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Premia

Classification: Shuttle
Power plant: Contender XPR (size 1)
Engines: Travant Plus x 2 (size 2)
Radar: Chime (24000 meter range) (size 1)
Shields: Himelea (7800mm equivalent; see below) (size 2)
Armor: 4500mm
Capacitor: Jug (size 1)
Laser Config: Medium Laser x 2, ER Laser x 2
Ammo Config: Straker x 2
Missiles (# x size): 2x1
MODx: 3
ECM: 1
Speed (nor/ab/ff): 292/333/577 MPS
Acceleration: 88.9 (laser), 82.9 (ammo) kN/kg
Yaw/Pitch/Roll: 63/55/70 DPS
Cargo: 4m³
Notes: The Premia is a merely adequate entry-level shuttle. While it possesses the same gun and
missile mounts as the Apteryx, it is the only ship in the five systems that utilizes size 1
microfusion reactors exclusively ­ to its detriment. Even when using the extremely overpriced
Contender XPR system (which costs as much as a Centerfuge MK3) it can barely power 2
Travant Plus engines with adequate power left for other systems. Mounting more powerful
engines than Travant Plusses leaves the Premia with nearly no power at all. Thus, the Premia
ends up being depressingly slow and unmaneuverable compared to the entry-level shuttles of
other nations.

It does, however, present two of the SDF's combat doctrines to the new pilot: oversized shields
and generous MODx slots. If a pilot is mad enough, he can actually install a Haven shield in the
Premia, although it lacks the power for this with even Travant Plusses (making the Solrain-
manufactured Himelea system the most desirable for Premias.) Also, it has as many MODx slots
as most Light Fighters. These two factors introduce a Solrain pilot to his fleet's greatest strengths
very early on, and reinforces combat doctrines that will serve him well in real combat craft.

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