{"data":{"id":20067,"title":"Whitley's Guide - Carrack","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/spectrum-dispatch\/20067-Whitleys-Guide-Carrack","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/20067","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/20067","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"News Update","images":[{"id":26463,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/weozjmuuh3hwh\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":843046,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-09-19T15:49:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26463\/similar"},{"id":27892,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w3o9r4zgppm77\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":900916,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2021-09-06T14:48:40+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/27892\/similar"}],"images_count":8,"translations":{"en_EN":"This article originally appeared in Jump Point 8.2.\nAnvil Aerospace Carrack\nTHE SURPRISE\nFor over a century, the Anvil Carrack has been the most famous symbol of human exploration. Carrack-based explorers have pushed the boundaries of human civilization and made countless thrilling discoveries that have enhanced our knowledge of the universe. In 2822, however, its very existence was a shock to the system. Aerospace watchers were universally confused when the Carrack first appeared at the MacArthur Naval Base, Kilian; both because of the impressive nature of the ship and because of the sheer mystery as to where it had come from. While it\u2019s not unusual for the military to sponsor the development of a spacecraft in secret, it\u2019s such a difficult and expensive prospect that it\u2019s only ever done when it can impact the balance of power. Here was the first ever corvette-sized, dedicated exploration ship in the Navy\u2019s inventory and it had seemingly been birthed fully formed and ready for service. Speculation ran rampant that the Carrack must hide some sinister ulterior purpose, with suggestions including that it was a disguised electronic warfare ship or that it carried a powerful new type of bomb. None were correct: the classification, since revoked, was instead intended to cover the need for the ship in the first place. In 2815, the UEEN cruiser Carraway was lost with all hands after being dispatched to chart unusual transmissions detected in a dense asteroid field in the Tohil System. The situation was an embarrassment for the Admiralty, which had previously debated the value of using warships for exploratory missions. The loss of the warship was reported as an accident and warnings that its crew was not prepared for the mission were effectively covered up. A no-bid contract was awarded to Anvil Aerospace to secretly develop a dedicated explorer that could both replace and improve upon the missions, as they were currently being conducted by ships of the line. Wholly separate from the drama surrounding its creation, the UEEN Carracks immediately began what would become more than a century of expert survey work. Military Carracks logged hundreds of discoveries, including full surveys of countless moons, comets, jump points, and asteroid fields and they continue to be actively produced and used today. Built as an explorer first, the Carrack has the shipboard facilities and crew stations to allow for in-depth research missions while maintaining the lower profile and necessary performance for facing particularly hazardous and uncharted regions of space.\n\nCIVILIAN SERVICE\nThe Carrack immediately attracted the attention of the galaxy as the perfect combination of military ruggedness and attractive, fully-featured spacecraft design. Within a month of the launch of the first Carrack in UEEN service, Anvil Aerospace had recorded over four thousand requests from organizations and individuals interested in their own ship. Anvil began petitioning the military to permit civilian sales at the conclusion of the initial 18-month construction contract in 2825. The initial answer was a surprising no due to the classified nature of its original design process. While Anvil considered the decision wrong and considered pushing for a review, they ultimately didn\u2019t want to endanger their status as a prime contractor for projects like the Hornet. It would take the eventual ouster of the original staff officers who classified the Carraway\u2019s destruction and several decades of waiting before the government would relent. In 2933, Anvil was finally authorized to develop a civilian-edition of the Carrack. However, several requirements were made by the UEEN, including that sensor software be rewritten from the ground up and that it could not be produced in the same facilities as the UEEN hulls. Development work began immediately but quickly lagged behind. The process of rebuilding the software proved difficult and teams ran into issues adapting the ship\u2019s standard metrics (including aspects of seemingly simple things like the loading ramp\u2019s dimensions) towards civilian equipment. Prospective captains were encouraged to place a deposit on the initial wave of civilian ships because the first production run was expected to be slow; this sparked something of a \u201cCarrack craze\u201d as planned future hull slots were purchased and traded. These owners carefully followed development of the civilian version through the various development delays. The first civilianized Carrack, later dubbed Sonny Boy by her crew, was handed over on February 21, 2938, which Carrack user groups annually celebrate as an unofficial \u201cCarrack Day\u201d. Civilian Carracks and their crews quickly became seen as a symbol of humanity\u2019s best \u2013 spacefarers dedicated to the noble (and profitable) goal of exploration rather than commerce or defense.\n\nCAPSULE HISTORIES\nThese capsule entries provide short histories of selected notable Carrack explorers. These are not comprehensive and do not represent the totality of the Carrack\u2019s long history of exploration, which would necessitate a dedicated volume. Note also that the UEEN does not formally christen Carracks; instead, they are given either the designation R for \u2018Research\u2019 or S for \u2018Survey\u2019, followed by a numerical designation. The leading \u20181\u2019 in the hull number identifies the size classification (65m or greater) and the following digits are issued numerically. Details of Carracks belonging to specialty and\/or intelligence services are typically classified.\n\nR-11 (\u201cUEES Carrack\u201d) \u2013 Launched in 2823, R-11 was the first ship off the line and informally referred to as \u2018the Carrack\u2019 by her crews in the first years of the UEEN\u2019s formal exploration efforts (due to tool-and-die issues, she would not be joined by R-12 until 2825). R-11 made history by conducting the first-ever close survey of a star system\u2019s icy exterior cloud, mapping thirty-seven distinct points in the Kilian System as part of a UEEN efforts to establish a new type of early warning system in aid of the military complex at MacArthur. No additional cloud surveys have been conducted since, indicating that the proposed system may not have been viable.\n\nS-1132 (\u201cGQ Twelve\u201d) \u2013 Survey Carrack 132 entered service in 2831 and was assigned to long-distance survey missions along the Xi\u2019an border at the former Perry Line. Popularly referred to by the callsign assigned for her final operation in 2836, Good Queen Twelve, the Carrack\u2019s last reported communication was a buoy check-in from an assigned patrol en route to the outer reaches of the Osiris System. After missing its next two scheduled reports, mission organizers dispatched search and rescue spacecraft that found no trace of S-1132 in its assigned area. Thirty years later, the fully intact Carrack was discovered on a moon in the Indra System. All of the ship\u2019s systems were found to be functional and her stores of food and medical supplies were largely intact, though there were no indications of the crew\u2019s whereabouts.\n\nBocaccio \u2013 The Carrack explorer, Bocaccio, commissioned in 2940, is Doctor Lorraine Kent\u2019s famed exploration ship. Bocaccio and her crew are famed for a series of historical wrecks discovered through what Kent describes as a combination of archival research, expert survey work, and sheer luck. Discoveries include the abandoned 22nd century colony transport Zephyr, the battlecruiser Braintree, and the impact site of Spidercat. Kent and her crew dedicate much of their time today to the search for and recovery of extrasolar military remains from past conflicts.\n\nGronald\u2019s Hope \u2013 Gronald\u2019s Hope was a 2948 civilian Carrack which was issued an unusual kill-on-site order by the Advocacy shortly after it entered service. The Carrack was identified entering the Kellog system three days after the issue was ordered and it was successfully intercepted by a contingent of mercenary pilots. Details of the reason for the kill order have never been released, although speculation is rampant that the government had received intelligence that the Gronald\u2019s Hope\u2019s crew had contracted some form of previously encountered plague.","de_DE":"Dieser Artikel erschien urspr\u00fcnglich in Jump Point 8.2.\nAmboss Luft- und Raumfahrt Carrack\nDIE \u00dcBERRASCHUNG\nSeit \u00fcber einem Jahrhundert ist die Anvil Carrack das ber\u00fchmteste Symbol f\u00fcr die menschliche Erforschung. Forscherinnen und Forscher auf der Carrack haben die Grenzen der menschlichen Zivilisation erweitert und unz\u00e4hlige spannende Entdeckungen gemacht, die unser Wissen \u00fcber das Universum erweitert haben. Im Jahr 2822 jedoch war ihre Existenz ein Schock f\u00fcr das System. Raumfahrtbeobachter waren allgemein verwirrt, als die Carrack zum ersten Mal auf dem Marinest\u00fctzpunkt MacArthur auf Kilian auftauchte; sowohl wegen der beeindruckenden Natur des Schiffes als auch wegen des schieren Geheimnisses, woher es gekommen war. Es ist zwar nicht ungew\u00f6hnlich, dass das Milit\u00e4r die Entwicklung eines Raumschiffs im Geheimen finanziert, aber das ist so schwierig und teuer, dass es nur gemacht wird, wenn es das Gleichgewicht der Macht beeinflussen kann. Hier war das erste Forschungsschiff in Korvettengr\u00f6\u00dfe im Bestand der Marine, das scheinbar voll ausgebildet und einsatzbereit war. Es wurde spekuliert, dass die Carrack irgendeinen finsteren Hintergedanken verbarg, z. B. dass es sich um ein getarntes Schiff f\u00fcr die elektronische Kriegsf\u00fchrung handelte oder dass es einen neuen, leistungsstarken Bombentyp an Bord hatte. Keiner dieser Vermutungen war richtig: Die Klassifizierung, die inzwischen aufgehoben wurde, sollte nur verdecken, warum das Schiff \u00fcberhaupt gebraucht wurde. Im Jahr 2815 ging der UEEN-Kreuzer Carraway mit allen Mann verloren, nachdem er losgeschickt worden war, um in einem dichten Asteroidenfeld im Tohil-System ungew\u00f6hnliche \u00dcbertragungen aufzuzeichnen. Die Situation war peinlich f\u00fcr die Admiralit\u00e4t, die zuvor \u00fcber den Wert des Einsatzes von Kriegsschiffen f\u00fcr Erkundungsmissionen debattiert hatte. Der Verlust des Kriegsschiffs wurde als Unfall gemeldet und Warnungen, dass die Besatzung nicht auf die Mission vorbereitet war, wurden effektiv vertuscht. Anvil Aerospace erhielt den Auftrag, im Geheimen ein spezielles Erkundungsflugzeug zu entwickeln, das die Missionen, die bisher von Linienschiffen durchgef\u00fchrt wurden, ersetzen und verbessern sollte. Unabh\u00e4ngig von den dramatischen Ereignissen um ihre Entwicklung begannen die UEEN-Karacken sofort mit dem, was mehr als ein Jahrhundert an fachkundiger Vermessungsarbeit werden sollte. Die milit\u00e4rischen Carracks haben Hunderte von Entdeckungen gemacht, darunter die vollst\u00e4ndige Vermessung unz\u00e4hliger Monde, Kometen, Sprungpunkte und Asteroidenfelder. Die Carrack wurde in erster Linie als Forschungsschiff gebaut und verf\u00fcgt \u00fcber die n\u00f6tigen Einrichtungen und Besatzungsstationen, um tiefgreifende Forschungsmissionen durchzuf\u00fchren, w\u00e4hrend sie gleichzeitig ein niedriges Profil und die n\u00f6tige Leistung f\u00fcr besonders gef\u00e4hrliche und unbekannte Regionen des Weltraums aufweist.\n\nZIVILER DIENST\nDie Carrack zog sofort die Aufmerksamkeit der Galaxie auf sich, da sie die perfekte Kombination aus milit\u00e4rischer Robustheit und attraktivem, voll ausgestattetem Raumschiffdesign darstellte. Innerhalb eines Monats nach dem Start der ersten Carrack im UEEN-Dienst verzeichnete Anvil Aerospace \u00fcber viertausend Anfragen von Organisationen und Einzelpersonen, die an einem eigenen Schiff interessiert waren. Anvil beantragte beim Milit\u00e4r, den zivilen Verkauf nach Ablauf des ersten 18-monatigen Bauvertrags im Jahr 2825 zu erlauben. Die anf\u00e4ngliche Antwort war ein \u00fcberraschendes Nein aufgrund der geheimen Natur des urspr\u00fcnglichen Entwurfsprozesses. Anvil hielt die Entscheidung zwar f\u00fcr falsch und erwog, auf eine \u00dcberpr\u00fcfung zu dr\u00e4ngen, wollte aber letztlich seinen Status als Hauptauftragnehmer f\u00fcr Projekte wie die Hornet nicht gef\u00e4hrden. Erst nach der Entlassung der urspr\u00fcnglichen Stabsoffiziere, die die Zerst\u00f6rung der Carraway angeordnet hatten, und nach mehreren Jahrzehnten des Wartens gab die Regierung nach. Im Jahr 2933 erhielt Anvil schlie\u00dflich die Genehmigung, eine zivile Version der Carrack zu entwickeln. Die UEEN stellten jedoch mehrere Bedingungen, unter anderem, dass die Sensorsoftware von Grund auf neu geschrieben werden musste und dass sie nicht in denselben Anlagen wie die UEEN-R\u00fcmpfe hergestellt werden durfte. Die Entwicklungsarbeiten begannen sofort, hinkten aber schnell hinterher. Die Neuentwicklung der Software erwies sich als schwierig, und die Teams hatten Probleme, die Standard-Metriken des Schiffs (einschlie\u00dflich scheinbar einfacher Dinge wie die Abmessungen der Laderampe) an die zivile Ausr\u00fcstung anzupassen. Potenzielle Kapit\u00e4ne wurden ermutigt, eine Anzahlung auf die erste Welle von zivilen Schiffen zu leisten, da die erste Produktionsserie nur langsam vorankommen sollte; dies l\u00f6ste eine Art \"Carrack-Wahn\" aus, da geplante zuk\u00fcnftige Schiffsr\u00fcmpfe gekauft und gehandelt wurden. Diese Besitzer verfolgten die Entwicklung der zivilen Version w\u00e4hrend der verschiedenen Entwicklungsverz\u00f6gerungen aufmerksam. Die erste zivile Carrack, die von ihrer Besatzung sp\u00e4ter Sonny Boy genannt wurde, wurde am 21. Februar 2938 \u00fcbergeben, den Carrack-Benutzergruppen j\u00e4hrlich als inoffiziellen \"Carrack Day\" feiern. Die zivilen Carracks und ihre Besatzungen wurden schnell zum Symbol f\u00fcr das Beste, was die Menschheit zu bieten hat - Raumfahrer, die sich dem edlen (und profitablen) Ziel der Erforschung und nicht dem Handel oder der Verteidigung verschrieben haben.\n\nKAPSEL-GESCHICHTEN\nDiese Kapsel-Eintr\u00e4ge enthalten Kurzgeschichten ausgew\u00e4hlter bemerkenswerter Carrack-Forscher. Sie sind nicht vollst\u00e4ndig und stellen nicht die gesamte lange Geschichte der Carrack dar, wof\u00fcr ein eigener Band n\u00f6tig w\u00e4re. Beachte auch, dass die UEEN die Karacken nicht offiziell tauft; stattdessen erhalten sie entweder die Bezeichnung R f\u00fcr \"Research\" (Forschung) oder S f\u00fcr \"Survey\" (Vermessung), gefolgt von einer numerischen Bezeichnung. Die f\u00fchrende \"1\" in der Rumpfnummer gibt die Gr\u00f6\u00dfenklasse an (65 m oder mehr) und die folgenden Ziffern werden numerisch vergeben. Details zu Karacken, die zu Spezial- und\/oder Nachrichtendiensten geh\u00f6ren, werden in der Regel klassifiziert.\n\nR-11 (\"UEES Carrack\") - Die erste Carrack, die 2823 vom Stapel lief, wurde von ihren Besatzungen in den ersten Jahren der offiziellen Erkundungsbem\u00fchungen der UEEN informell als \"die Carrack\" bezeichnet (aufgrund von Werkzeugproblemen wurde sie erst 2825 von R-12 abgel\u00f6st). R-11 ging in die Geschichte ein, als sie zum ersten Mal die eisige Au\u00dfenwolke eines Sternensystems aus n\u00e4chster N\u00e4he untersuchte und siebenunddrei\u00dfig verschiedene Punkte im Kilian-System kartierte, um ein neuartiges Fr\u00fchwarnsystem f\u00fcr den Milit\u00e4rkomplex MacArthur zu entwickeln. Seitdem wurden keine weiteren Wolkenvermessungen mehr durchgef\u00fchrt, was darauf hindeutet, dass das vorgeschlagene System m\u00f6glicherweise nicht realisierbar war.\n\nS-1132 (\"GQ Twelve\") - Vermessungskaracke 132 wurde 2831 in Dienst gestellt und war f\u00fcr Fernvermessungsmissionen entlang der Xi'an-Grenze an der ehemaligen Perry-Linie zust\u00e4ndig. Die letzte gemeldete Meldung der Carrack war eine Bojenmeldung von einer Patrouille, die sich auf dem Weg in die \u00e4u\u00dferen Bereiche des Osiris-Systems befand. 2836 erhielt die Carrack das Rufzeichen \"Good Queen Twelve\". Nachdem die n\u00e4chsten beiden geplanten Meldungen ausblieben, schickten die Missionsorganisatoren Such- und Rettungsraumschiffe los, die in ihrem Einsatzgebiet keine Spur von S-1132 fanden. Drei\u00dfig Jahre sp\u00e4ter wurde die v\u00f6llig intakte Carrack auf einem Mond im Indra-System entdeckt. Alle Systeme des Schiffes waren funktionst\u00fcchtig und die Vorr\u00e4te an Lebensmitteln und Medikamenten weitgehend intakt, aber es gab keine Hinweise auf den Verbleib der Besatzung.\n\nBocaccio - Der Carrack-Forscher Bocaccio, der 2940 in Dienst gestellt wurde, ist das ber\u00fchmte Forschungsschiff von Doktor Lorraine Kent. Die Bocaccio und ihre Besatzung sind ber\u00fchmt f\u00fcr eine Reihe historischer Wracks, die durch eine Kombination aus Archivrecherche, fachkundiger Vermessungsarbeit und schierem Gl\u00fcck entdeckt wurden. Zu den Entdeckungen geh\u00f6ren der verlassene Kolonialtransporter Zephyr aus dem 22. Jahrhundert, der Schlachtkreuzer Braintree und die Einschlagstelle der Spidercat. Heute widmen Kent und ihre Crew einen Gro\u00dfteil ihrer Zeit der Suche nach und Bergung von extrasolaren milit\u00e4rischen \u00dcberresten aus vergangenen Konflikten.\n\nGronald's Hope - Die Gronald's Hope war eine zivile Carrack aus dem Jahr 2948, die kurz nach ihrer Indienststellung einen ungew\u00f6hnlichen T\u00f6tungsbefehl von der Advocacy erhielt. Die Carrack wurde drei Tage nach dem T\u00f6tungsbefehl beim Einflug in das Kellog-System entdeckt und erfolgreich von einem Kontingent von S\u00f6ldnerpiloten abgefangen. Der Grund f\u00fcr den T\u00f6tungsbefehl wurde nie bekannt gegeben, aber es wird spekuliert, dass die Regierung Informationen dar\u00fcber erhalten hatte, dass sich die Besatzung der Gronald's Hope mit einer zuvor aufgetretenen Seuche infiziert hatte.","zh_CN":"This article originally appeared in Jump Point 8.2.\nAnvil Aerospace Carrack\nTHE SURPRISE\nFor over a century, the Anvil Carrack has been the most famous symbol of human exploration. Carrack-based explorers have pushed the boundaries of human civilization and made countless thrilling discoveries that have enhanced our knowledge of the universe. In 2822, however, its very existence was a shock to the system. Aerospace watchers were universally confused when the Carrack first appeared at the MacArthur Naval Base, Kilian; both because of the impressive nature of the ship and because of the sheer mystery as to where it had come from. While it\u2019s not unusual for the military to sponsor the development of a spacecraft in secret, it\u2019s such a difficult and expensive prospect that it\u2019s only ever done when it can impact the balance of power. Here was the first ever corvette-sized, dedicated exploration ship in the Navy\u2019s inventory and it had seemingly been birthed fully formed and ready for service. Speculation ran rampant that the Carrack must hide some sinister ulterior purpose, with suggestions including that it was a disguised electronic warfare ship or that it carried a powerful new type of bomb. None were correct: the classification, since revoked, was instead intended to cover the need for the ship in the first place. In 2815, the UEEN cruiser Carraway was lost with all hands after being dispatched to chart unusual transmissions detected in a dense asteroid field in the Tohil System. The situation was an embarrassment for the Admiralty, which had previously debated the value of using warships for exploratory missions. The loss of the warship was reported as an accident and warnings that its crew was not prepared for the mission were effectively covered up. A no-bid contract was awarded to Anvil Aerospace to secretly develop a dedicated explorer that could both replace and improve upon the missions, as they were currently being conducted by ships of the line. Wholly separate from the drama surrounding its creation, the UEEN Carracks immediately began what would become more than a century of expert survey work. Military Carracks logged hundreds of discoveries, including full surveys of countless moons, comets, jump points, and asteroid fields and they continue to be actively produced and used today. Built as an explorer first, the Carrack has the shipboard facilities and crew stations to allow for in-depth research missions while maintaining the lower profile and necessary performance for facing particularly hazardous and uncharted regions of space.\n\nCIVILIAN SERVICE\nThe Carrack immediately attracted the attention of the galaxy as the perfect combination of military ruggedness and attractive, fully-featured spacecraft design. Within a month of the launch of the first Carrack in UEEN service, Anvil Aerospace had recorded over four thousand requests from organizations and individuals interested in their own ship. Anvil began petitioning the military to permit civilian sales at the conclusion of the initial 18-month construction contract in 2825. The initial answer was a surprising no due to the classified nature of its original design process. While Anvil considered the decision wrong and considered pushing for a review, they ultimately didn\u2019t want to endanger their status as a prime contractor for projects like the Hornet. It would take the eventual ouster of the original staff officers who classified the Carraway\u2019s destruction and several decades of waiting before the government would relent. In 2933, Anvil was finally authorized to develop a civilian-edition of the Carrack. However, several requirements were made by the UEEN, including that sensor software be rewritten from the ground up and that it could not be produced in the same facilities as the UEEN hulls. Development work began immediately but quickly lagged behind. The process of rebuilding the software proved difficult and teams ran into issues adapting the ship\u2019s standard metrics (including aspects of seemingly simple things like the loading ramp\u2019s dimensions) towards civilian equipment. Prospective captains were encouraged to place a deposit on the initial wave of civilian ships because the first production run was expected to be slow; this sparked something of a \u201cCarrack craze\u201d as planned future hull slots were purchased and traded. These owners carefully followed development of the civilian version through the various development delays. The first civilianized Carrack, later dubbed Sonny Boy by her crew, was handed over on February 21, 2938, which Carrack user groups annually celebrate as an unofficial \u201cCarrack Day\u201d. Civilian Carracks and their crews quickly became seen as a symbol of humanity\u2019s best \u2013 spacefarers dedicated to the noble (and profitable) goal of exploration rather than commerce or defense.\n\nCAPSULE HISTORIES\nThese capsule entries provide short histories of selected notable Carrack explorers. These are not comprehensive and do not represent the totality of the Carrack\u2019s long history of exploration, which would necessitate a dedicated volume. Note also that the UEEN does not formally christen Carracks; instead, they are given either the designation R for \u2018Research\u2019 or S for \u2018Survey\u2019, followed by a numerical designation. The leading \u20181\u2019 in the hull number identifies the size classification (65m or greater) and the following digits are issued numerically. Details of Carracks belonging to specialty and\/or intelligence services are typically classified.\n\nR-11 (\u201cUEES Carrack\u201d) \u2013 Launched in 2823, R-11 was the first ship off the line and informally referred to as \u2018the Carrack\u2019 by her crews in the first years of the UEEN\u2019s formal exploration efforts (due to tool-and-die issues, she would not be joined by R-12 until 2825). R-11 made history by conducting the first-ever close survey of a star system\u2019s icy exterior cloud, mapping thirty-seven distinct points in the Kilian System as part of a UEEN efforts to establish a new type of early warning system in aid of the military complex at MacArthur. No additional cloud surveys have been conducted since, indicating that the proposed system may not have been viable.\n\nS-1132 (\u201cGQ Twelve\u201d) \u2013 Survey Carrack 132 entered service in 2831 and was assigned to long-distance survey missions along the Xi\u2019an border at the former Perry Line. Popularly referred to by the callsign assigned for her final operation in 2836, Good Queen Twelve, the Carrack\u2019s last reported communication was a buoy check-in from an assigned patrol en route to the outer reaches of the Osiris System. After missing its next two scheduled reports, mission organizers dispatched search and rescue spacecraft that found no trace of S-1132 in its assigned area. Thirty years later, the fully intact Carrack was discovered on a moon in the Indra System. All of the ship\u2019s systems were found to be functional and her stores of food and medical supplies were largely intact, though there were no indications of the crew\u2019s whereabouts.\n\nBocaccio \u2013 The Carrack explorer, Bocaccio, commissioned in 2940, is Doctor Lorraine Kent\u2019s famed exploration ship. Bocaccio and her crew are famed for a series of historical wrecks discovered through what Kent describes as a combination of archival research, expert survey work, and sheer luck. Discoveries include the abandoned 22nd century colony transport Zephyr, the battlecruiser Braintree, and the impact site of Spidercat. Kent and her crew dedicate much of their time today to the search for and recovery of extrasolar military remains from past conflicts.\n\nGronald\u2019s Hope \u2013 Gronald\u2019s Hope was a 2948 civilian Carrack which was issued an unusual kill-on-site order by the Advocacy shortly after it entered service. The Carrack was identified entering the Kellog system three days after the issue was ordered and it was successfully intercepted by a contingent of mercenary pilots. Details of the reason for the kill order have never been released, although speculation is rampant that the government had received intelligence that the Gronald\u2019s Hope\u2019s crew had contracted some form of previously encountered plague."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":17,"created_at":"2024-07-23T21:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"1 year ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 02:38:20","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":20066,"next_id":20068}}