Spent Light · Vessel
Planetary landing craft of the Meridian programme, carried by ISV Endurance — the workhorse for surface work while the explorer stays in orbit. Two crew; 18.1 metres. The finite surface fleet: out in the far pocket each loss is permanent.
Designation
LN-5B lander (Meridian-program support craft)
Fleet
endurance craft
What her era can carry. Kinetics baseline. Coil and rail accelerators, finite magazines, point defence, interceptors.
The era that fights a war. The boundary-weapon family is FOUNDED here — the lance descends from the coupling in The Quiet Mathematics aimed at a target's harmonic relationship — and is new, rare and barely understood at the close.
Deep explorer. Self-sufficient, long-endurance, heavy stores. Built for absence, not for battle.
⚠ A ceiling, not a fit — what a hull of this class could carry in this era, derived from the capability ladder rather than stated for this ship. She may well carry less; she is never shown carrying more. Source: Era tier T4 — derived from the capability ladder for its era; role inferred from class and description.
The record
Planetary and low-G landing, science deployment, geological sampling, resupply. A standard Endurance planning fit carries two LN-5B landers (the finite surface fleet — each loss is permanent out in the far pocket).
Compiled from the canon file for this hull. Only sections that are settled canon are shown — drafting notes and anything belonging to an unpublished book are held back.
