Megacorporations and used spacecraft yards can sell ships directly. Used second-hand starships are available from the current owner, or at used spacecraft yards. There is a selection of standard models, or a custom-designed ship can be constructed at an astronomically higher cost. Starships are constructed in the yards of shipbuilding megacorporations. The details about the star-drive are top secret, the drives contain nuclear booby-traps to prevent anybody discovering the secret, and probably contain remote-control self-destruct devices in case the ship-owner does anything that makes the Thalassocracy angry. In that case, the interstellar propulsion unit or the entire starship is only available from the Imperial Monopoly. One possible major difference is if the starships are created by a Thalassocracy, who maintains power by keeping interstellar trade clutched in an iron grip. This also avoids the problem that the astromilitary frowns on civilian ownership of armed starships. Pirates will probably avoid the middle-man and instead steal their ship. Tramp traders will mortgage their souls to the bank in order to purchase their ship. Simplistically, becoming the proud owner of a spacecraft or starship will be a process much like what modern-day people go through to own a large sea going vessel. If the protagonists are pirates or privateers, they will own a corsair pirate ship.įirst off, a science fiction writer will have to make some assumptions to flesh out the background parameters that determine starship price, size, etc. If the protagonists are tramp interstellar traders, they will own a cargo ship.
Commonly the protagonists of a science fiction novel will own one of two types of starship.
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