The Whitestar has a performance of Jump-1 and 1-G acceleration. Fuel tankage of 50 tons supports the power plant and allows two successive ju`mp-1. Adjacent to the bridge is a model/1 computer. There are fourteen staterooms; two have been combined into a suite for Curtis Roe. One stateroom is occupied by Gruber Fisk. There are no low berths.

There is one hardpoint fitted with a sandcaster, and one ton has been set aside for fire control. The Whitestar carries an air/raft and a ship's boat in hull compartments; an ATV is also carried, and the ship's boat is fitted to ferry it from orbit to surface and back. There is a cargo compartment for eleven tons. The Whitestar is unstreamlined.