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Is the Valkyrie Survey Corvette worth ₡145 million?

It's a fair question. ₡145 million is serious money, and before you commit to a Survey corvette you want to know what you get for it.

You get a 92 m ship that first flew on October 2181, cruises at 860 km/s and reaches 220 AU on one load of Helium-3 fusion pellets. You also get Halcyon's full yard support network from Luna to the Olympus Ring.

For most customers, the economics come down to the 180 tonnes hold and the 1.9 tonnes per 100 AU burn rate. Together they decide your revenue per voyage and your cost per voyage.

Add a crew of 6, only 2 of them pilots, and most operators recover the commissioning fee well inside the hull's design life.

Where

  • Asteroid Belt
  • Jupiter
  • Europa
  • Saturn

Topics

  • survey
  • science
  • mapping
  • sensors