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Rannamaari
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The Rannamaari is the oldest marine-habitat beamrider ship. It was launched from Solsys in 548, ferrying a Gengineer crew, including 3,000 Madi, to Luhman 16. Since then it has been retired, refitted, and pulled back into service dozens of times. The original ship had a single hoop of water with a minor radius of forty meters and a major radius of one kilometer, sandwiched between the inner magsail and the forward shield.
In the Current Era, the Rannamaari serves a route near the STC. It has been rebuilt so many times that it has almost no parts in common with the original ship (in some systems, it has entered the dialect as a substitute for the Ship of Theseus). It has two slowly rotating aquatic rings. Both have a minor radius of fifty meters and outer radii of two kilometers and three kilometers respectively.
It is one of the more famous ships on the Beamrider Network, and at any given time there is a waiting list of two to three times the ship's carrying capacity. A number of recreations, which vary from the original design to its current form, provide more convenient access. These include 9 ships in active service on the Beamrider Network, 32 parked in-system, and 17,000 in virchworlds.
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Text by Liam Jones
Initially published on 03 May 2017.
Initially published on 03 May 2017.
