The Gilden Cage

One of many Prison Ships owned by Sun Spire, these travel the Void on contract to various governments and police forces to ferry criminals and undesirables to dedicated prison cities or for lesser offences to the colonies as indentured labourers.
The Gilden Cage is a typical example of the class, it is reasonably well maintained with only a few patches of rust around the engines. The interior is a cramped space with low ceilings, the cells are arranged in grids, each cell measuring 3 metres by 2 metres and enclosed on all sides by iron bars, you can see down the length and breadth of the prison space which helps with patrolling guards. Movement of the prisoners is facilitated by large doors on either side of the hull that open to allow the prisoners to leave en-masse.
The main route taken by this ship is collecting them from Refuge and depositing them on Feanor or Daxu as labourers, as such the guards understand that these are lesser criminals and are not overly harsh.

Power Generation

Red Amber

Propulsion

Steam

Weapons & Armament

Nil

Armor and defense

Heavily Armoured

Hangars & docked vessels

A shuttle with 8 cages in it for intra-orbit transfers.

Nickname

The Cage

Owning Organization

Sun Spire

Beam

40

Length

300m

Height

40

Speed

Average

Complement / Crew

50 crew, 50 guards

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

Up to 500 prisoners in individual cells