Mail Vault
A Mail Vault is a kind of secure cargo hold specifically intended for the transport of X-mail.
- It is a kind of Ship Equipment.
Description (Specifications)
Mail Vaults take a variety of forms from lockable cabins on a starship ...to secure cargo containers ...to old-fashioned giant metal safes, compete with complex mechanical locks.
History & Background (Dossier)
The sheer size of the Third Imperium means that ordinary communications must depend on ships travelling along the main trade routes, making Regina (Regina / Spinward Marches 1910) nearly four years out from the Imperial Core Sector.
The express boat (...abbreviated X-boat) system, established originally in 624 and expanded to cover the entire Imperium by 718, cuts this communication time by nearly 75 percent. Selected locations along major trade routes are established as sites for express stations, which are orbital facilities which service and refuel the X-boats on their communications runs. Often an express boat tender serves as the station.
The Xboat System was established by Empress Arbellatra in 624, and expanded to cover the entire Imperium by 718.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller Starships
- GT Far Trader
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science