CAPÍTULO VIII. NORMAS PARTICULARES 8.1. ORDENANZAS DE LA EDIFICACIÓN EN SUELO URBANO
1. ZONA 1 RESIDENCIAL-CASCO
The Elysium is the monohull offering by Corsair. Mono- hulls are the classic boats we all expect to see in the harbor. They have a single body, usually with a cabin amidships and fore, steering and seating in the rear, and several sails but usually a single mast, though some larger boats have more. The Elysium has two sails, a main and jib sail, both of which are furling sails. Furl- ing sails wrap up around themselves rather than fold down, making them easier to handle. That’s one reason to love the Elysium.
But not the main reason. The main reason to love the Elysium is the fact that while it can operate as a sail- boat and travel on wind power alone, the Elysium has sacrificed its rear berth for a motor cabin and can cruise at speeds normally limited to powerboats. Looks like a sailboat, moves like a powerboat, can sail silent like a sailboat, and can create the illusion of a slow sailboat and catch other craft unaware.
Other features of the Elysium are a small galley, bench, and fold-down table in the main cabin with a head, shower, and twin berth in the fore. The pilot sta- tion is located aft with seating around it, but it is easier to handle with VR controls while sitting further fore, though there is no standard seating.
ELYSIUM (WATERCRAFT)
HANDL SPEED ACCEL BODY ARM PILOT SENS SEATS AVAIL COST
1/3 1/4 1/2 14 10 2 3 6 12 78,000¥
Std.
Equipment Amenities (middle), improved economy, satellite link
CORSAIR PANTHER
The Panther is a sailing catamaran along the same lines as Corsair’s Elysium, except that it removed berthing space at the rear of both hulls so it has twin powerboat motors. The motors are primarily accessed from the rear and on deck rather than through the cabin. The en- gines give it even more power than the Elysium, but the boat design and positioning cost it some turning radi- us. When under sail the Panther can unfurl three sails— the main, jib, and spinnaker. The main and jib are the standard sails seen on a sailboat off the main mast and front rigging. The spinnaker is a large parachute-like sail that extends further out in front of the boat.
The access adjustment for the motors preserves the remaining portion of those aft berths to be storage, which allows the Panther extended time at sea. With the repurposed berth space, the Panther sleeps eight rather than ten. The added storage and reduced complement means it can store food and water for all passengers for over two months, its normal sea travel storage max. Mathematically it’s 82.5 days, so I could say almost three months.
Below deck the Panther has a large sitting area around the galley with berths in the fore and amidships hull areas on each side. The head and shower are on the port side, with a secondary pilot station and electron- ics suite starboard. The rear deck of the Panther is like a small covered porch with a pilot station and seating as well as a step down dive deck full aft. The bow has two options, a solid platform that ends a meter before the hulls or a trampoline-like net that runs all the way out. I personally like the trampoline though security conscious folks like the platform.
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Those security folks are just landlubbers. The trampoline is a much better option for prone firing. Only issue is hotbrass from older weapons sometimes collects close to the firer and always seems to find some exposed skin. The trampoline is a flexible kevlar and actually provides some armor and doesn’t get burnt by spent shells or muzzle flash.
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KaneThe Panther’s biggest limitation is the color options. It only comes in black. While this may seem strange for a vessel that may spend its entire existence in the blazing sun, there is a reason and zero issues. The black paint is a combination thermoelectric and photovoltaic material that constantly feeds juice to the ship’s battery system while sapping heat away from the black paint. The power supply isn’t enough to run the motors directly, but it allows the secondary batteries to be gaining charge while the main batteries are in use. Main batteries take about twelve hours of sunlight to fully recharge, secondary batteries take eight.
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Story time kids. Gather round. Picture the quiet waters of the western Caribbean Sea with just the slightest sliver of the moon hanging overhead in a cloudless sky full of stars. A well-worn but tenderly loved Beneteau 370 sailson a wisp of wind. It’s dashing captain at the helm, his keen eye scanning all horizons for anything that would endanger his precious craft. The swirling green light of his radar screen casting his face in an eerie glow. Peace on the waters.
A sudden flash of red light ignites the air and burns a slash through the captain’s sail, causing the perfect wind to begin to whistle through the now-billowing sail. The captain’s eyes scan for a source, but the flash was fast and the source still hidden on the dark waters. The captain checks his radar screen and sees nothing.
More red flashes create more gashes in the sail, but this time the captain is ready. He follows the flashes back to their source. And sees nothing but black water. The captain has been a man of the sea for many years and has learned many tricks. He has thermographic goggles handy and quickly pulls them to his face. They reveal the quickly cooling streaks of air and the flashes of intense heat at their source. The empty sea.
Powering the motor up and reeling in the tattered sail, the captain is forced to run from the ghost on the water.
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Kane>
And the ghost was?>
Sounder>
That question took a while to show up. I was thinking people didn’t like my story. Anyway, I got some recordings on thermo and did some enhancing. All I got was a vague outline but it was a cat, about the size of a Panther, and it was running a firelance.>
Kane>
Run a laser off the batteries that are recharging constantly on a ship that is always running cold because the heat is being used for energy. Slick. Any idea who was running it?>
Turbo Bunny>
My guess was corpsec, since I’d sailed too close to something valuable.>
Kane>
Accidentally?>
Sounder>
Seriously?>
Kane PANTHER (WATERCRAFT)HANDL SPEED ACCEL BODY ARM PILOT SENS SEATS AVAIL COST
1/3 2/5 1/3 18 10 2 3 8 12 135,000¥
Std. Equipment
Amenities (middle), improved economy, satellite link, secondary manual controls, signature masking 2, SunCell