Reward Details: Merchantman Freighter [T4]

Freighters and Transports are large vessels designed for trade and long-range cargo hauling. Almost all space-faring races utilize Freighters and have for as long as space travel has been viable. The “Merchantman” line of Freighters represents independence and freedom from the primary powers of the galaxy, and is typically flown by those who value their own merchant empires above any faction, territory, colony, or empire they may have once called home.

The Merchantman Freighter interior has a number of amenities including a Trade Duty Officer Assignment contact, which is not standard on most starships. Both you and your allies can access the Trader.

Also assigned to the Freighter interior is a Quartermaster. The Quartermaster can sell you and your allies commodities at a discounted rate. A similar discount applies when you make any Energy Credit Purchase while onboard your ship (for instance, from Sector Space Freighter Stores). The interior also includes access to the Bank, Exchange and Mail, all of which are accessible to you and your allies.

The Merchantman Freighter has access to a secure subspace channel to call in a Security Transport ship. The Security Transport will allow you to access Prisoner Transfer and Contraband Assignments. The Security Transport is not a combat support vessel, and can only be called when in Sector Space. It is accessible to you and your allies. Finally, the Merchantman Freighter comes with a Transwarp Drive that will allow you to access the furthest corners of the quadrant. The Transwarp Drive will allow you to instantly access most Exploration Clusters. Note, like many older Transwarp drives, the Freighters Transwarp has a small chance to fail.

Merchantman Freighters are not designed as combat vessels. They come with minimal armaments designed only to ward off pirates and other would-be threats.

Note: You can switch to your Freighter from any ship interior. Once you’re done using it, switch back to any ship from the Freighter interior.

Ship details:

Faction: Any

Required Rank: Complete the Tutorial

Hull Modifier: 1.1

Shield Modifier: 0.9

Fore Weapons: 3

Aft Weapons: 2

Device Slots: 3

Bridge Officer Stations:

1 Lieutenant Universal

1 Lieutenant Commander Universal

1 Ensign Universal

Console Modifications: 2 Tactical Console, 2 Science Consoles, 2 Engineering Consoles

Base Turn Rate: 15

Impulse Modifier: 0.16

Inertia: 40

+5 to All Subsystem Power

The questions are pretty good. One thing that they didn’t include is the spectre of people choosing MAID due to deficiencies in the health care system, rather than the medical condition itself. I had to write that one in.

You don’t have to lower the requirements - you just have to make it easier and more affordable to pass local competency exams and get a license.

So sad, yet so delicious.

If I remember correctly, it’s somewhat controversial amongst family farmers who want to leave the farm to their children, so the Cons may think it plays well to their base from that angle.

Yeah, seldom have I regretted my policy of not editing headlines more than when I posted this.

It’s worth mentioning that STO has transitioned to a German dev team, so maybe there’s a translation thing going on.

He handles himself well, but it’s light on policy. The closest he comes is saying something about how Canadians deserve a carbon tax that puts the burden on big companies, and not on the people. This would seem to suggest he would make some changes there.

Maybe, but he didn’t have anything to do with this carbon tax, and his Jon Stewart interview seemed to hint that he feels some changes might be in order there.

Per Twitter, this giveaway has been delayed.

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Okay then, the next election will happen when the next election is called.

Let me know if I used any words that are too big for you.

I think you’re probably correct - she’s got a lot of baggage simply by virtue of having served in the government.

Nonetheless, I think it would be good for the party to have a serious leadership race with at least a couple of legitimate contenders.

The likely scenario is that, immediately upon Parliament resuming next month, the Liberals will immediately lose a confidence vote, triggering a snap election. The opposition parties have all stated that they will initiate a confidence vote at the earliest opportunity.

In the unlikely event that doesn’t happen, I imagine JT would remain on as PM until the mandatory election this fall. Were he to step down, he would probably appoint a sitting MP as interim PM.

As a fun(?) aside, Canada has had two PMs who served while members of the (unelected) Senate, and MacKenzie King and John Turner both briefly governed without a ministerial seat.

No one is expecting Carney, or anyone else, to serve as an unelected PM.

I think Freeland has a good head on her shoulders, and I hope she enters the race if only to hear her ideas, but Carney has the electoral advantage of having nothing to do with the Trudeau government.

The Fuck Trudeau and pretty boy mantras are going to ring pretty hollow against Carney.

If Carney becomes leader, I expect they’ll pivot to WEF/Illuminati nonsense.

Whether that will work is another matter entirely.

I think the NDP came to a realization that hitching themselves to the Liberal government had outlived its political usefulness, and it might be better to put some distance between them before the next election.

I don’t really pay much attention to the BQ.

These were both known issues in yesterday’s notes - that issue with the profanity filter must have been more extensive than I realized.

Go ahead and post some alternatives if you’re so upset about it.

Beyond that, how about letting people share what they want to share?

Turns out this is Nick’s last week with Cryptic, which is pretty sad - he’s been among the most accessible and patient devs I’ve ever seen.