The following lifeboat designs were created using version 1.9 of Andrew Akin's FF&S2 spreadsheet program. Thank you very much for an excellent program, Andrew.

The second lifeboat uses seats rather than an emergency low berth. It could be used as a small passenger shuttle, as well as a lifeboat. Both are designed to be the same size and shape, use the same engines and other components. So, without further ado:

Svenson Small Craft, LIC a fully owned subsidiary of Karelia Industries, Ltd, of Sylea, announces the release of the Tristam class lifeboats. The Tristam class lifeboats come in two types. The LB12/C comes with an emergency low berth for up to four beings and is designed for ships with the potential to be lost in an area where it may be a long time before they are found. The LB12/L comes with seating for a pilot and up to six passengers and is designed for ships that will be operating in heavily used space lanes where the risk of being lost for extended periods is limited.

LB12/C, Tristam ELB class Lifeboat (FF&S v2)
Designed by Greg Svenson, Svensons Small Craft, LIC

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This Lifeboat is designed with one emergency low berth with a capacity for four passengers or crew members. This lifeboat is intended to be launched from a jettison bay. There is a single seat for an optional pilot; however, a pilot is not necessary as the lifeboat's computer is a specialized computer that will pilot the boat and operate the radio to send a distress call.

It is designed to get away from the mother ship quickly with HEPlaR engines. The HEPlaR engines allow use in situations where there is no gravity, such as deep space. If the lifeboat is launched near a planet, a pilot could land it on the planet's surface using the Contra-grav lifters. In such a situation the emergency low berth could be left deactivated and the passengers simple ride to the surface in the cryogenic berths.

The fusion+ reactor is designed to be deactivated automatically, unless a pilot is present. The emergency low berth, radio, computers and life support then operate indefinitely using the solar cells.

LB12/L, Tristam S class Lifeboat (FF&S v2)
Designed by Greg Svenson, Svenson Small Craft, LIC

This Lifeboat is designed for those who do not trust emergency low berths. It has a pilots workstation and seating for 6 passengers. There is a food for eight weeks and a fresher. The extended life support provides potable water through recycling after the initial supply runs out. When the lifeboat is activated it automatically requests a map of the solar system from the ships database.

This lifeboat is intended to be launched from a ship's jettison bay. However, it can also be used as an orbital shuttle. With seating for six passengers and contra-grav lifters to get from the planetary surface to orbit, at 2.75 dtons, it makes a very small, economical, passenger shuttle.

It is designed to get away from the mother ship quickly with the HEPlaR engines. The pilot has over seven hours of fuel for the HEPlaR engines. When the HEPlaR engines are not in use or not needed the fusion+ reactor can operate at reduced output, allowing it to run for 5 weeks in this mode. If both the HEPlaR engine and contra-grav lifters are shutdown the Tristam S can operate for 25 weeks with just the life support, computers, sensors and radio operating. Of course, the food would run out long before that. If the lifeboat is launched near a planet, the pilot can land it on the planet's surface using the contra-grav lifters.

The fully functional computer is provided with a full selection of games and vid packages to entertain the passengers and pilot while they are waiting to be rescued or for the food and water to run out.

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