The Drift · Vessel
NV Helga Andersen
Designation
ISA scientific-observer
Complement
300
Fleet
isna fleet
T2 The Institutional Age · 2123–2180 derived
What her era can carry. None to nominal. Survey and navigation hulls; the era builds licensing machinery, not weapons.
A ship of this era carries tools, not armament. Danger is environmental and procedural.
⚠ 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 T2 (bible/46; series-8-drift).
The record
Crew
Original crew included: • Dr. Tomas Elijah Wright (ISA scientific observer; last-minute addition) • Dr. Yuki Tanaka (assistant medical officer) • Dr. Nina Park (young researcher, age 23)
Per S8B4 manuscript (Tomas Wright dialogue): "The Helga Andersen's damage was too severe to risk immediate return traversal. We decided to stay. Build something. See if we could make it work."
Related hulls
• NV Erika Magnusdóttir — institutional sister; the welfare-assessment vessel that visits the CW3 colony in S8B4 (June 2155 – early 2156) • NV Helga Andersen II — successor vessel; refit completed by 2167; Kaspar Nørgaard transferred from this vessel to Karl Vidar Pedersen in 2167
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 Only sections that are settled canon are shown — drafting notes and anything belonging to an unpublished book are held back.