Editing Planetoid Hull

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A [[Planetoid Hull]] is a kind of ship structure, fuselage, chassis, or [[hull]].
* ''Planetoid Hulls'' are used by [[Planetoid Vessel]]s.
* It is a kind of [[Ship Equipment]] and a kind of [[Hull]].
* Please also see: [[Mobile World]]

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
A ''Planetoid Hull'' is a hull constructed from a small [[planetoid]] that has [[Mining Laser|laser-tunneled]] interior for [[drive]]s, [[crew]], and payload. It is a relatively inexpensive hull with very strong structural properties. It is unsuited for most [[world]] landings. 
 
=== Image Repository ===
# ''Planetoid Hull''s are a cheap and common hull type. <br> [[File: Hull-Form-P-Planetoid-T5-Core-Rules 01-June-2019a.jpg]]
# ''Planetoid Hull'' featuring a Modular Cutter sub-hull smallcraft <br> [[File:Aek Rakh.jpg|400px]]
=== CBPUSAL Function Designation Streamlining Spectrum ===
The [[Imperial Ship Builders Association]] ([[ISBA]]) qualifies modern naval [[hull]]s across this spectrum:
# C. [[Cluster Hull|Cluster]]. An accumulation of compartments. 
# B. [[Braced Cluster Hull|Braced Cluster]]. Structured for higher acceleration. 
# P. [[Planetoid Hull|Planetoid]]. A hollowed nickel-iron [[asteroid]]. 
# U. [[Unstreamlined Hull|Unstreamlined]]. Protrusions increase drag. 
# S. [[Streamlined Hull|Streamlined]]. Cowlings and fairings decrease drag. 
# A. [[Airframe Hull|Airframe]]. Winged for performance in [[atmosphere]]. 
# L. [[Lifting Body Hull|Lifting Body]]. Radically streamlined lifting-surfaces.

=== Special Variant: [[Buffered Planetoid Hull]] ===
A ''Buffered Planetoid Hull'' is similar to a standard planetoid hull with the difference that extra bracing is installed allowing for stronger durability and better performance capabilities. They are common enough that they warrant their own hull category.

=== Special Variant: [[Icy Asteroid Hull]]s ===
''Icy Asteroid Hull''s are an exotic sort of planetoid hull with shortcomings considered by many to be less desirable than standard metallic meteors. Such hulls tend to lose mass depending on their proximity to a [[star]]. However, some sophont species have found ways to make the technology work. They are relatively rare and are considered a subclass of the planetoid hull classification.

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
''Planetoid Hulls'' are defined by their use of a [[planetoid]] or [[asteroid]] as the primary hull structure. They typically make use of metallic meteors although other kinds of planetoids may be used.

=== Special Planetoid Vessels of Note ===
'''Legends of the Sky Raiders - [[Sky Raiders]]:''' During the early stages of the [[First Imperium]] the Loeskalth [[culture]] absorbed a great deal of [[science]] and [[technology]] indirectly from the [[Vilani]] and founded a [[Pocket Empire|small empire]] which embraced, at its height, most of their home subsector. {{Page cite|name=Fate of the Sky Raiders|page=58}}

About [[-4200]], the Vilani consolidation destroyed the [[Loeskalth Empire]] and absorbed the [[civilization]] into the mainstream of Vilani culture. An aggressive and warlike race, the Loeskalth resisted but were ultimately overwhelmed. {{Page cite|name= Fate of the Sky Raiders|page=58,59}}

Recent evidence has shown that the last pocket of Loeskalth resistance built a large [[asteroid starship]] which set off on a sublight voyage across the [[Great Rift]] after the final Vilani triumph. The descendants of the refugees on this ship later became the so-called Sky Raiders. {{Page cite|name= Fate of the Sky Raiders|page=58,59}}

=== Selected Craft Using Planetoid Hulls ===
{{Hull summary list|hull= Buffered Planetoid Hull}}
{{Hull summary list|hull= Planetoid Hull}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Sources
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= The Trail of the Sky Raiders |page=23,53}}
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= T5 Core Rules |page= 332}}
|S3= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S4= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}


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