Constellation Andromeda

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The Constellation Andromeda is a multi-person freighter manufactured by Roberts Space Industries (RSI). It is the base model of the Constellation series. It comes with a P-52 Merlin docked at the stern as a snub fighter.^[1]

Features

Multi-Functional: Capable of fulfilling a variety of roles anywhere from transportation to combat.
Cargo: With up to 96 SCUs in capacity, the cargo hold is also capable of carrying a various range of different ground vehicles. The ship also has an internal storage space of up to 96,000K µSCUs.
Emergency Cargo Dump: In case there is an emergency with volatile cargo, the cargo doors have an option to be opened in a certain way that allows cargo to be quickly dumped outside.
Weapons: With four Size 5 gun hard-points, 2 manned gun turrets, each with a pair of Size 2 guns and racks that hold twenty four Size 2 as well as twenty four Size 1 missiles, the Andromeda is a ship not to be messed with.
Snub fighter: Comes with the close-ranged fighter P-52 Merlin which has docking capability with the Andromeda.^[2] It is also compatible with the P-72 Archimedes.^[3]

Specifications

Radar

1x

S2

Chernykh

WillsOp

Computer

1x

S2

M Computer

N/A

Power plant

2x

S2

DayBreak

Sakura Sun

Cooler

2x

S2

Frost-Star EX

J-Span

Shield generator

1x

S3

5CA 'Akura'

Behring Applied Technology

Quantum drive

1x

S2

Bolon

Juno Starwerk

Jump drive

1x

S2

M Jump Module

N/A

Fuel intake

4x

S1

M Fuel Intake

N/A

Fuel tank

2x

S1

M Fuel Tank

N/A

Quantum fuel tank

1x

S2

M Quantum Fuel Tank

N/A

Thrusters

4x

S5

Main Thruster

N/A

4x

S1

VTOL Turbine

N/A

4x

S1

VTOL Turbine

N/A

4x

S5

Retro Thruster

N/A

12x

S3

Joint Maneuvering Thruster

N/A

Pilot weapon

4x

S5

VariPuck S5 Gimbal Mount

Flashfire Systems

4x

S4

CF-447 Rhino Repeater

Klaus & Werner

Turret

2x

S6

Manned Turret

N/A

4x

S2

CF-227 Badger Repeater

Klaus & Werner

Ordnance

4x

S5

Top Missile Rack

N/A

24x

S2

StrikeForce II

Thermyte Concern

4x

S4

Side Missile Rack

N/A

28x

S1

Marksman I

Behring Applied Technology

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Below

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Series variants

Image	Name	Description
	Constellation Aquila	Focused on exploration & discovery. Comes with a RSI Ursa rover and a Kruger P-52 Merlin snub fighter.
	Constellation Phoenix	Focused on Luxury Transportation. Comes with a RSI Lynx rover and a Kruger P-72 Archimedes luxury snub fighter.
	Constellation Taurus	Focused on cargo transportation.

Paints

The following paints (skins) can be used on all variants of the Constellation.

Paint Name	Description	Price (aUEC)	Price ($)
"Auspicious Red"	Red colour with gold & dark grey accents and gold monkey head decals. Limited sale. Only available during the annual Red Festival event. ^[4]	[not available]	11.00
"Dark Green"	Military green colour with dark grey decals.	180,000	7.50 ^[5]
"Heron Black"	Dark grey colour with military green accents & orange decals.	[not available]	7.50 ^[6]
"Heron Orange"	Orange colour with white accents & decals.	[not available]	7.50 ^[7]
"Heron White"	White colour with navy blue accents & orange decals.	[not available]	7.50 ^[8]
"Invictus Blue & Gold"	Blue colour with gold accents and Invictus logos. Available only during the annual Invictus event.	[not available]	11.00
"Polar"	White colour with grey and dark grey accents.	[not available]	11.00 ^[9]
"Stormbringer"	Dark grey colour with blue and white accents.	[not available]	7.50 ^[10]

In-game availability & pricing

Buying

New Deal, Lorville	Astro Armada, Area18
3,548,000	Unavailable

Renting

Vantage Rentals, Lorville	Traveller Rentals, Area18	Regal Luxury Rentals, New Babbage
70,960	70,960	88,700

Prices given are per-day. Prices for all rental periods can be found at Ship renting.

Gallery

Development

The two size 2 shield generators were replaced with a single size 3 shield generator in Alpha 3.14, as a part of the power management v2 feature.^[11]