The tradeoff allows the loading of two fully combat-capable tanks or equivalent equipment to be airdropped on the battlefield. This shuttle's initial deployments have demonstrated the ruggedness of the design, with shuttles ferrying crews home missing various components missing.
SPECS:
General:
Role- Tactical Transport
Origin- Tolesian Commonwealth
Manufacturer- Imperial Light and Machine Works (ILMW)
Crew- 3
Length- 49.60 meters
Wingspan- 30.82 meters (variable)
Height- 6.75m (gear up), 8.00m (gear down), 10.07m with FTL package
Empty Weight- 85,654kg
Max Takeoff Weight- 178,256kg
Fuel Capacity- 84,748.03L fuel and 25,265L oxidizer tank
Engines- 2x Tolesian Commonwealth Light and Machine Workshop multifuel combined cycle engines, 670kN Max, 750kN w/ afterburner each, 800kN w/ supplemental oxidizer injection on OFU-6H1
Performance:
Maximum speed (No afterburner)- 2,500kph at 27,552m
Fully Loaded Range- 3,200km
Ferry Range- 36,000km using parabolic arc, 5,500 km via traditional methods
Service ceiling (no oxidizer)- 35,125m
Thrust-to-weight ratio at empty weight- 0.796
Capacity
125 fully equipped troops
75 stretchers
975 cubic meters of cargo
Electronics and countermeasures:
1x STL-3 Active Scanned Array with quantum entanglement ability (nose)
3x STM-6 All-weather passive proximity radar and detector
1x STC-5 Electronic countermeasure suite
Flares and chaff
Passive infrared and towed RADAR decoy
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