Pumpkinseed

Pumpkinseed - Small Courier
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Ship statistics
Price	182000 Cr
Hull Mass	10 t
Capacity	17 t
Cargo capacity	{{{cargo_capacity}}} t
Crew	min. 1	max. 1
Equipment
Hyperdrive mount	yes	Default class: 1
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DeltaV
Fuel tank capacity	7 t
Exhaust Velocity	8e7 km/s
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Acceleration
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Atmospheric characteristics
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Description

Pumpkinseed is a lightweight, yet very powerful courier craft. With its eight main thruster it's one of the fastest and most agile craft money can buy. Unfortunately the price for speed is it's small cargo hold. Contrary of the manufacturer OKB Kaluri's reputation, it has a very high maintenance demand which could be attributed mostly to it's high powered and very efficient engines. Usually the ship needs a throughout status check after any flight longer than a few days, and usually there will be some need for readjustment and repair. Strangely it can withstand long periods without maintenance, but it's performance will drop quickly.

It's main role is to provide postal service between star systems, but it can be a formidable fighter if the mechanic crew manages to squeeze in the necessary equipment. Racing pilots value it for it's broad capacity for fine-tuning.

It's not recommended for beginner pilots due to it's spartan instrumentation, typical to OKB Kaluri ships.

The curved shape of the hull provides decent atmospheric maneuverability and good structural integrity at the same time. Heat sinks are situated on adjustable fins to give a degree of control for the direction of heath radiation which can dramatically decrease detectability.