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ITN Cyclers

Posted by: Jarvis Tryscuz, Firewall Sentinel

ITN Cyclers are large ships, swarms, or habitats that lumber along the Interplanetary Transport Network. This predetermined route is a system of gravity assists, quick burn maneuvers, and the occasional aerobrake that allows a vessel to travel the Solar System using very little fuel. It's been plotted out to several thousand years, and most self-sufficient ITN Cyclers carry enough fuel to last at least a thousand before they need a top-up.

Conch​

  • Allegiance: Brinker

The Conch started its life as a refugee ship, when Brazilian and Panamanian families escaped the Fall. The social order on the ship quickly devolved as various groups of refugees battled each other for the limited resources, prime space, and political power.

Then things got strange. The hyperelite Lhagva family purchased the ship, replaced the entire crew, and transferred three family members there. These three brothers -- Bold, Batkhuu, and Battulga -- were wanted for various white-collar crimes in the inner system and were put into voluntary exile to avoid embarrassment.

The brothers quickly insinuated themselves among the various social groups and started treating the Conch like their own private social experiment. Those who refuse to conform or fall out of the brothers' favor find themselves shoved out the nearest airlock.