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Starfinder Adventure Path #35: Merchants of the Void (Fly Free or Die 2 of 6) p.0
Refitted Evgeniya-Jaimisson Sledgehammer
Medium transport
Speed 12; Maneuverability good (turn 1)
AC 11; TL 13
HP 70; DT —; CT 11
Shields medium 90 (forward 23, port 22, starboard 22, aft 23)
Attack (Forward) high explosive missile launcher (4d8; 20 hexes)
Attack (Turret) chain cannon (6d4; 5 hexes)
Power Core Pulse Black (120 PCU); Drift Engine Signal Basic; Systems basic computer, basic mid-range sensors, crew quarters (common), mk 3 defenses, mk 1 armor; Expansion Bays arcane laboratory, null-space cargo hold (2), recreation suite (HAC), tech workshop
Modifiers +2 Computers (sensors only); Complement 6 (minimum 1, maximum 6)
Null-Space Cargo Holds EJ Corp has converted two of the Oliphaunt's expansion bays into one continuous null-space cargo hold, four times as big on the inside as a normal cargo hold. One null-space cargo hold can contain 50 tons of goods instead of 25 (for a total of 100 tons in the Oliphaunt's combined hold). For the purposes of holding Huge objects, the null-space cargo hold counts as four continuous cargo holds, instead of two; this extra cargo space is represented by the dotted blue rectangles on the Oliphaunt deck plans on the inside back cover.
EJ Corp has two problems. First, the Company manufactures the Kalistocracy's golden commerce barges—gigantic transports that set out from Aballon's Horse Eye Orbital Plate. But these vessels' reputation for being unwieldy, slow, and full of precious cargo has made them targets for recent pirate attacks, threatening this lucrative contract. Second, initial sales of the Company's latest starship, the Sledgehammer-class transport, have been soft. Though the ship is fast and maneuverable, the vessel's engine-forward design necessitates an elongated hull that reduces the ship's available storage space, rendering it unattractive to interstellar merchants.
Enter the Oliphaunt, Executive Vice President Eline Reisora's attempt to kill two skyfishers with one laser blast. As part of a secret research and development project, Reisora constructed the starship prototype to combine the Sledgehammer's acceleration and mobility with increased cargo capacity. To do so, the Company outfitted the starship with two null-space cargo holds—hybrid technology that synchronizes the space of a location on the Material Plane with that of an equally sized dimensional pocket. Essentially, the equipment enables a room to be twice as large on the inside as it is on the outside, resulting in a cargo hold with double the normal capacity. Despite the Oliphaunt being a mere transport, if all of its expansion bays were converted to null-space cargo holds, it could transport the same load as a bulk freighter. Much like its namesake, the Oliphaunt of Jandelay—a hulking creature with the power to swallow its enemies whole—the Oliphaunt has an appetite far in excess of its size. Best of all, because of the Sledgehammer's reputation for limited cargo capacity, the Oliphaunt remains an unattractive target for opportunistic raiders.
The Company only recently finished preliminary testing of the null-space cargo holds aboard the Oliphaunt. However, because the ship was stolen before work was complete, the other expansion bays are outfitted with temporary facilities. The arcane laboratory and the tech workshop, for example, were used by EJ Corp researchers to fabricate magical and technological components essential to null-space fabrication on-site. The holographic amusement chamber (HAC) was implemented not for recreational purposes, but to test dangerous applications of extradimensional technology in a simulated environment.
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