Porter-class Shuttle
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| Name: | Porter-class Shuttle |
| Manufacturer: | The Initiative |
| Variants: | Titan-class Heavy-Lift Shuttle Roughneck-class Assault Shuttle Ghost-class Stealth Shuttle |
| Technical Specifications | |
| Function: | Transport/Landing Craft |
| Countermeasures: | Ghost Signature Generator Footprint Magnification System Emissions Control System |
| Armaments: | 2x 12.7MM chin-mounted coilgun Hard-points for ASMs |
| Shield Generators: | Initiative Shield Generator |
The Porter-class Shuttle is designed as the primary orbital to surface transport for The Initiative. It is carried by every class of warship. While the Porter-class is designed primarily around personnel-transport, it can also serve as a cargo hauler, though the Titan-class is designed more around transporting heavy amounts of cargo.
Whilst nominally unarmed, military shuttles carry a pair of 12.7MM coilguns, which provides it very limited defensive capabilities, or offensive when used to transport troops into hostile terrain. Additionally, it mounts hard-points for air-to-surface missiles/bombs, allowing it to function, should the need arise, as a bomber.
A disarmed version of the Porter-class of shuttle is widely used by civilian vessels, stations, and on-planet flights.
Basic Specifications
Size
- Length: 16 Meters
- Width: 7 Meters
- Height: 4.8 Meters
Crew Complement
- Minimum: One
- Standard: Three (Pilot, Co-Pilot, Loadmaster)
- Maximum: Variable (Dependent on variant & loadout)
Engines
- Sublight: Electrodeless Plasma Thrusters
Power Plant
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Hull Composition
- Hull: Titanium Alloy with a 2.54CM synthetic diamond sheath
- Armor: Synthetic Diamond Plating, Heat & Energy Resistant Ceramic Plating (Military only)
Sensor System
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Defensive Systems
- Note: These defenses appear only on military Porter-class shuttles.
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Armament
- Note: These armaments appear only on military Porter-class shuttles.
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Other Systems
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Variants
Talros Theocracy
The Talros Theocracy introduced a number of modified Porter-class shuttles utilizing them as makeshift gunships and fighters. However these would, in later years, be supplanted by the Valkyrie class of fighter.
