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{{InfoBoxDropShip
| image = Cargoking.jpg
| name = ''Cargoking''
| manufacturer = 
[[Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name=TRO3026r118>''Technical Readout: 3026 Revised'', p. 118, "Cargo King Profile"</ref>
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[[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name=HD(TFS)p169>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 169–170: "Corporate Profiles - Federated-Boeing Interstellar"</ref>
| production year=2790
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3896/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Use = Cargo Carrier 
| Type = Civilian Spheroid
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Mass = 12,500 
| Structural Integrity = 12
| Length = 175 
| Width = 160 
| Height = 120 
| Drive System = [[Merlin 2400]]
| Safe Thrust = 1.5 g
| Maximum Thrust = 2.5 g
| Fuel (tons) = 389 tons
| Fuel (days) = 92.18 days
| Armament = <span></span>
* 5x [[LRM-20]]
* 10x [[medium laser]]
* 6x [[ER large laser]]
| Armor = 17.5 tons [[standard armor|standard]]
| Crew = 16<ref name=TRO3026r118/>
* 3 Officers
* 10 Enlisted
*3 Gunners
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 2/2
| Small Craft/<br>AeroSpace Fighters = 
| Heat Sinks = 128 [[heat sink|single]]
| BV (1.0) = 2,980<ref name=TRO3026r118/>
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

== Description ==
Designed as the best civilian cargo transports in the late Star League Era, the '''''Cargoking''''' (alternatively spelled ''CargoKing'' or ''Cargo King'') was the civilian equivalent of the military ''[[Cargomaster]]''. Only two ships were built, with one being destroyed during testing and the other (the FSDS ''[[Richard III]]'') disappeared in the [[Kesai]] system in [[2825]].<ref name=TRO3026r118/>

Built using state-of-the-art systems, the ''Cargoking'' was automated to such a degree that the ship's crew numbers were kept small, and no additional workforce was required to load the cargo.<ref name=TRO3026r118/>

After the [[Star League]] accepted the design of the ''Cargomaster'' and requested a civilian model, preproduction began in [[2781]] at the new [[Boeing Interstellar]] industrial megaplex at [[Galax]]. However, by the time the first ''cargo King'' left the line in [[2789]], the Star League had fallen, the [[Galax Megaplex]] now belonged to the [[Federated Suns]]-owned [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]], and the Inner Sphere was in the grips of the [[First Succession War]].<ref name=HD(TFS)p169/> The resources and technology to build and support the massive ''Cargoking'' had become scarce, and so the production was abandoned.<ref name=TRO3026r118/>

== Armament ==
The ''Cargoking'' was armed at each angle with one [[ER Large Laser]] and mixed supportive weaponry: 1 [[LRM-20]] in the front, 2 [[medium laser]]s and an [[LRM-20]] at the sides, and 2 medium lasers in the back. All LRM-20s were outfitted with [[Artemis IV]] fire control systems.

== Cargo ==
Designed to replace the aging ''[[Mule]]'', each of the ''Cargoking's'' four self-loading bays could store as much as 2,200 tons of cargo. These interconnected bays could be isolated in case of a hull breach or similar disasters.

*Bay 1: Cargo (2,200 tons), 2 doors
*Bay 2: Cargo (2,200 tons), 2 doors
*Bay 3: Cargo (2,200 tons), 2 doors
*Bay 4: Cargo (2,200 tons), 2 doors

==Related Dropships==
The ''[[Cargomaster]]'', the military variant of the ''Cargoking'', was developed and produced at the same time. Both classes shared the same fate.

==See Also==
* [[:Category:Individual Cargoking-class DropShips]]

== Notes ==
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' notes ''CargoMaster'' and ''CargoKing'' as primary products of Boeing Interstellar, as of [[3025]].<ref name=HD(TFS)p169/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Cargoking.jpg|Original ''Cargoking'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised|TRO:3026 Revised]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]''


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