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One of the best selling fleets in our range of spaceships <\/a> isn’t a military force – it’s actually our range of merchant ships. The selection is getting even bigger this week with a selection of five new medium-sized vessels. These conveniently fill the size gap between our existing small<\/a> and large<\/a> merchant types, and are all roughly equivalent in size to a destroyer.<\/p>\n

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SFS-5022<\/a> – Coreopsis Grain Transporter – \u00a32.00
\nSFS-5023<\/a> – Free Drogher Freighter – \u00a32.00
\nSFS-5024<\/a> – Trefoiler Light Tanker – \u00a32.00
\nSFS-5025<\/a> – Sidereal Wanderer Cargo Ferry – \u00a32.00
\nSFS-5026<\/a> – Nova Arrow Passenger Liner – \u00a32.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the best selling fleets in our range of spaceships isn’t a military force – it’s actually our range of merchant ships. The selection is getting even bigger this week with a selection of five new medium-sized vessels. 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