction.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> − As a key factory world with a small population, the corporate culture was predominant on Tiber, with more than six hundred corporations from the Free Worlds League 10,000 List having a presence on Tiber, and with almost half of those six hundred had headquarters located in Verona. While some regions of Tiber were heavily industrialized, other regions - such as the massive mountain ranges of New Assam - were still wild and undeveloped, and were very popular for retreats and getaways. This gave Tiber a reputation for being a vacation haven where even the most expensive tastes could be satisfied.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> + As a key factory world with a small population, the corporate culture was predominant on Tiber, with more than six hundred corporations from the Free Worlds League 10,000 List having a presence on Tiber, and with almost half of those six hundred had headquarters located in Verona. While some regions of Tiber were heavily industrialised, other regions - such as the massive mountain ranges of New Assam - were still wild and undeveloped, and were very popular for retreats and getaways. This gave Tiber a reputation for being a vacation haven where even the most expensive tastes could be satisfied.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> Dedicated from the outset to the rich, every Corvair was built to exacting specifications, with the cabins built along defined themes using mostly hand-crafted metals and woods; the themes revolved around a period or architectural design, with examples of those being the Victorian stateroom about the ''Delphine'' - and the expansive Versailles Penthouse suite, rumored to have been used by [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]] and his wife for their honeymoon - and the Monet room on the ''Venus''. The inner suites contained at least one holographic wall, suitable for viewing the terrain the airship is passing over, while the outer staterooms each had a wall made entirely from Plexus Glass-Weave, a scuff-proof material capable of stopping bullets and laser strikes. Although each Corvair could cater to 40 guests at a time, the average passenger manifest was usually roughly half of this number, as each stateroom was constructed of interlocking panels capable of being removed and manipulated to merge two or more staterooms together into larger suite complexes, for those willing to pay.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> Dedicated from the outset to the rich, every Corvair was built to exacting specifications, with the cabins built along defined themes using mostly hand-crafted metals and woods; the themes revolved around a period or architectural design, with examples of those being the Victorian stateroom about the ''Delphine'' - and the expansive Versailles Penthouse suite, rumored to have been used by [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]] and his wife for their honeymoon - and the Monet room on the ''Venus''. The inner suites contained at least one holographic wall, suitable for viewing the terrain the airship is passing over, while the outer staterooms each had a wall made entirely from Plexus Glass-Weave, a scuff-proof material capable of stopping bullets and laser strikes. Although each Corvair could cater to 40 guests at a time, the average passenger manifest was usually roughly half of this number, as each stateroom was constructed of interlocking panels capable of being removed and manipulated to merge two or more staterooms together into larger suite complexes, for those willing to pay.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> Line 38:
Line 38: == Weapons and Equipment == == Weapons and Equipment == − The Corvair is unarmed, but mounts two and a half tons of armor, with the nose receiving slightly more armor than the wings and after sections. Each Corvair can transport 19.5 ton of cargo as standard, and features the [[Environmental Sealing|Environmental Sealing Chassis Modification]]. As standard, Corvairs have 12 first-class quarters for passengers.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> + The Corvair is unarmed, but mounts two and a half tons of armour, with the nose receiving slightly more armour than the wings and after sections. Each Corvair can transport 19.5 ton of cargo as standard, and features the [[Environmental Sealing|Environmental Sealing Chassis Modification]]. As standard, Corvairs have 12 first-class quarters for passengers.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> == Variants == == Variants ==
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The '''Corvair Luxury Passenger Airliner''' was designed and built by Boeing to provide month-long luxury cruises for the very rich on [[Tiber (FWL)|Tiber]], a key industrial world within the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Operated by the Boeing Travel subdivision of the company, the first Corvair entered service in [[3066]], and six were in service by the end of the [[Jihad]], with a further four under construction.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> | The '''Corvair Luxury Passenger Airliner''' was designed and built by Boeing to provide month-long luxury cruises for the very rich on [[Tiber (FWL)|Tiber]], a key industrial world within the [[Principality of Regulus]]. Operated by the Boeing Travel subdivision of the company, the first Corvair entered service in [[3066]], and six were in service by the end of the [[Jihad]], with a further four under construction.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> | ||
| − | As a key factory world with a small population, the corporate culture was predominant on Tiber, with more than six hundred corporations from the Free Worlds League 10,000 List having a presence on Tiber, and with almost half of those six hundred had headquarters located in Verona. While some regions of Tiber were heavily | + | As a key factory world with a small population, the corporate culture was predominant on Tiber, with more than six hundred corporations from the Free Worlds League 10,000 List having a presence on Tiber, and with almost half of those six hundred had headquarters located in Verona. While some regions of Tiber were heavily industrialised, other regions - such as the massive mountain ranges of New Assam - were still wild and undeveloped, and were very popular for retreats and getaways. This gave Tiber a reputation for being a vacation haven where even the most expensive tastes could be satisfied.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> |
Dedicated from the outset to the rich, every Corvair was built to exacting specifications, with the cabins built along defined themes using mostly hand-crafted metals and woods; the themes revolved around a period or architectural design, with examples of those being the Victorian stateroom about the ''Delphine'' - and the expansive Versailles Penthouse suite, rumored to have been used by [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]] and his wife for their honeymoon - and the Monet room on the ''Venus''. The inner suites contained at least one holographic wall, suitable for viewing the terrain the airship is passing over, while the outer staterooms each had a wall made entirely from Plexus Glass-Weave, a scuff-proof material capable of stopping bullets and laser strikes. Although each Corvair could cater to 40 guests at a time, the average passenger manifest was usually roughly half of this number, as each stateroom was constructed of interlocking panels capable of being removed and manipulated to merge two or more staterooms together into larger suite complexes, for those willing to pay.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> | Dedicated from the outset to the rich, every Corvair was built to exacting specifications, with the cabins built along defined themes using mostly hand-crafted metals and woods; the themes revolved around a period or architectural design, with examples of those being the Victorian stateroom about the ''Delphine'' - and the expansive Versailles Penthouse suite, rumored to have been used by [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Thomas Marik]] and his wife for their honeymoon - and the Monet room on the ''Venus''. The inner suites contained at least one holographic wall, suitable for viewing the terrain the airship is passing over, while the outer staterooms each had a wall made entirely from Plexus Glass-Weave, a scuff-proof material capable of stopping bullets and laser strikes. Although each Corvair could cater to 40 guests at a time, the average passenger manifest was usually roughly half of this number, as each stateroom was constructed of interlocking panels capable of being removed and manipulated to merge two or more staterooms together into larger suite complexes, for those willing to pay.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> | ||
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== Weapons and Equipment == | == Weapons and Equipment == | ||
| − | The Corvair is unarmed, but mounts two and a half tons of | + | The Corvair is unarmed, but mounts two and a half tons of armour, with the nose receiving slightly more armour than the wings and after sections. Each Corvair can transport 19.5 ton of cargo as standard, and features the [[Environmental Sealing|Environmental Sealing Chassis Modification]]. As standard, Corvairs have 12 first-class quarters for passengers.<ref name="TRO:VArp98"/> |
== Variants == | == Variants == | ||