FY<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>(date to come once I can get a reference.. sorry..pesky work)</em></span><br/><br/>Recent Legisative initiatives in the Frontier General Assembly has spurred new contracts to expand the frontier coreward.  Several major corporations have all bid, and been awarded contracts for the survey, exploration, and mapping of new worlds in stars adjacent to the Frontier.  Their mission is multifold -<br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Survey systems for life-supporting inhabitable planets (top priority) or planets of mineral or strategic importance (secondary priority)</li><li>Conduct 1st and 2nd level survey and mapping of the planets to include weather, biome distribution, tectonics, and full toxicity testing.</li><li>Conduct 1st level survey of major life-forms present.</li><li><em><strong>MAJOR NOTE</strong> - Mission will also look for signs of Sathar Outposts.  While the expansion is not in the general area of Sathar occupation, outposts have been discovered throughout the frontier.</em></li></ul><hr/><br/>One of the leading Mega-corps who have won contracts is the Cassidine Development Corporation.  The CDC, specializing in planetary development and reform has developed 3 ships over the last several years in preparation for extra-frontier exploration and survey.<br/><br/>The Miranda class ship is a gestalt design, with a command craft the size of a refitted Assault Scout which has a deployable landing module, which functions as a remote survey outpost & surface base of operations and a non-landable freight portion which is docked to for Void-travel and for carrying the full load of survey satellites (combining full spectrum survellience, weather & communications) and spare landing modules (a total of 5)<br/><br/>It is designed for a year long mission outside the frontier, with the lander engines able to me overhauled by tools in the landing craft while on planet.  The freighter engines are rated to 20 void jumps, the mission profile to spend months identifying potenial worlds, then spend up to 3 months on each candidate that is discovered.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>As typical for a mission as this, notices are transmitted to standard boards throughout the Frontier.  High pay - High Danger.. exploring new worlds.  CDC offices throughout the frontiers are briefed on how to interview potential applicants, where people from every walk of life (including CDC employees) are permitted to join for this venture.<br/><br/><em>OOC note - Most of this is off the top of my head.. there may be some inconsistancies with the rules..if so..bah..I'm the GM here :)</em><br/><br/><em>OOC note 2 - Yes..I notice the similiaries of this with another module.  I like the module..doesn't mean this will follow it.. just take some opening leads..but we all now know PC's tend to make games go left when one expects right :)</em>