The Drift · Vessel
NV Karl-Johan Pedersen
Designation
T-class
Complement
15-17
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
Class and design
NOT to be conflated with SNG's NV Karl Vidar Pedersen — distinct vessels with similar nominal heritage.
Related hulls
• NV Karl Vidar Pedersen — DISTINCT vessel; SNG commercial; do NOT conflate
Naming
Named for ISNA institutional ancestor (presumed). Specific historical figure not documented.
Naming-convention overlap note. ISNA convention names vessels for first-traversal subjects. The "Karl-Johan" forename appears in canon as Karl-Johan Eriksson (b. 2070 Bergen, first FN of Erika, d. 2138) but the vessel-name connection is not established. The "Pedersen" surname appears in SNG's Karl Vidar Pedersen (named for a separate Norwegian signal-physics ancestor — Karl Vidar Pedersen, b. 1968, d. 2041).
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 Only sections that are settled canon are shown — drafting notes and anything belonging to an unpublished book are held back.