Model: MT/191 Drop-Ship

Manufacturer: Meller & Dax

Designation: Special Purpose Shuttle/Troop Transport

Length: 52.5 meters

Crew: 1

Troops: 160

Cargo Capacity: 200 metric tons

Consumables: 1 day

Speed: 55 MGLT (100 MGLT during drop)

Hull: 45 RU (90 RU during drop)

Shields: 12 SBD

Weapons: 1 Light Laser Cannon

 

These ships are used for rapid transport of ground troops from ship to planet during combined assaults. Deploying an entire Army Trooper Company in battle. They serve double duty as cargo vessels and shuttle craft when not in service as transport for assault troops.

Although the MT/191 can approach a planet normally, it is designed to drop in a rapid powerdive to a planet's surface, landing in a controlled manner at the end of the fall. Before drop, the ship is covered with VACX, an ablative coating which raises the the hull's resistance rating. By planetfall, the VACX has burned off.

The laser cannon is located directly above the cockpit. It is functional only when extruded from the the ships body. The cannon is intended only to be a mild deterrent if needed during shuttle runs in combat zones, and is never in a ready position during drops.