Transportation

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Rail Travel Standards

Standard Fee:
Cabins: 5 gold per person for every hour of travel.
Seats: 1 gold per person for every hour of travel.
Transporting large items: 1 gold per 200 lbs, per hour of travel.

Railways in Orion

Orion Express

  • History
    Owned by Lev Ironside, an eccentric businessman who fancies himself an engineer and is usually in the Engine of the Orion Express
  • Train Cars
    Cars are mentioned in order they’re hooked up.
    Engine: Orion Number Four, Steam Driven Iron Horse.
    4x Passenger: Basic seated passenger cars, seats 32 (groups of 4 seats two facing forwards two facing backwards on each side of the car).
    Dining Car: A dining car that seats 16 comfortably at tables, and 8 at the bar.
    VIP Cabin: Four personal rooms, each with a bed, lockable door, personal storage closet, and bench that seats 4 comfortably.
    2x Freight Cars: Storage cars.
  • Route (Leaves first station at 8 am, runs First to Sixth on even days, and Sixth to First on odd days)
    First Stop: Elkvein
    Distance: 78 miles.
    Transfer Time: 2 Hours.
    Walk Time: 3 days.
    Second Stop: Rheinland
    Distance: 94 miles
    Transfer Time: 3 Hours.
    Walk Time: 4.25 days.
    Third Stop: Trenton
    Distance: 210 miles
    Transfer Time: 6 Hours.
    Walk Time: 9 Days.
    Fourth Stop: Castle Orion
    Distance: 219 miles
    Transfer Time: 6 Hours.
    Walk Time: 9 Days.
    Fifth Stop: River Run
    Distance: 104 miles
    Transfer Time: 3 Hours.
    Walk Time: 4.5 Days.
    Sixth Stop: Greymouth

Mountain Line “The 79”

  • History
    The Mountain Line was originally constructed to help with the import and export of goods (metals, medication and automail) to and from the mountainous Eastern region. To this day the Mountain Line still relies heavily on the sales made from moving freight and also the VIP passage to Onsen. The line gets it’s nickname from the numbers of its two engines, number seven and number nine. It was originally called the 78, but after the boiler exploded for engine eight it was replaced with the number nine engine.
  • Train Cars
    Cars are mentioned in order they’re hooked up.
    Engine: Orion Number Seven, Steam Driven Iron Horse.
    Engine: Orion Number Nine, Steam Driven Iron Horse.
    2x Passenger: Basic seated passenger cars, seats 32 (groups of 4 seats two facing forwards two facing backwards on each side of the car).
    Dining Car: A dining car that seats 16 comfortably at tables, and 8 at the bar.
    2x VIP Cabin: Four personal rooms, each with a bed, lockable door, personal storage closet, and bench that seats 4 comfortably.
    4x Freight Cars: Storage cars.
  • Route (Leaves first station at 8 am, runs First to Sixth on even days, and Sixth to First on odd days)
    First Stop: Vale
    Distance: 107 miles
    Transfer Time: 3 Hours.
    Walk Time: 6 Days. (Rough Travel, Slow)
    Second Stop: Shika
    Distance: 249 miles
    Transfer Time: 7 Hours.
    Walk Time: 14 Days. (Rough Travel, Slow)
    Third Stop: Clarksdale
    Distance: 71 miles
    Transfer Time: 2 Hours.
    Walk Time: 3 Days.
    Fourth Stop: Castle Orion
    Distance: 105 miles
    Transfer Time: 3 Hours.
    Walk Time: 6 Days. (Rough Travel, Slow)
    Fifth Stop: Steel Watch
    Distance: 181 miles
    Transfer Time: 5 Hours.
    Walk Time: 10 Days. (Rough Travel, Slow)
    Sixth Stop: Onsen

Transportation

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