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The small size and superior sensors of the Bolitho makes the class a popular choice for one- or two-person runabouts, which gives the shipyards at [[Mare Marginis]] a market not dependent on the [[Senshi]]'s needs for new ships.
 
The small size and superior sensors of the Bolitho makes the class a popular choice for one- or two-person runabouts, which gives the shipyards at [[Mare Marginis]] a market not dependent on the [[Senshi]]'s needs for new ships.
  
* [[Stellvia Corporation]] has purchased a half-dozen for use as Captain's Gigs for their stations and asteroid bases, with options to purchase more as the corporation or the [[Artemis Foundation]] expands.
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* [[Stellvia Corporation]] has purchased a half-dozen for use as commander's launches for their stations and asteroid bases and another to be used as the Captain's Gig for the ''[[Rinna Kazamatsuri]]'', with options to purchase more as the corporation or the [[Artemis Foundation]] expands.
  
  
 
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Revision as of 03:01, 16 January 2012

Spacecraft Registry
Bolitho class patrol ship
Bolitho class.png
A Bolitho passing by Phobos
Spacecraft Characteristics
Base Hullcustom
Drive Typespeed
Drive Rating0.09c
Primary ManufacturerTakeuchi Shipyard, Mare Marginis, Luna
OwnerSailor Armed Militia, Crystal Millennium
FactionCrystal Millennium
Primary CrewPilot
Operational StatusActive
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The Bolitho class of pocket patrol ships is named after the fictional Captains Richard and Adam Bolitho, from the Bolitho novels written by Douglas Reeman. Due to the ship's small size (smaller than a United Federation of Planets Shuttlepod), the Bolitho is both inexpensive and easy to build; the shipwrights at the Takeuchi Shipyard can build one a month, by hand, while still building a larger Aubrey class patrol vessel elsewhere in the shipyard.

The first ships in the Bolitho class were named after ships commanded by one of the Bolithos in the novels: as of the end of 2014, the Avenger, Sparrow, Phalarope, Tempest, Hyperion, Euryalus, Lysander, Anemone, Valkyrie, Unrivalled, Athena, and Onward had all entered service. There is still debate whether to use the names "Firefly" and "Undine", what to name the next dozen Bolitho class ships, and whether to set up a production line to build them en masse.

While they can take part in a search, Bolitho class ships are not equipped for rescue operations.

Other Owners

The small size and superior sensors of the Bolitho makes the class a popular choice for one- or two-person runabouts, which gives the shipyards at Mare Marginis a market not dependent on the Senshi's needs for new ships.