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Conceived, designed and constructed by the Galactic Cartography Bureau (GCB) during the Second Expansionist Phase (SEP) the Amadeus Project was intended to provide well-constructed science vessels that could operate for several years (typically three to four) on their own beyond the fringes of known space, and carry out galactic mapping duties, recording everything that was worthy of scientific inquiry. The vessels were mores than four hundred meters long, and consisted of a primary hull containing the bulk of its scientific instruments, sensor assemblies, science laboratories as well as the crews quarters and recreational areas for when they were off-duty.

The vessels typical layout had the command bridge above and mid-body and below it a housing containing its environmental support systems, reactor cores (six) and out on an extended boom the subspace drive systems and propulsion motor assemblies. The isolating boom was necessary as early subspace motor systems produced a significant warping of space when in use and this was found to have detrimental effects on living matter. The vessel was introduced in phases, with PHASE ONE being the initial 'beyond the frontier' trials with missions typically lasting months, if not years as mentioned above with regular subspace transmission of information from the vessel back to the nearest relay station, then forwarded on to the Galactic Cartography command headquarters. Today, very few Amadeus Class vessels are in service, which isn't surprising as the last of them was officially decommissioned more than six hundred years ago.

The Phase II explorers built on the lessons learned from the original Phase I craft. A dedicated shuttle bay with four space-to-surface shuttlecraft was added, improvements made in science systems and defensive systems, as not every encounter was benign and had cost the galactic mapping community in lost vessels and dead crews. Of the original six hundred Phase I craft sent out, only forty remained, with some lost to natural disaster, system failures, misadventure and the intervention of threat-force hostiles.

Design and narrative remain the intellectual property of Jonathan Bluestone (C) Copyright Bluestone 2002-2023. The author has registered this design as their intellectual property.

Description
Conceived, designed and constructed by the Galactic Cartography Bureau (GCB) during the Second Expansionist Phase (SEP) the Amadeus Project was intended to provide well-constructed science vessels that could operate for several years (typically three to four) on their own beyond the fringes of known space, and carry out galactic mapping duties, recording everything that was worthy of scientific inquiry. The vessels were mores than four hundred meters long, and consisted of a primary hull containing the bulk of its scientific instruments, sensor assemblies, science laboratories as well as the crews quarters and recreational areas for when they were off-duty.

The vessels typical layout had the command bridge above and mid-body and below it a housing containing its environmental support systems, reactor cores (six) and out on an extended boom the subspace drive systems and propulsion motor assemblies. The isolating boom was necessary as early subspace motor systems produced a significant warping of space when in use and this was found to have detrimental effects on living matter. The vessel was introduced in phases, with PHASE ONE being the initial 'beyond the frontier' trials with missions typically lasting months, if not years as mentioned above with regular subspace transmission of information from the vessel back to the nearest relay station, then forwarded on to the Galactic Cartography command headquarters. Today, very few Amadeus Class vessels are in service, which isn't surprising as the last of them was officially decommissioned more than six hundred years ago.

The Phase II explorers built on the lessons learned from the original Phase I craft. A dedicated shuttle bay with four space-to-surface shuttlecraft was added, improvements made in science systems and defensive systems, as not every encounter was benign and had cost the galactic mapping community in lost vessels and dead crews. Of the original six hundred Phase I craft sent out, only forty remained, with some lost to natural disaster, system failures, misadventure and the intervention of threat-force hostiles.

Design and narrative remain the intellectual property of Jonathan Bluestone (C) Copyright Bluestone 2002-2023. The author has registered this design as their intellectual property.