You're doing it wrong
Because it was a mining ship.....
(Le Grenouille, Fri 16 Jul 2010, 22:03, 1 reply)

That's what I thought.
Since, in the books at least, the ship is heavily implied to be carrying a load of mined minerals when the accident happens; I thought "cargo ship" would have been slightly more accurate, whilst still maintaining narrative obfuscation.

edit: Although, on reflection, RD could be said to 'cruise' between planets as opposed to the faster moving ships of the universe.

IIRC; they had an originally planned 5y intra-system journey, eventually taking 3,000,000 years of acceleration before breaking lightspeed; compared with the passenger ships implied to reach 1/4 lightspeed on planet to planet trips.

As such, the original definition could be said to be proper; in its goal of obscurity and being technically correct.

edit x2: F*** Me, I'm a geek. Why can't I recall *useful* stuff so easily?
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Sat 17 Jul 2010, 5:58, closed)

jupiter corp mining ship
or maybe that's
jupiter mining corp ship.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sat 17 Jul 2010, 16:31, closed)

Ah yes
Virgin's new batch of demi-lightspeed zippers.

But in all honesty, I didn't put that much thought into the post. I was passing a quiet few minutes at work.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 19 Jul 2010, 23:27, closed)