TEXT: Mertactor Starline provides regular and reliable passenger  
  services to the main worlds of District 268. Operating out of 
  Mertactor, the starline has won many Imperial awards for  
  excellence and quality.  
   
  Fly jump-3 to Collace, Trexalon or Tarkine direct from Metactor, or take one of our jump-1 
  feeder ships to an outlying world. Although we do not serve every world in the subsector, we 
  deliver passengers and freight to all major destinations.  
  MERTACTOR Starline 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  We offer the following tickets (price varies with distance travelled): 
   
  Premier: First class service, top entertainment, large cabins and deluxe food. With 1000kg 
  baggage allowance. 
  Standard: Typically good service, with a roomy cabin and a 100kg baggage allowance.   
  Cryogenic: Travel without inconvenience in suspended animation. Sleep safely through the 
  journey and wake up a week younger! This includes a handy 10kg baggage allowance.   
   
  Destinations 
   
  We fly to: 
   
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  Collace 
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  Trexalon 
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  Tarkine 
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  Motmos 
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  Squallia 
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  Dallia 
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  Tarsus 
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  Kwai Ching 
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  Forine 
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  Mertactor 
   
  Left. Chic and roomy premier cabin. Above. 
  Cryoberth used by our budget passengers*  
   
  *Note that actual shipboard berth may appear different to 
  illustration. 
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  THE FLEET 
  Akkigish R400 Liner 
  These high capacity, short-range ships carry 
  traffic from Collace, Trexalon and Tarkine on, to 
  other neighbouring destinations.  Capacity: 9 
  cryo-berths, 8 standard cabins and 200 tons of 
  cargo.  This is jump 1.  
   
   
  Marava A200  
  Far Trader 
                       Stellar M600 Far Liner 
  The Stellar class carry most passengers and freight 
  out of Mertactor. Capacity: 20 cryo berths, 4 
  premier and 17 standard cabins, 130 tons cargo. 
  This is jump 3.  
  Mertactor Starline’s jump connection 
  between Tarkine and heavily populated 
  Forine cannot be met by the Stellar or 
  Akkigish liners. This jump 2 route is 
  serviced by 20 Marava A200s. Half of 
  these are customized with the cargo 
  deck transformed into a cryogenic 
  berth facility.  Capacity: 100 cryo 
  berths, 6 standard cabins and 14 tons 
  cargo. The A200 is a jump 2 craft.  
  Stellar M600 Far Liner Fleet 
  Spinward Star  
  Majestic Star 
   
  Sun Star 
  Dawn Star 
   
  Evening Star 
   
  Golden Star 
  Windward Star  
  Star Venture 
   
  Island Star 
   
  Akkigish R400 Liner Fleet 
  Turnus  
   
  Dido 
   
   
  Aeneas 
  Avernus  
   
  Camilla  
   
  Latinus 
   
  Marava A200 Far Trader Fleet 
  Vector  
   
  Axis 
   
   
  Hammerhead 
  Transtar 
   
  Los Alamos 
   
  Hero 
  Courier  
   
  Mainstay 
   
  Equity 
  Reliant  
   
  Glory of Vland  
  Concord 
   
  Clear Horizon 
   
  Kraken  
   
  Iteration 
  Starfall  
   
  Ocean  
   
  Globus 
  Certainty 
   
  Yorbund 
   
  Ship Images: Jesse De Graffe, Andrew Boulton & MAG 
  
  ROUTES  AND  PRICES 
  Please check-in 4 hours before departure time (6 hours for cold sleep passengers due 
  mandatory pre-flight health checks). Baggage will be weighed, x-rayed and chemically 
  tested. Passengers will be given a safety briefing once onboard at a short reception 
  meeting. Staterooms will be allocated, drinks served and the passengers will be able to 
  meet the crew for a few minutes in the lounge. The captain will take this opportunity to 
  go over the  flight plan, while the purser will be able to inform the passengers of the 
  entertainment and services available for the coming week in jump-space.  
   
  Take-off is followed by several hours of acceleration before the liner jumps.  
   
  Jump 3 Main Lines/Stellar M600 Far Liner 
  Mertactor  
   
  Collace 
   
  Motmos 
  (then reversed) 
   
   
   
  Mertactor 
   
  Trexalon 
   
  Kwai Ching (then reversed) 
   
   
   
  Mertactor 
   
  Tarkine 
   
  Squallia 
  (then reversed) 
   
  Pricing 
  Premier: Cr20,000/jump, Standard: Cr10,000/jump, Cryoberth: Cr1400/jump, Freight: Cr1400/jump 
   
  Jump 2 Feeder Line/Marava A200 FarTrader 
  Tarkine 
   
  Forine  
   
   
   
  (then reversed) 
   
  Pricing 
  Standard: Cr6,000/jump, Cryoberth: Cr1200/jump, Freight: Cr1200/jump 
   
  Jump 1 Feeder Lines/Akkigish R400 Liner 
  Trexalon 
   
  Motmos 
   
   
   
  (then reversed) 
  Tarkine 
   
  Dallia  
   
   
   
  (then reversed) 
   
   
   
  Collace 
   
  Tarsus  
   
   
   
  (then reversed) 
   
  Pricing 
  Standard: Cr3,000/jump, Cryoberth: Cr1000/jump, Freight: Cr1000/jump 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
  FLYING THE STELLAR CLASS 
   
   
   
  The Metactor Starline Experience 
  Your flight begins at check-in. Bags weighed 
  and transfered to the shuttle, you can relax in 
  the departure lounge while the craft is 
  prepared. One of our stewards will see you to 
  your seat and help you stow your hand-
  luggage. The shuttle has seating for twenty 
  passengers, a pilot and steward. Once the 
  starport gives permission to take-off, the 
  flight to orbit will take only half an hour. No 
  drinks or meals will be served during this 
  flight, though there is an onboard toilet for 
  your use.  
   
  As the 600 ton Far Liner comes 
  into view over the horizon, you 
  can relax and enjoy the ten minute 
  docking procedure, ending when 
  the shuttle slides smoothly into the 
  docking collar slung beneath the 
  liner. While the pilot conducts 
  post-flight checks, the steward will 
  help you to disembark. Waiting at 
  the airlock will be our purser, the 
  chief steward, who will conduct 
  you all along a short corridor to a small transfer lobby. An elevator here takes seven passengers at 
  a time up to the reception lounge on the main deck. As you arrive here, you can relax in the plush 
  armchairs and enjoy drinks and snacks while the purser allocates rooms and provides you with 
  your safety briefing and your introduction to the amentities that await you onboard the Far Liner. 
  Take some time to peruse the brochures here, as well as interactive maps of the ship.  
   
  When your name is called you will be taken by one of the stewards directly to your cabin where 
  you will be free to relax and unpack. Usually the steward will tell you what time dinner will be 
  served in the forward passenger lounge, and this will typically co-incide with getting underway. 
  Sampling a delicious buffet dinner, with complimentary drinks, in a sumptuously decorated loung 
  offering 270º views of deep space and the shining world you’ve just left, is well worth the price of 
  your ticket! When the ship begins its acceleration away from your planet of origin, you will 
  certainly get the sense that you are beginning an unforgettable journey... 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Andrew Boulton 
  
  Welcome to Your Accomodation 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Left. Welcome to our premier accom-
  modation, where queueing does not 
  apply. You will have a large room with 
  picture window, a skylight, king-sized 
  bed, lounge area and private jacuzzi.   
   
  Personal attention is provided by your 
  steward, with luxury food and drink as 
  well as flowers and top quality toiletries. 
  As a premier passenger you will also have 
  the opportunity to eat at the captain’s 
  table.  
   
  Above Right. Our standard staterooms are spacious, clean and comfortable – the quality standard 
  amongst passenger liners. Enjoy personal entertainment via your terminal, a quiet seating area and a 
  personal fresher that incorporates toilet, shower and laundry facilities. You can call for room service *, 
  have your clothes professionally laundered * and get access to the gold level entertainment channels *.  
  Above Left. Hassle-free travel with our cryo-berths is safe and secure. Board the ship before anyone 
  else, relax and sleep through the boredom of jump-space.  Note: newer models of cryoberth may not 
  resemble the illustration shown above.  
   
  *These services will incur extra charges.  
  
  Enjoy Good Food 
  Our three onboard stewards are all trained cooks and able to provide you with delicious hot meals, 
  with several courses, fine wines, cheeses, coffee and dessert. Particular culinary tastes can be 
  accounted for ...just ask! Relax and enjoy good food in good company in our dining salon (part of 
  the forward lounge). Standard class passengers will be able to enjoy our economy option, tasty 
  and filling, but without the extra costs! 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Premier passengers will be 
  served at a first class table 
  with silver service, wine and 
  multiple courses. For those 
  wishing 
  to 
  eat 
  in 
  the 
  stateroom, room-service will 
  deliver your meal to you.  
  Passengers enjoying standard 
  passage will be served together 
  in the dining salon. Food comes 
  on a single tray, all courses 
  provided together, with no 
  waiting required! Those with big 
  appetites can pay the supplement 
  to receive extra helpings.  
  
  Relaxation & Entertainment 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Forward Lounge: The great advantage 
  of the Stellar class liner is its large circular 
  passenger lounge mounted forward. With 
  all round windows staring into space it 
  provides a wonderful venue for social 
  activities during the voyage. It also 
  doubles as a dining salon for breakfast, 
  lunch and evening meal. Sliding partitions, 
  and extra furniture stored in a nearby 
  locker, allow the stewards to divide the 
  forward lounge into port and starboard 
  halves. In this way the lounge can cater 
  for two activities simultaneously. 
   
  Mid-Space Lounge: This area is situated 
  in the ‘neck’ of the Stellar liner and is 
  essentially a route to the forward lounge. 
  It is a place to meet people, to relax and 
  chill out before and after meals. Terminals 
  are situated here for passenger use. It is a 
  moody, quiet place to hideaway.  
  Reception Lounge: The purser (chief 
  steward) has a terminal in the reception 
  lounge 
  from 
  where 
  information, 
  transactions and other business can be 
  conducted. It is a good place to meet 
  friends, talk over a drink (a self-service bar 
  is provided) and participate in organised 
  entertainments. It can be a busy place, 
  with a chance to see the crew. It acts as 
  the ‘crossroads of the ship’. See and be 
  seen! In this image, the elevator is off 
  camera to the left, doorway to the 
  starboard cabins is directly ahead. 
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
      Mertactor Starline brochure compiled by Paul Elliott/Mertactor/Gulangar/zozer@talktalk.net       
   
   
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  Passenger Time-table  of  Events 
  5am-8am  
   
  Full Lounge: Breakfast  
  830am-1030am  
  Port Lounge: Gym/Athletics  
                                 Starboard Lounge: Spiritual Center  
  11am-12pm   
  Full Lounge: Bar & Library  
  12pm-2pm 
   
  Full Lounge: Lunch, Bar & Library  
  2pm-3pm  
   
  Lounge Closed  
  3pm-530pm   
  Port Lounge: Day Spa (massage, beauty, exercise etc)  
                                 Starboard Lounge: Holo-vid  
  6pm-9pm  
   
  Full Lounge: Dinner  
  9pm-midnight   
  Full Lounge: Bar & Games  
            Events by Steven Parker 
  
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