NLG Outcast

History
One of the few remaining operational Fortuna class light freighters, the Outcast is a cargo hauler originally registered on La Terre. It was commissioned to be built by Zetral Eturnin sometime prior to the year 3000. Eturnin hired Taeren M'nammrann in 3003 to fly the ship for him. In 3004, M'nammrann bought the ship from Eturnin. Since then it has been owned and operated by the Timonae.

Modifications
In May 3003 Outcast's engines blew as it rushed in an attempt to reach the SVD Pasteur before its crew expired. It was towed to Sivad and outfitted with Kaljunct II insystem drives, engines usually found on much larger ships. Since then Outcast has appeared on sensors with a much higher power signature than is expected for a vessel of its size and class.

In 3006, it entered the Cassiopeia Spaceworks shipyard to undergo further modifications. Its keel was reinforced and ventral hull ribs widened to accomodate a larger cargo hold. Its registry was changed. Outcast, like its master, now calls New Luna its home.

Overall, the Outcast is not very heavily modified, but its outdated Fortuna chassis combined with the modifications done on her to accomodate massive Kaljunct II insystem drives and the wider belly of a larger cargo hold gives the vessel a distinctive profile. The ship's unique yellow and black color scheme, maintained with almost legendary fastidiousness, is the vessel's other claim to fame.

Notes and Notability
Outcast performs light freight, courier, and shuttle services on demand. Its main port of call is now New Luna, but it is frequently seen berthed on Antimone, Ungstir and Sol Station. Outcast is one of those small ships with a small crew that takes whatever work comes its way and doesn't ask many questions.

Outcast has been in the news several times, for a variety of reasons. Its master has blown out the 'Cast's engines in an effort to answer a distress call; raced ex-Boromov spooks through the Perseverance system as part of a civilian team that was the first to discover the lost U-001 planetoid; flown another ship, the High Endeavor, through the Multiverse Nexus as one of the first civilian explorers to make contact with the Voidborn; run military cargo in convoys during the Birthright War; and piloted the Outcast on a number of special-contract cargo missions throughout the galaxy.

The Outcast's crew is typically two, Taeren and the Mystic Katriel Elohim, although Katriel now spends most of her time in stasis, either aboard the 'Cast or with friends.

Outcast has flown alongside the UKT Wolfsbane, UKT Gray Horse, and DMS Faux, among others. She is now most commonly spotted on New Luna or the nearby Hancock Station and has made freight runs for the New Luna Militia.