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The Columbus is a budget explorer made from general parts of the Nova, Omega, and Supernova classes. The class was designed to save costs during the DrakhWar and the plague. The ship is quick to build, so EF could churn them out three times faster than it takes to build a single Cortez. The diplomatic capabilities of the Columbus are about 90% of that of the Cortez, but the scientific capabilities are the same. The Cortez is the best explorer one could ask for at the time, but the it is very expensive and the they can't be everywhere, so the cheap and simple Columbus is used to fill the gaps. The Cortez goes to priority space and the Columbus does more of the routine missions.

*side note* Original Columbus Class idea by TKB at Wolf's shipyard. I tweeted the design and made a top view. TKB's original can be viewed here: s49.photobucket.com/user/Canis…

Description
The Columbus is a budget explorer made from general parts of the Nova, Omega, and Supernova classes. The class was designed to save costs during the DrakhWar and the plague. The ship is quick to build, so EF could churn them out three times faster than it takes to build a single Cortez. The diplomatic capabilities of the Columbus are about 90% of that of the Cortez, but the scientific capabilities are the same. The Cortez is the best explorer one could ask for at the time, but the it is very expensive and the they can't be everywhere, so the cheap and simple Columbus is used to fill the gaps. The Cortez goes to priority space and the Columbus does more of the routine missions.

*side note* Original Columbus Class idea by TKB at Wolf's shipyard. I tweeted the design and made a top view. TKB's original can be viewed here: s49.photobucket.com/user/Canis…