Merit Gonshasiki

A spaceship created by Japanese Merit Engineer Hakashiki Moko, who designed this spaceship in late 2010 to be the world's perfect spaceship. It was extremely well built and ahead of its time. But unluckily for it, and Mr. Moko shortly after the 2011 Merit Flyeris was created the Gonshasiki was quickly dethroned. Due to it being more expensive, heavier, slower and not sharing the capability of driving on land.

History
Originally planned in 2008, Hakashiki Moko, a lead engineer in the spaceship division of Merit Motor Company had been planning on building the perfect spaceship for years! He wanted something big, that could fit an entire crew of Astronauts comfortably. He wanted it to be very techy and have plenty of features that no spaceship had previously had. He got to the drawing boards and after telling President of Merit about his ideas, he was quickly green lighted and they got to building the final product.

Story
The first Gonshasiki was built on April, 2nd, 2010 and was was instantly praised by Spaceship Magazines across the Universe! It won the "Spaceship of the Year" award for 2010, and was even crowned by many as the "Perfect Spaceship" for its advanced technology and its quality. The Gonshasiki sold very well considering its hefty price tag of a quarter of a million dollars. But you got a lot of bang for your buck as the ships were built to last and very safe if it did happen to collide with something. Not to mention how technological it all is. A huge LED screen blanketed the entire dashboard, telling the captain everything it needed to know about the ship, including coordinates, heat, battery life, fuel level, speed, etc. It could also tell the user if it was approaching any objects and could even scan planets, organisms and other vehicles and identify them correctly. Well, if they were in the universal database of course. It was also roomy and comfortable which was rare for most spaceships, even of that price! The Gonshasiki earned its reputation for being well built and reliable due to its light weight Space-Carbon Aluminum Chassis and Body which was not only very light, but very hard and safe.

But the news wasn't all good for the Gonshasiki though. Because in early 2011 less than a year into production, news spread of a new Merit spaceship, one that would be cheaper than anything else of the time! This was of course the Merit Flyeris! Sales quickly fell as everyone wanted a Flyeris instead, and the Gonshasiki was discontinued shortly after its one year anniversary. There were of course those who preferred the Gonshasiki's better quality, more technological features etc. The people who did prefer the Gonshasiki were those who were more professional, and were real space captains or space explorers rather than the average man. But most professional Space Captains either already owned a spaceship, or were too late to purchase their Gonshasiki meaning few were sold. The Gonshasiki's popularity grew in 2014 when one was used in the fateful Regos Space Exploration which ended horribly when an aggressive alien species known as Xycheles 001 attacked the crew killing two of the 6 members. This event led to the Gonshasikis value to raise up exponentially! But as of now Mr.Moko says he has no plans on a sequel to the Gonshasiki.

Specifications and Stats
Speed: 104,000 MPH

Thrust: 7,650,000 pounds-force

Weight: 14,840 lbs

Size: 45ft long, 40 ft tall(25ft minus antennae), 40ft wide

Seating: 10 people

Features: Large LED Screen Dashboard, Warp Drive, Nearby Object Detection, & Scanner

Category: Large Advanced Civilian Spaceship

Generation
1st Generation (2010-2010)

Preceded by: None

Succeeded by: None (1st Gen Merit Flyeris replaced it)