Highliner Antares
The Highliner Antares was an experimental Sirius Corporation passenger liner which went missing during its maiden flight in 3251.[1] It was testing a new type of hyperspace drive.
In December 3301, a new search for the vessel started.[2] It resulted in the recovery of the wreckage of the Antares.[3]
History
"In 3251 the Antares, a technologically revolutionary passenger liner designed and built by the Sirius Corporation, disappeared during its first hyperspace jump. In 3301 Li Yong-Rui, CEO of Sirius Corporation's governmental division, launched a search for the ship. Sirius Corporation confirmed discovery of the ship's remains in 3302."[4]
Timeline
13 JAN 3302
- Li Yong-Rui announced that the search had resulted in the recovery of the wreckage of the Antares.
Template:Quote 22 DEC 3301
- Li Yong-Rui, CEO of the Sirius Corporation's government division, announced a new official search for the Antares. He asked for Wreckage Components to be delivered to Davy Dock in the Procyon system.
Template:Quote 3251
- The Sirius Corporation vessel known as the Highliner Antares disappeared during its maiden flight in the Sirius system. It was the first ship to use a production version of a new type of hyperdrive. When attempting a hyperspace jump it experienced a simultaneous explosion and mis-jump. The final report concluded that the most likely cause was that a part in the drive had failed just before the jump. No wreckage from the vessel was found. This led to considerable speculation and many conspiracy theories concerning what actually occurred.[2][1]