The Harold

Q5 Asteroid Casino

In one trip, this design acquires over 1 million raw materials (Q5 Coal, Q5 Iron Ore, Q5 Sulfur, Q5 Calcite).

The original design concept was a large quality casino ship that utilizes the asteroid density just after the Solar System Edge for quality farming raw materials. I did not consider UPS when I thought of this concept and it is inherently flawed.

There are too many asteroids once you dip into Shattered Planet territory, so UPS drops significantly on that leg of the trip. The Harold flies at high speeds for the inner planets, and slows down at the Solar System Edge and beyond. It makes multiple round trips toward the Shattered Planet and back to the Solar System Edge. Once the ship reaches Cargo capacity of 1 million, it returns from the Shattered Planet and heads to Vulcanus to drop off the raw outputs. It restocks fusion fuel at Aquilo along the way.