Minarchist (Starter Tug Expansion)

[gleaming mica]

Just felt like posting her here before I sell her. Minarchist started life as a TU-77a, and was expanded in three main phases; first, to wall off the cockpit and expand the cargo hold, then to add the reactor room, and finally to add crew quarters, galley, lavatory, and life support room in the aft.

Her reactor isn't beefy enough to handle interplanetary travel, but she can stay out in the bonyard for weeks at a time, scrounging fuel as she goes. A very capable ship, and I'll miss her very much.

[weak flicker]

The fate of many a TU-77a refit, but may she rest in peace. (Rebumping your post cause I accidentally timed a bump to my own post at the exact second after you posted this and that feels rude. :P)

[gleaming mica]

I thought about keeping her, but need more Hydrogen tanks to start doing trading/courier runs, and couldn't find a design for them that felt good/aesthetically pleasing.

Although.

hm.

could do some forward-swept wings coming out from the reactor room.

[weak flicker]

Yeaaaaaah, it's always a struggle to find space for things after a certain point without just slowly but surely expanding in all directions, but at that point you tend to start leaving the original ship you were refitting behind.

[gleaming mica]

yeah fuck it, we ball. Minarchist lives, I'm selling the ibex instead.