TAW Calypso

Carried 50,000 colonists in cold storage with a crew of 40. The ship was not planned to land, but rather for atmospheric disembarkation, with the crew to pilot back to lunar shipyards.
Most crew members suffered fatal nitrogen emboli on atmospheric entry, with more lost to module depressurisation. Science officer Stan Prang, posthumously awarded the rank of Captain, successfully launched the black box and piloted the craft away from its trajectory, which was the Orcus Patera colony, home to hundreds of thousands. His attempts to save the colony, despite his knowledge of his own inevitable death, were recorded by the cockpit camera. Autopsy revealed he had suffered a nitrogen embolus to his right eye and his right arm was obviously crushed by part of the console.
The craft wrecked at the Marte Vallis instead. The wreck has been preserved as a memorial and as a reminder of the frailty of humans so far from home.

Power Generation

Hydrogen fuel cells

Propulsion

Ion thruster (HET)

Weapons & Armament

None

Armor and defense

None

Additional & auxiliary systems

Cold life support

Hangars & docked vessels

Launch pods for cargo and passengers in storage.

Motto

"Welcome to a new life"

Owning Organization

TAW

Beam

40m

Length

300m

Height

10m

Speed

0.0004c max on journeys to Mars

Complement / Crew

40

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

50,000 passengers with worldly belongings, packaged food, and components for the colony.