USCSS "Resolute"

United States Cargo Star Ship "Resolute"

Lockmart Model CM-88B Bison M-Class

Commercial Towing/Cargo Vehicle

The USCSS "Resolute" (reg. ID #180924609) is a modified Lockmart CM-88B Bison M-Class star freighter owned by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and commanded by Captain Thomas Kellett, registered out of Anchorpoint Station.
Resolute operates primarily as a tug, connecting to and pulling loads like a tractor truck rather than carrying those loads on board like a traditional freighter.
The Lockmart CM-88B Bison was a type of spacecraft manufactured by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. It found widespread use as both an interstellar cruiser and a deep space cargo transport. In the latter role, the CM-88B operated as a tug, connecting to and pulling loads like a tractor truck rather than carrying those loads on board like a traditional freighter.

Overview

Internally, the CM-88B consisted of three pressurized decks and four internal cargo holds, totalling around 1.1 million cubic meters of pressurized volume.
Most of the spare space on board was filled with fuel for the ship's fusion reactor and reaction mass for the thrust engines. The upper deck contained the main living areas, including the bridge, crew quarters, mess hall, science station and medical bay with a Autodoc, while the lower decks comprised of extensive engineering and storage areas. The ship was sturdy enough to withstand atmospheric re-entries and had three main landing legs to allow surface landings. Particulate shielding helped to protect the vessel from airborne debris in even the roughest planetary atmospheres.
In-flight systems were governed by the ship's central artificial intelligence computer, MU/TH/UR 6000 (known by the crew as "Mother"). A backup 2.0 terabyte mainframe would come online should Mother fail, while a third tier of automation could sustain vital systems in the rare event of a failure in the backup CPU as well. Despite the extensive computer automation aboard the CM-88B, a Human crew was still required for more complicated docking manoeuvres at each end of a transit.

Energy and Propulsion

The CM-88B's power core was a Laretel WF-15 2.8 terawatt fusion reactor. The power plant operated around a deuterium/tritium reaction that fused the fuel elements in a containment chamber using conversion lasers. The He4 byproduct of the reaction was stored separately and vented at regular intervals. Power was drawn off of the reactor by a closed-cycle liquid potassium cooling system, running off into an induction torus which used the intense magnetic field created by the superheated potassium to generate electric power for the vessel.
Notably, the CM-88B's reactor possessed a self destruct capability, whereby the reactor's coolant systems could be shut down leading to a runaway reaction in the containment sphere and eventual catastrophic detonation. Once the process was begun, there was a five-minute failsafe period during which time the coolant system could be successfully reactivated. However, after this period had expired, the supercritical reaction became unstoppable and after a further five minutes the reactor would explode. Activation of the self destruct could only be carried out by an authorized crew member, and the procedure sequence was sufficiently complex to prevent accidental activation.
Faster-than-light travel was accomplished through a Yutani T7A NLS tachyon shunt drive, capable of propelling the CM-88B to a cruising speed of 0.42 light-years per sidereal day when the ship was unladen. When towing large mass cargoes such as automated refineries, the maximum sustainable cruise speed drops significantly, to around 0.1-0.12 light-years per sidereal day. For manoeuvring at sublight speeds while towing a large mass, the CM-88B was outfitted with Saturn J-3000 engines.

Communications

The standard communications set up aboard a CM-88B comprised 10 and 4 meter hyperstate antennas for any interstellar communications and UHF/VHF/HF radio/video links for short-range links. Navigational sensors were mounted on pylons clustered around the forward hull of the ship and included two 2 m aperture telescopes capable of optical, spectrographic and infrared resolution, a gas chromatograph, centimetric navigation and landing radar, a synthetic aperture ground mapping radar, and a mass counter for supralight navigation.

Weaponry

As a towing vessel, the CM-88B was not equipped for primary combat. However, individual Weapons are part of the basic equipment stored for the crew's use, especially during extravehicular activity in unknown sectors.
Two Dazer Mark III stun pistols, which you’re allowed to carry but it must be declared to the powers that be if you need to carry one on a station or around a settlement. Then there are two security pistols and a single shotgun, but these are for emergency use only, when all else has failed, and are locked away in a security locker, usually found in the hold but that’s up to the crew. I see that look on your face; no, these weapons are to be shared between the crew, they’re not a small arsenal each, so decide who’s carrying what before you dish them out. And, remember what I said about punching holes in spaceships.

Onboard Equipment

In addition to the personal gear the crew has brought with them, the Resolute has a supply of the following Tools:

• one (1) P-5000 Power Loader

• two (2) Spacesub ASSO-400 Harpoon Grappling Guns

• two-hundred (200) meters of line (galvanied 10 mm steel wire rope)

• two (2) Watatsumi DV-303 Bolt guns (ten shots each)

• two (2) electrical tool kits

• two (2) med kits

• two (2) K92 Maintenance Jacks

• two (2) ME3 Hand Welders "cutting torches" (with D3 POWER each)

• four (4) rebreather masks (with D3 AIR each)

• four (4) ECO All-World Systems Survival Suits (six AIR each)

Overview

Type: Towing/Cargo Vehicle

Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Corporation

Model: CM-88B Bison

Class: M-class

Reg. ID: #180924609

Affiliation: Weyland-Yutani Corporation

Technical Specs:

Length: 334 m (1,095 ft.)

Width: 215 m (705 ft.)

Height: 98 m (320 ft.)

Mass: 63,000 metric tonnes

Computer mainframe: MU/TH/UR 6000

FTL Rating: 6

Signature: +1

Thrusters: +2

Hull: 9

Armor Rating: 5

Crew: 2 - 7

Cost: $42,000,000

Lifeboat(s):

E1 - Intrepid E2 - Assistance

Internal Modules:

Artificial Intelligence I

Air Scrubbers II

Cargo Bay IV x 4 (plasma tankage)

Cryo Deck II

Salvage Crane III

Docking Umbilical II

EEV II x 4

Galley II

Medlab II

Upgrades:

Boosted Displacement Drives x 6

Overpowered Thrusters x 2

External Cargo Bay IV

Armaments:

Orbital Mines x 2 (four mines total)

Note: Captain Thomas Kellett has equipped the Resolute with a surprise for any pirates - jury rigged plasma charged orbital mines.