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[[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service|IISS]] Extended duration Survey Vessel | [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service|IISS]] Extended duration Survey Vessel | ||
This craft type is one of several adaptations of the "Fighting Scout" - a design originally produced in response to a demand for a robust starship capable of undertaking long reconnassance missions in potentially hostile territory. The design uses well-tested, reliable systems and carries sufficient fuel for 5 jumps, which gives it a useful safety margin when entering unexplored systems. Because of it bulkier nature, pilots of smaller scout ships sometimes use the nickname "Fat Boy" to refer to an EDSV. | This craft type is one of several adaptations of the "Fighting Scout" - a design originally produced in response to a demand for a robust starship capable of undertaking long reconnassance missions in potentially hostile territory. The design uses well-tested, reliable systems and carries sufficient fuel for 5 jumps, which gives it a useful safety margin when entering unexplored systems. Because of it bulkier nature, pilots of smaller scout ships sometimes use the nickname "Fat Boy" to refer to an EDSV. | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 3 December 2006
IISS Extended duration Survey Vessel
This craft type is one of several adaptations of the "Fighting Scout" - a design originally produced in response to a demand for a robust starship capable of undertaking long reconnassance missions in potentially hostile territory. The design uses well-tested, reliable systems and carries sufficient fuel for 5 jumps, which gives it a useful safety margin when entering unexplored systems. Because of it bulkier nature, pilots of smaller scout ships sometimes use the nickname "Fat Boy" to refer to an EDSV.
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