Modular Cutter Module

Modular Cutter Modules are a special kind of 30.0 ton cargo container especially built for the standard modular cutter that is ubiquitous throughout Charted Space.

• It is a kind of Cargo Container and Ship Equipment.

Description (Specifications)

They are special detachable modules made especially for standard layout modular cutters and have become so popular that many tramp vessels, cargo liners, freighters, and transports use them as well. They exist for every possible purpose.

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Basic Three Cutter Modules

Three modules are routinely available for the cutter:

1. The ATV Module, which includes either a wheeled or a tracked ATV, masses thirty tons. It can deposit an ATV on a world surface, as well as pick it up again later. The module can serve as an ATV storage location, if desired. It typically costs MCr1.8.
2. The Fuel Module, with 30 tons of fuel tankage, serves as a fuel skimming vehicle and can be used to ferry fuel from point to point. It costs MCr1.
3. The Open Module is a customizable frame with 30 tons of excess space which can be allocated to passenger couches, fuel, cargo, cabins, or staterooms. It typically costs MCr2.

Other Kinds of Cutter Modules

Standard Cutter Modules:

1. Class I (E) Starport Module
2. Expandable Base Station Module
3. Laboratory Module
4. Medical Module
5. Prison Transport Module
6. Safari Module
7. Survey Module

Military Assault Cutter Modules:

1. Boarding Module
2. ECM Module
3. Fighter Pod Module
4. Marine Command Module
5. Marine Firebase Module
6. Medevac Nodule
7. Sensor Module

History & Background (Dossier)

The Cutter was one of the first smallcraft to be purposefully built with modular components. This makes them easily repairable with spare parts and components widely available. It is purposefully built to accommodate parts of higher or lower technologies. It has become one of the eight most popular and commonly encountered smallcraft designs found within Charted Space.

The Modular Cutter is known more simply as the Cutter in many records. Before the First Civil War, most cutters lacked most of the modular features now inherent to the modular cutter. Naval Architects on the Imperial Fringe had begun create innovations on the basic design, which later resulted in today's Modular Cutter. By 622 IC, the new "modular" cutter designs had spread throughout Imperial Space.

Some believe that Ling-Standard Products originated the designs although there isn't a consensus to this assertion. Regardless, LSP Modular Cutter designs remain popular on the smallcraft market.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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