ISV Atlantis light utility/ transport vehicle
A small ISV seen as a huge risk as its destination 6 lightyears away on a exomoon wasn’t a very well researched moon. Its 2 HG-2 engines which are matter/antimatter engines with hydrogen injectors was the first of its kind although being relatively inefficient while carrying an astronomical amount of thrust. Its missions succeeded confirming moon to be habitable and collecting data from orbit while funding later ships. This model originally had barely enough fuel to make it back to droo narrowly, having to make several desperate gravity assists to decelerate on its return to the Juno system. Said model later also supported logistical missions to Taurus, Urados’s moon.
There have thus far been 2 ships of this model finished originally intended for a fleet of 5. Both have now been retired from interstellar travel and are now supporting the colony on Taurus
ISV Von Braun experimental personnel transportation vehicle
A larger upgrade from the Atlantis with modified HG-2 engines and cryostasis chambers, this was meant to land the first men on the habitable exomoon Alpha Taurus Ab3 but was abandoned due to the failure of the onboard flight control systems, and the unreliable nature of the HG-2 engines, which proved such engines were not plausible for ships larger than the Atlantis class. Much to the dismay of the trillions of dollars lost to construct modified versions of the HG-2 engines issued to this ship, which were scrapped. Said project nearly forced Horizons Technologies to file for bankruptcy.
ISV Washington medium/large Interstellar logistics/colony vehicle
Representing the pinnacle of space engineering, this half a kilometer ship is designed for manned missions and supply loops in colonies. Designed for versatility and to have adequate supplies and for carrying over 100 passengers, this vehicle was the result of almost a decade and a half construction, design, and lawsuits after the economic failure of the last ISV. It is equipped with 2 Tesseract-2D engines which were among the finest engines ever created being insanely efficient while having the thrust to reach stars within 10 lightyears within a lifetime. One ship costs an insane $1.3T which horizons tech plans to compensate for by on-site mining of extremely valuable materials detected in orbit to transport back to droo and fund the planned 10 ships of this model to be constructed for a continuous supply loop for a colony on Horizon’s 2 target exomoons on respective star systems. Depending on the success of this model, and if adequate profit is achieved the justify the further production of antimatter, this model could see its service time being stretched potentially for many centuries.
ISV Alaska security operations vehicle
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HORIZONS OPERATIONAL STATUS
As of recently, Horizons has pulled out funding and equipment from the EXplore program including EXD and the joint-interstellar Astraeus program and subsequently is discussing plans to potentially start a pull-out of operations in Alpha Taurus in favor of the Centauria system as the smaller moon, Athena, more researched by Horizon’s dedicated space telescopes have detected large flux fields on the planet indicating a potential opportunity for making off-world mining industries to help support a colonization of Athena. This decision was influenced by the failure of the Von Braun project which incentivized the need for long term profit to support the astronomically high prices of Antimatter.
Athena also appears to have more flat and favorable terrain as well as a “breathable” atmosphere which only requires breathing masks for some individuals.
Horizons is debating weather to leave HCA equipment in Alpha Taurus for the Astraeus base personnel or to start a return operation.
Just quirky lore to add life to my ISVs lol