Spacefarers of Random Kingdom

The SMA1 "Ark" Modular Space Transport was the first spacefaring vehicle created by the Official Random Kingdom Space Project, and, as of 2080, is the project's only operative inhabitable space module. It is a four-section nuclear fission powered inhabitable (it contains oxygen and noble-gas tanks) transport-class shuttle, launched using both its own propulsion, and, if needed, specially designed one-use EPDs (extra-propulsion devices)

Statistics

• RKSOIA Classification: Class A Inhabitable Short-Range Mass Transport Module
• Full Title: Space-Module Class A "Ark" Modular Short-Range Space Transport, Mark I
• Build Date: 2065
• Homologation as of 2080: 1, 1 under construction
• Engines: 3(+5), 1 main fission reactor, 2 optional side fission reactors (1 optional EPD for top section, 4 optional EPDs for liftoff)
• Crew: 1 pilot, 1 co-pilot, 4 technicians.
• Life-Support: No gravity system, minimal oxygen and noble gas circulation system, temperature regulation system, life support CPU
• Total Dimensions (when fully assembled): 5x51x4 (5 metres width, 51 metres length (50 hull, 1 engine), 4 metres average height)
• Cost to Manufacture: Around $15-20bn (although new material technology is dramatically reducing this)

Usage

The A1 is usually built on demand due to high cost and demanding construction requirements, and thus only 1 has only been created. It is built in 4 separate modules (hence the designation of Modular) that can be mixed and matched. The left and right "wing" sections also contain propulsion devices.

Missions using SMA1s

• 2075-current Colony One colonization project