Graculus

The Graculus-class is a medium-range survey and light mining support vessel.

Graculus
Vehicle type	Industrial ship
Role	Survey, mining support
Environments	Deep space, lunar
Propulsion	Ion primary, hydrogen boost
Power	Nuclear
Armaments	4x Laser PDWs
Grid size	Large
Tonnage	TBA
Crew	1–3
Manufacturer	Enax Industries
Designer	Ghosthands

Design

The Graculus is small in scale compared to most ships built on a Large Grid paradigm. It consists of a central hull with a pressurised interior laid out on two levels: an upper crew deck consisting of the bridge and basic habitation amenities, and a lower engineering level providing access to most of the ship's systems. The central section is surrounded by four engine nacelles in an X layout, containing the ship's primary ion thrust. A further set of forward-only hydrogen booster engines are mounted into the rear hull, as is the ship's cargo hold and towing assembly.

In earlier versions of the design, the crew deck consisted of a single room. The Mk4 overhaul introduced a dividing wall that separated this into individually pressurised bridge and habitation areas, alongside numerous other changes.