UESN Bison-Class Transport (AP-23)

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The USRSC's Bison transport, introduced in 2145, was the most common cargo starship on the spacelanes connecting the UE with its colonies and neighbors. One reason for Bison's popularity was its amazing adaptability. Variants of the Bison included tankers for deuterium and gases; transports for unrefined ores, agricultural products, chemicals, and manufactured goods; passenger liners; cargo liners; hospital ships; and megalifters for large cargo, such as fusion reactors, warp nacelles, and starship hulls. In the mid-20th century, the Boeing Aircraft Corporation had been jokingly accused of producing a single continuous airliner fuselage, which was cut into desired lengths like an enormous sausage. However, this joke became a business model for USRSC’s Bison. The modular construction of Bison’s single-diameter cargo hull allowed the length and internal arrangement of each ship to be built according to a customer’s wishes. Furthermore, reactors and warp-nacelles (either single-midline or twin-outboard or both) could be arranged in various ways and replaced as more advanced components became available. USRSC was presumably not referring to quality-control problems when it proudly proclaimed in 2150 that no two Bisons were identical. (Description from the Starfleet Museum website) #Bison #Star_Trek #Starfleet #Starfleet_Museum