ANALYZING…   FILE TYPE: Marathon Archives Entry PERIOD: Colony Era TOPIC: UESC Marathon Ship SUMMARY: Annotated overview and specifications of the UESC Marathon colony ship written by Captain Clemente di Roxas during the voyage to Tau Ceti IV. Notes and errata present in original document. =================================================================== PROJECT: MARATHON U.E.S.C. MARATHON [CFX-1] OVERVIEW U.E.S.C. Marathon [CXF-1] [1] Commanding Officer: Captain Clemente di Roxas Executive Officer: Commander Tomàs Zubairi Lin Chief Science Officer: Doctor Bernard H. Strauss; DCS Head of Security: General Davic Reed Chief Medical Officer: Major Nhung Kim; MD Ship AI: Leela Supplemental ship AI: Tycho Durandal Support Mass: Mean radius: 5 km ±0.06 km Displacement: 6.12 Tt [c. 2472] Ship: Displacement: 18.7 Gt Length: 25.2 km Beam: 2230 m Height: 542 m Propulsion: 3 x Traxus C2M ACRA Fusion Thrusters (LPIR) 2 x Traxus K1S fusion reactors (p^11B 90%) 4355 TJ/h (1.21 TW) Speed, sustained: .079c Endurance: 350 - 375 years Sensors: PAsw_35m THF CNPANT/HISEC INTMOD TrDEMHd/100 mt TOI/VLR-22F 3D radar TOI/VLR-26C(L) 2D radar 2 x Moro SAT/TeleGEAR 8 x Mk 52 GW/N COMRELAR Facilities: 400 000 m2 shared hydroponics/protein synthesis area 150 000 m2 combined "residential" area 84 000 m2 combined social space 62 500 m2 exoatmospheric vehicle hangar/maintenance area 41 400 m2 combined EXFAB/ADDMAN shop area 27 000 m2 combined cafeteria/commissary space … Features: 760 km2 retractable graphene Bussard collector Complement: 50 senior staff 1150 officers 4800 crew 24 000 colonists Colony AI: Arthur, Lilith, Bastion, Icarus, Gabriel, Naraah, Darius, Joy [pass through DOC for cleanup] [submit for addition as Orientation display] OVERVIEW: The UESC Marathon, at over 25 kilometers long [get precise #s for record], is by far the largest ship the Solar system has ever produced. Over 30,000 [close enough?] people from every corner of the solar system were brought together to participate in the building of the great ship. Its ultimate goal: Travel to Earth's nearest viable neighbor on human civilization's first purpose-built interstellar spacecraft and expand not only our knowledge of the universe, but also on what is knowable. [credit Strauss] It is a common misconception that the materials used to construct the Marathon's hull came solely from Deimos, but largest percentage of the resources used in the ship's early development were actually mined from the main asteroid belt. [Worth mentioning to acknowledge MIDA on Mars? Will MIDA still be around when anyone reads this? Will Mars?] The Marathon carries within it a total of 11 cutting-edge strong Artificial Intelligences. Three of them are dedicated to the smooth operation of the ship itself, the other eight will oversee all the different aspects of the settlement that the colonists will build once they arrive on Tau Ceti IV. The brave souls aboard this great ship will undergo phased cycles of cryosleep and thaw during their journey to limit [DOC add in approved wording here] and ensure that the crew arrives at their destination alert and healthy. [should I mention that this summary is part of my cognitive test or not, RE setting expectations?] The command structure of the Marathon was carefully assembled with these handoffs in mind, and eventually I myself will soon temporarily cede command to undergo several years of cryosleep. Bringing this ship into orbit above Tau Ceti IV will be the highlight of my career, even if that moment remains nearly three centuries away. The human race itself depends on our mission. [It is said/many people felt] the planning and execution of Marathon's journey to the Tau Ceti system unified Sol's disparate nations, bringing about unity and prosperity that had never been seen before. The Marathon was not only a technological marvel, but a social and economic miracle as well. [DOC please allow hyperbole] —Captain Clemente di Roxas =================================================================== [1] Exploratory vessel infrastructure breakdown. Variance over time derived from mission and resource adjustments expected. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [ ]