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An advertisement for RedBall Express, showing off one of their Connestoga class freighters, the MV RedBall Conveyer.

RedBall Express is a venerable Martian shipping company originally founded in the Zubrin colony in 2092 and later moving to Deimos Highport for tax purposes. RedBall Express was an integral arm of the nascent Martian Alliance's support of the Jovian League during the Manchuria-Jovian War (2107 - 2112), keeping Jovian trade alive against Manchurian interdiction by leasing Jovian ships and flying them under the Red Blue and Green flag of Mars. The company's captains and crews gained a reputation for fearlessness and reliability during the war that has stayed with the organization ever since.

RedBall Express was one of the first to make the jump to running a commercial interstellar line after Stardrive became available to the public in 2219, and won a crucial subsidized contract to provide logistics service to the United States' Terranova colony. RedBall Express expanded their fleet and was soon providing freight and limited passenger service to destinations with fifteen light-years of Sol (about a three Jump radius based on Stardrive capabilities of the era). When the Stargate to the Sagittarius Arm of the galaxy was opened up by the Sagittarius Development Corporation (SDC) in 2357, RedBall Express leveraged themselves heavily into colonial support charters, with close to half of their active starships in Sagittarius as well as a system-ship network in the most populous star system, HM+53 0102 (Fury). The sudden disaster of the Stargate crash in 2361 stranded RedBall assets in Sagittarius, cut off from their headquarters orbiting Mars. The company's Sagittarius branch VP has since become the head of the operation, and business continues under SDC subsidy until the economic and political situation of the Sagittarius colonies can stabilize.

The MV RedBall Conveyer was laid down in the Cis-Lunar L5 Graving Docks of Atlas Astronautics in 2350 as a Block IIb design with an Empyrean propulsion complex (3.5 TW maximum rated total jet power at 0.025G Cruise / 0.5G High Thrust) and upgraded SSTE Class IX Short Jump Stardrive. The RedBall Conveyer was one of the first starships granted a visa by the SDC to enter Sagittarius, and has remained within the spiral arm from 2357 to the present. Her original UN Registry number of RBE-350-077 has been scrapped under the new Armada of the Mercer Compact system being placed in effect since the Crash, taking on the registry of AMC-481. Her current Master is Antonin Sforza.

Modeled with SketchUp. Rendered with Kerkythea. Background image is a screenshot from Crowd Control Productions' MMO, EVE Online. The name RedBall Express is a nod to the original Red Ball Express logistics system used by the Western Allies during WWII.

Description
An advertisement for RedBall Express, showing off one of their Connestoga class freighters, the MV RedBall Conveyer.

RedBall Express is a venerable Martian shipping company originally founded in the Zubrin colony in 2092 and later moving to Deimos Highport for tax purposes. RedBall Express was an integral arm of the nascent Martian Alliance's support of the Jovian League during the Manchuria-Jovian War (2107 - 2112), keeping Jovian trade alive against Manchurian interdiction by leasing Jovian ships and flying them under the Red Blue and Green flag of Mars. The company's captains and crews gained a reputation for fearlessness and reliability during the war that has stayed with the organization ever since.

RedBall Express was one of the first to make the jump to running a commercial interstellar line after Stardrive became available to the public in 2219, and won a crucial subsidized contract to provide logistics service to the United States' Terranova colony. RedBall Express expanded their fleet and was soon providing freight and limited passenger service to destinations with fifteen light-years of Sol (about a three Jump radius based on Stardrive capabilities of the era). When the Stargate to the Sagittarius Arm of the galaxy was opened up by the Sagittarius Development Corporation (SDC) in 2357, RedBall Express leveraged themselves heavily into colonial support charters, with close to half of their active starships in Sagittarius as well as a system-ship network in the most populous star system, HM+53 0102 (Fury). The sudden disaster of the Stargate crash in 2361 stranded RedBall assets in Sagittarius, cut off from their headquarters orbiting Mars. The company's Sagittarius branch VP has since become the head of the operation, and business continues under SDC subsidy until the economic and political situation of the Sagittarius colonies can stabilize.

The MV RedBall Conveyer was laid down in the Cis-Lunar L5 Graving Docks of Atlas Astronautics in 2350 as a Block IIb design with an Empyrean propulsion complex (3.5 TW maximum rated total jet power at 0.025G Cruise / 0.5G High Thrust) and upgraded SSTE Class IX Short Jump Stardrive. The RedBall Conveyer was one of the first starships granted a visa by the SDC to enter Sagittarius, and has remained within the spiral arm from 2357 to the present. Her original UN Registry number of RBE-350-077 has been scrapped under the new Armada of the Mercer Compact system being placed in effect since the Crash, taking on the registry of AMC-481. Her current Master is Antonin Sforza.

Modeled with SketchUp. Rendered with Kerkythea. Background image is a screenshot from Crowd Control Productions' MMO, EVE Online. The name RedBall Express is a nod to the original Red Ball Express logistics system used by the Western Allies during WWII.