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AAM Skeiron Yacht (Modded)

Specifications
Manufacturer: Ardentrall Aerospace Manufacturing
Mass: 543,459
Powerplant: 195 MW
Gyroscopes: 2
Time to max velocity: 4.5 sec
Acceleration: 23.2 m/sec^2
Max jump distance: 2,000 kilometers
Armament: NA
Industrial Equipment: NA
Cargo Capacity: 1 Small Cargo Container [Stock]
Refinery Facilities: No
Assembler Facilities: Yes [Stock]
Medical Facilities: Yes [Stock]
Artificial Gravity: Yes
Small Craft Complement: NA
Length: 60 meters
Width: 40 meters
Height: 10 meters

The Skeiron has been AAM's flagship vessel in the luxury transportation market for most of the past decade, but newcomers to the ship tend to be a bit confused as to why. The stock version has only a single suite of living quarters, and while the deluxe manages to bump that up to two suites plus separate crew quarters -- thanks to the sleek Expediter jumpdrive from TVSI -- it still isn't what most would call commodious. And although the interior -- again, particularly on the deluxe version -- is certainly pleasant to spend time in, it doesn't feature much more than the basic necessities. So why, they ask, does what amounts to a sixty-meter long shuttle with a few beds command such a fearsome price tag?

The answer is one word: speed. The Skeiron is, quite simply, one of the fastest vessels ever designed by AAM. It's faster than its progenitor, the Caracal FAC/gunship, which is not known for having a particularly sedate rate of acceleration. Its acceleration even rivals that of anti-ship missiles -- a neat trick, considering the ship masses more than fifty times as much. The Skeiron is not a luxury ride with a good turn of speed; it's a racer with an unusually comfortable interior.

As a racer, of course, the vast majority of its thrusters are at the back, which leaves precious few for maneuvering or braking. This means that pilots had better be comfortable with the maneuvering afforded by zero-gravity; the time it takes the vessel to decelerate using merely its forward thrusters is measured in kilometers -- many of them. Nobody who is uncomfortable with reverse-burn maneuvers should attempt to pilot this vessel. Unfortunately, that merely adds to the vessel's appeal to a certain class of customer, and there has not been a single year since the vessel was first put on the market that it hasn't claimed the life of some celebrity or another.

The stock version offsets its lack of luxurious amenities by including a fairly comprehensive set of features: a medical bay, cryopod, a small amount of storage for cargo, and an assembler all make it a surprisingly viable option for a do-anything ship. And while the jump drive on the stock version takes up three times the volume of the one on the deluxe, it does have its advantages, boasting a range of two-thousand kilometers, nearly four times that of the deluxe. Stock Skeirons are used by a number of groups and individuals interested in the extremely rapid transportation of cargo and personnel -- including, unfortunately, smugglers, who have been connected with a number of high-profile Skeiron hijackings.

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By popular request, I am releasing both modded and unmodded versions of my ships, starting with this one (the already released ones are going to catch up eventually). I am also releasing them as worlds, which for some reason some people seem to prefer to blueprints. To keep things simple, the pictures and description are largely the same. Mods used are listed in the required section above!