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The Marathon Class MCT is a rugged ship, built for moving important cargo through dangerous space, and getting it to its destination quickly and in one piece. The 'modular' part of the name refers to how the ship consists of a front end cockpit, and a back end with crew quarters and facilities, as well as the engine room. The two sections separate, and the individual cargo modules are placed in between. Seen here with four cargo modules, the ship is able to carry as many as ten at a time. Each cargo module has attachment points for two cargo pods, and one mounted fixture. The mounted fixtures are also modular, and could be a turbolaser turret, a missile pod, a sensor range booster or jammer, or something custom built. It carries a crew of 6 - 10, and can carry passengers if one or more of the cargo pods is converted for living in.

The ship is 44 meters long in its current configuration, with each cargo pod adding 6 meters, giving this configuration a length of 68 meters. One main engine provides the primary drive propulsion, while four secondary boosters give the ship a decent top speed. It features a portside airlock for docking, and in case it needs to haul something that wouldn't fit in a cargo pod, it has four tethers in the back for towing things like large pieces of space debris. It is currently fitted with two turbolaser turrets, and two missile pods.

About the model. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it actually come apart into the various segments I mentioned above, though the individual cargo pods do separate. I hope to find a way to make it work like that eventually, but this will do for now. This was sort of a last-minute-panic build that I did last night so I'd have something to enter in the contest that ends today over at LegoFanClub. Took me about seven hours, though part of that was spent trying to make a boat, which I've determined I cannot do. The design was inspired by a few things. Partly a drawing a friend of mine showed me, partly the Serenity, and partly this cargo ship that hangs around Babylon 5 sometimes. www.celestiamotherlode.net/cat… It's not to scale with any of my other ships, though it might be close to scale with some of the Lego Star Wars Minis. The scale here is 1 stud to 1 meter.

Description
The Marathon Class MCT is a rugged ship, built for moving important cargo through dangerous space, and getting it to its destination quickly and in one piece. The 'modular' part of the name refers to how the ship consists of a front end cockpit, and a back end with crew quarters and facilities, as well as the engine room. The two sections separate, and the individual cargo modules are placed in between. Seen here with four cargo modules, the ship is able to carry as many as ten at a time. Each cargo module has attachment points for two cargo pods, and one mounted fixture. The mounted fixtures are also modular, and could be a turbolaser turret, a missile pod, a sensor range booster or jammer, or something custom built. It carries a crew of 6 - 10, and can carry passengers if one or more of the cargo pods is converted for living in.

The ship is 44 meters long in its current configuration, with each cargo pod adding 6 meters, giving this configuration a length of 68 meters. One main engine provides the primary drive propulsion, while four secondary boosters give the ship a decent top speed. It features a portside airlock for docking, and in case it needs to haul something that wouldn't fit in a cargo pod, it has four tethers in the back for towing things like large pieces of space debris. It is currently fitted with two turbolaser turrets, and two missile pods.

About the model. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it actually come apart into the various segments I mentioned above, though the individual cargo pods do separate. I hope to find a way to make it work like that eventually, but this will do for now. This was sort of a last-minute-panic build that I did last night so I'd have something to enter in the contest that ends today over at LegoFanClub. Took me about seven hours, though part of that was spent trying to make a boat, which I've determined I cannot do. The design was inspired by a few things. Partly a drawing a friend of mine showed me, partly the Serenity, and partly this cargo ship that hangs around Babylon 5 sometimes. www.celestiamotherlode.net/cat… It's not to scale with any of my other ships, though it might be close to scale with some of the Lego Star Wars Minis. The scale here is 1 stud to 1 meter.