The Intrepid

The UTC Intrepid, registration number 1809246 is a modified Lockmart CM-88B Bison M-Class starfreighter owned by the Guild of Engineers and captained by Arthur Dallas, registered out of Terra Firma.

The Intrepid operates as a tug, connecting to and pulling loads like a tractor truck rather than carrying those loads on board like a traditional freighter.

The Intrepid was constructed in 2260 as an interstellar cruiser, but was refitted in 2298 as a commercial towing vehicle. The ship was subsequently operated as a commercial hauler, transporting automated ore and oil refineries between outer colonies and Terra Firma. As part of this retrofit, the ship's original Saturn J-3000 engines were removed and replaced with the two immensely powerful Rolls-Royce N66 Cyclone thrust engines, with bipolar vectoring for midline lift function. Each of these N66 cyclone powerplants develop 65,830 metric tons of thrust, using water for reaction mass. When running at full power, the engines produce a high impulse thrust total of 131,660 kN. The seven hypersleep chambers that can accommodate the crew during long-duration flight were also installed at this time. Many of the ships background systems, including it's auto-pilot feature, are controlled by MU/TH/UR 6000, the ship's artificial intelligence computer mainframe.