The Hirondelle was an Ultranaut-controlled ramliner (passenger lighthugger), captained by Irravel Veda.
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From the French word hirondelle, the common term for "barn swallow" (in Latin, hirundo rustica).
See also[]
- Lighthugger - The principal interstellar spacecraft type used by humanity, the Hirondelle being one of many.
Spacecraft
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SHUTTLES AND SMALL CRAFT*
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Civilian shuttles/small craft: Trike | Tug | Cutter | Spherical shuttle | Flotilla excursion shuttle
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Police shuttles/small craft: Panoply cutter
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Individual shuttles/small craft: Melancholia of Departure (spherical shuttle) Remontoire's 'Trident' fighter (outrigger fightercraft)
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ATMOSPHERIC SHUTTLES**
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Coalition shuttle | Flotilla delta-winged shuttle Cutter | "Claw" shuttle | Lighthugger orbital shuttle
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Individual atmo-shuttles: Scavenger's Daughter | Dominatrix
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INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT (LARGE SPACESHIPS)
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Civilian ships: Freighter | Liner | Hospital ship | Lighthugger in-system craft
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Police and military ships: Deep-system cruiser Demarchist military vessel | Conjoiner ''Moray''-class corvette
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Individual ships: Bellatrix | Democratic Circus | High Catherine Nightingale | Storm Bird | Universal Suffrage
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INTERSTELLAR SPACECRAFT (STARSHIPS)
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Generation ships - Flotilla ships: Santiago, Islamabad, Brazilia, Palestine, Baghdad
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Ramscoop starships - Atalanta
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Lighthuggers - List (Sandra Voi, Nostalgia for Infinity, Zodiacal Light, Nightshade, Hirondelle, Petronel, etc.)
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Alien starships - Void warren ("Caleuche")
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SPACECRAFT PROPULSION
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Antimatter engines | Ramscoop | Conjoiner Drive | Stealth Conjoiner Drive Dark Drive | Inertia-suppression Machinery | Cryo-arithmetic engine
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SPACECRAFT WEAPONRY AND DEFENCES
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Magnetic railgun | Boser | Ack-am | Foam-phase Munition | Pin-head munitions Camouflaging screens | Hypometric weapon | Bladder-mine
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* - capable only of flight in the vacuum of space ** - double as both spacecraft and aircraft, depending on the need
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