JPCCV Ryuusei Maru

Sakamoto Takakura Transport Group - Hoshizora Class Freighter

Description:

Japanese Commercial Cargo Vessel (JPCCV) Ryuusei Maru [流星丸] is a Hoshizora class cargo container vessel designed to carry large amounts of processed goods and merchandise between the planets of the solar system. She was commissioned by the Sakamoto Takakura Transport Group (STTG) and built at the Tranquility Drydocks by Bauer Sniers International. 

The Ryuusei Maru is the 2nd ship of her class and is a 4th generation container hauler. She can carry up to 4,860 standard cargo containers across 20 container cells with 243 units in each.

The Ryuusei Maru utilizes a quadruplet fusion drive system designed to accelerate the vessel at up to .1G on brachistochrone trajectories. She is a workhorse for the STTG and is only one of the many thousands of such cargo haulers that power interplanetary trade.

Process:

This was the first illustration to go with a non-isometric style. As the demands of the project changed, so too did the designs. I changed some of the design principles to match more real-world practices (like if fusion drives were an actual thing). This includes a much more significant 'isolation' segment and a design that references the implementation of a radiation shadow-shield.