Adriana's Gift

Description:
The Trinka Class Mining Corvette's were put into production by the Elrood StarYards to fill orders placed by the Radell Mining Corporation at the turn of the millennium. Since then more orders have been placed and filled for the Trinka which has a low price, low operating cost, and is easy for smaller entities to crew. The key strength of the Trinka however is versatility, the internal equipment can easily be modified, replaced, and upgraded to handle vastly different mining operations throughout the galaxy. The ship isn't well suited for long term deep space mining however, and thus typically operate close to, or in populated systems where they can unload their wares, receive resupply, and call for assistance if needed.

The layout of the Trinka can be divided into three different sections. The angular forward section contains the tractor beam emitters, and heavy mining lasers. The metal plating on the dorsal section can retract, acting as a large cargo bay door and allow materiel cut down to an appropriate size by the mining lasers and them moved into this area by the tractor beams. From there the materiel can be processed, melted down, or manipulated in whatever way is most convenient for storage. On either side of the forward section are massive docking rings to transfer processed materiel quickly to other vessels. With extensive modifications these docking rings can also be fitted with long particle collecting coops allowing the Trinka to conduct gas mining operations in dense nebulae or the upper reaches of a gas giant as well.

The middle section is where the expansive cargo bay of the ship is located, and can easily be modified for refrigeration, radiation protection, or whatever is necssary for the safe handling of the materiel to be transported. The rear section contains the ships power systems, most of the crew facilities, and the command and control center. Likewise it can be modified for further shielding against radiation, but is overall cramped and crew members are often required to hot rack in order to save on space for provisions.

While not heavily armed, the Trinka is heavily armored. The alusteel armor plating is intended to defend the ship against the numerous impact hazards involved with mining in asteroid belts, and keep micrometeoroids from causing severe damage. The lighter mining lasers and advance sensor system also aid in this, allowing the Trinka to identify and break apart larger asteroids that the ship can't get out of the way of in a timely manner. Overall the ship has poor acceleration and maneuverability for a corvette and has been described as having a hard time getting out of its own way. The heavy shielding can alternate between a heavy particle shield to further aid in such protections, or a heavy ray shield for mining in areas with high levels of radioactivity, although both can be operated at the same time at a setting on par with low grade shield generators.

The Adriana's Gift is a Trinka operated by the TEF for the purpose of mining ice in the rings of Adriana in the Outer Tatoo Solar System. Due to the more pressing need for refrigeration at the TEF base in Mos Esther the ship is forced to store the mined ice in a liquid form. The ship has the ability to interface with pumping systems in the Mos Esther spaceport allowing it to transfer the water to the TEF's storage facility on the ground for usage by the Expedition or further transfers to the impoverished regions of Tatooine. The Gift can transport up to 3000 m3 of water per a trip.