Ships in class: Hypership Daybreak HY-1 Hypership Ascension HY-2 Hypership Sunrise HY-3 Launch Date: 2146 AD - first major class of Space Exploration Consortium Mission: Survey of Alpha Centauri Star System Length: 164 meters Width: 122 meters Height: 27 meters Crew: 15 Tech Level: 4.4 Command and Control: non-sentient computer systems Life Support: Artificial gravity generators (in forward section only), inertial dampeners, high-speed food growth vats Defense: 8 Hull Plating Polarizers and 2 Navigational Deflector Communications: 1 Tachyon Transmitter and 20 Tachyon Relay Buoys Speed of transmission: 25,000 AU / 0.4 light year per day Distance of transmission between relay stations: 5000 AU Hull: Metal spaceframe clad in metallic-ceramic hull plating Power Generation: Advanced Nuclear Fusion Reactor Fuel: Deuterium mined from Oort Cloud frozen comets Slower-Than-Light Propulsion: Advanced Nuclear Fusion Engine Maxium Sublight Speed: 15,000,000 km/hr Typical Sublight Travel Times: Earth to Mars: 8 hours Earth to Jupiter: 3 days Earth to Neptune: 16 days Neptune to outer edge of Kuiper belt: 11 days Faster-Than-Light Propulsion: 2 Warp-Jump Generators Maximum Warp-Jump performance: 0.04 light year jump per day = 2500 AU per day Duration of warp-jump: a few seconds Effects on human crew: extreme disorientation for a few minutes followed by about an hour of nausea requiring several hours of recovery time Maximum frequency of warp-jumps due to warp-jump generator power accumulators charging and navigational tasks: one 5000 AU jump every other day Maximum number of jumps before refueling: 20 jumps = 100,000 AU Warp-Jump generator cannot be activated in portion of star system occupied by stars and planets; can only be activated at outer boundary of Kuiper belt or further from Sun Typical comet prospecting, mining, and fuel processing time to fill all fuel tanks: 10 days Typical Travel Time: Outer edge of Kuiper Belt to outer perimeter of Oort Cloud (about 100,000 AU): 40 days Traverse void between outer perimeters of Oort Clouds (about 100,000 AU): 40 days Support Craft: 2 Jeferies Class Heavy Landers Lander Length: 19.6 meters Lander Width: 10.2 meters Lander Height: 9.0 meters Lander Propulsion: 2 deuterium fueled nuclear fusion main engines and chemical maneuvering thrusters