FLEET Dropships

C-Series Combat Dropship
Dimensions: 45m x 18m x 19m
Powerplant: 4 x Micro-Fusion Bottle
Propulsion: 2 x Heavy Vectored-Thrust Ramjet, 2 x Chem-Burn Rockets, 1 x Gravitic Drive Unit
Crew: 5 - Pilot, Co-Pilot, Loadmaster, Communications Operator and Gunner. Up to 128 embarked infantry.
Armament: 15 x Light Hardpoint, capable of carrying laser/particle beam turrets, kinetic launchers, light missiles, ECM pods or countermeasure launchers.

    Nicknamed "Flying Bricks" by their crews, who tend to be maniac pilot-engineers capable of hotwiring a rock into a replicator and back again in the name of damage control, these unsubtle, form-follows-function craft are purely and simply designed to get equipment and troops from orbit to the surface as quickly as possible, and achieve this...the easy way. Engines and ancillary equipment are only really present to make the landing more comfortable, in a "not creating large red-stained craters" manner, and to retrieve the ship afterwards.

Almost universally operated by, or on loan from, FLEET (Boardies prefer more staid deployment methods), they can carry up to an entire company in cramped environments, although normally one ship will carry the infantry and another any armoured vehicles (the interior must be specially sectioned to cushion the occupants). Heavily armoured to shield against re-entry, they also carry light weapons to suppress any enemy elements in the dropzone, but are escorted by fighters wherever possible. Flights tend to be short, unpleasant, and unsubtle – exactly the kind of dramatic entrance most marines love. The nature of most Board work these days ensures these tough little ships see plenty of use.