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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Masao: [qb] Looks too much like a tank, i.e., a ground vehicle. It doesn't look like something that flies. [/qb][/QUOTE]Actually that's partly why I latched on to this so much. Although it is capable of "flight" it spends most of it's time skimming/hovering a few feet above the ground or just sitting on those pontoon like structures. I think it's also fair to say that the vast majority of the shuttles look like they're supposed to fly either, only the nose is vaguely aerodynamic (some more than others) while the rest of the hull is basically a box with engines. So in a way it is consistent with Federation technology. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Daniel Butler: [qb] I was thinking hovercraft at first, but then I thought it'd probably have a max altitude of some miles. (It is sub-orbital at most, right?) Also, how many are in a platoon? I kinda figured...way too many to fit into that thing. [/qb][/QUOTE]That's right. It can get dropped from low orbit and safely make atmospheric entry then when the time comes to leave it can climb back up out of the atmosphere so the mothership (which I'm toying with being a Steamrunner) can scoop it up. While the underside of those pontoons do feature some very strong anti-grav emitters, allot of the thrust is from those two scram-jet like engines, so it can bug out in a hurry if need be. As for the troop capacity, I'm going with the assumption that it would carry 60 in those two pontoon like structures, with the flight crew and support personnel on the upper decks of the midsection. The lower decks connecting the pontoons is where the entry/exit ramps are and act as a staging area. Obviously in the civilian configuration those would be used mostly for equipment storage, particularly on long duration missions. That's the smaller version, the larger one is almost twice the size. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [qb] Is that some sort of fighter on top? Wacky. Really does not look very "federation" to my eye. I'd use that transport from DS9 (the design from that episode where some psycho-bitch stranded everyone on a world with no tech as a sorta luddite experiment). It sorta looked like a Trek Eagle Lander. The DS9 design could be tweaked with weapons and such....the linked design looks too "TOS-meets-Terminator". Still, if ayone can make treasure from trash, it's you Rev. (everyone do the wave for Rev) [/qb][/QUOTE]I do have a design for the Erewhon, but nobody seamed to like that either, go figure. ;) Seriously though, that's more of a transport and is warp capable so not really a good candidate for a hopper. Though being a Sternbach design I got a definate Danube vibe so it's certainly in the same family as the Erewhon and Danube. Perhaps developed by the same company. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [qb] Well, it doesn't fly, presumably, does it? It hops. [/qb][/QUOTE]Pretty much. It dose go airborne, but it doesn't exactly fly. Put it another way, it looks like a collection of bricks and that's exactly how it flys. Not much finesse, no barrel rolls or swooping. In a combat situation it depends on some very heavy shields and armour for physical protection while a fighter escort dose the fancy stuff and of course the mother-ship would hopefully be available to provide some orbital cover too. However as was stated in "Nor the Battle to the Strong" these things can be knocked right out of the air, especially when they're forced to operate on their own. In that regard they're not unlike any troop carrying helicopter like a huey or a blackhawk where a well placed rpg can ruin a pilots day. Plus of course these things are about the size of a chinook, so it's rather hard to miss. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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