CINO "RELaCS" Cargo Submersible

This article is about the Vehicle in Cyberpunk 2020. For the Vehicle in Cyberpunk RED, see CINO RELaCS Cargo Sub.

CINO "RELaCS" Cargo Submersible is perhaps the closest thing that any corporation will ever own that even compares to the governmental "boomers." Over one hundred meters long and more than ten decks high, the CINO cargo sub is the largest cargo submersible currently in production. Designed by the Russians and affectionately known as the Really Exceptionally Large Cargo Sub (RELaCS), it is a fifteen-year-old design that has been refitted for the 2020s.

A smooth hull layered with sound absorption tiles and very large caterpillar drives makes the RELaCS an amazingly quiet sub (considering its size). Despite the ship's mass, it has a small crew—only 36. With the computer systems and numerous Pseudo-Intelligences on board, the need for warm bodies was cut down in favor of increased profits.

The brains of the operation, so to speak, are located in the Computer Operations Center, in the very center of the sub. Three TransRISC Massively-Parallel Mainframes house three separate Psls. The main Psuedo-intelligence, a.k.a. the Shipboard Intelligence (Shiplntel), deals in command decisions and has extremely high level fuzzy logic routines. The second PSI, Navigation and Piloting (NaPtel), is tied into all navigational and communications systems and assists the command crew in all aspects of piloting and navigation. The last PSI is known as the Weapons Control Intelligence (Wepcontel), responsible for internal and external weapons systems.

The ship's armament is defensive in nature, with more ECM suites than you can shake a stick at. In case the sub cannot evade potential predators, the PSI and command staff have access to PsI-controlled HEAT Subroc launchers for point defense to (hopefully) destroy incoming torpedoes.

The command crew, made up of a captain, ten officers, and twenty-five enlisted men, is housed in comfortable quarters on the main deck directly below the conning tower. With one officer or only two enlisted to a cabin, CINO has a waiting list for ex-military sailors trying to get on board these spacious vessels. Ship watch is done in six-hour shifts, rotating 24 hours a day. At any one time, two officers and four enlisted are in the tower, as well as one officer and two enlisted in the Computer Ops Center.

Because of their quiet operation, select cargo subs have been outfitted with complex sonar gear, serving as underwater EWACS for important platforms. These subs can usually detect anything from a combat team being dropped in the water to a combat sub trying to sneak past.

Options

Life Support System, Damage Control System, Escape Pod, Military Radio w/ Scrambler, Weapon Stabilization, Cybernetic Linkage, Robotic Control (INT 4 x3), MHD Propulsion, Searchlight, Marine Sensor Suite (Sonar Telescopics, Thermal Imaging).

Weapons

2 HEAT Subroc batteries (Skill-8/WA+0, Range 800m, 10D10AP, 100x2 shots, ROE 10x2) in external armored pods. Can be used for point defense.