Nimbus III
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| Nimbus III | |
|---|---|
| Vessel Profile | |
| Type | DropShip |
| Class | Modified Clippership IV (arguably prototype Clippership V) |
History
The Nimbus III was a DropShip notable for having been involved in the first successful test of a Docking Collar in 2458.
Owned and operated by Deimos Clipperships of Mars, the DCS Nimbus III was a Clippership IV DropShuttle modified with a prototype docking collar. It was successfully mated externally with the first modern JumpShip, the Liberty-class BNS Olympus, which then executed a successful jump, proving the first dropship collars and K-F Booms.[1] The Olympus/Nimbus III was the culmination of a collaborative technology programme involving Blue Nose Interstellar Technologies, the Department of Theoretical Physics at Mars University and half a dozen aerospace manufacturing companies, and she revolutionised interstellar travel.[1]
Within a decade of the successful jump, Deimos Clipperships produced the Clippership V class which was essentially a model IV with a docking collar;[2] the Nimbus III could thus arguably be described as the first, prototype Clippership V type vessel.