Virtus

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Virtus Class Sa'arm Colonizer Sphere

   The Virtus is a Sa'arm Colony ship that carries 10,000 troops ready for immediate service and another 100,000 in hibernation/stasis.  The Virtus class is one of their smaller ones. It is designed to land on a planet and stay, being disassembled to provide a new colony with equipment and resources.

Details Known

• Has more than 30 Medium Particle Beam turrets.  Maybe 72 (3^4)?
• Carries 27 (3^3) light ships internally, usually Vacuna Class
• All wrecked Sa'arm colony ships inspected had 243 (3^5) units in each "freezer" room
• Live crew may be exactly 6,561 (3^8) units
• Crew in hibernation may be exactly 59,049 (3^10) units

Story Usage

   A textual analysis of the story repository, current as of 2018 and performed on 2019-09-06 identified the following usage counts for Virtus:

• Ending This Mess by Zen Master 4 instances.
• First Cruise of Lt. Steward by John Lewiston 14 instances.
• Independent Command by Zen Master 9 instances.
• Mary Celeste by Zipper D Dude 3 instances.

   A textual analysis of the story repository, current as of 2018 and performed on 2019-09-06 identified the following usage counts for Colonizer Sphere:

• Pyrrhic Victory by akarge 6 instances.

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