Xur Kela
Banshee Project's Head Engineer
DM&S-158 'Zeta' Dropship
Dalness Manufacturing & Shipbuilding
Dalness Manufacturing & Shipbuilding
I - OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create the best dropship for House Haskler of Anaxes.
- Image Source:
- Imperial Heavy Cargo Shuttle ortho [1][New], unusualsuspex, Deviantart
- Imperial Heavy Cargo Shuttle ortho [2][New], unusualsuspex, Deviantart
- Canon Link:
- Zeta-class Heavy Cargo Shuttle (Canon)
- Permissions:
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Dalness Manufacturing & Shipbuilding
- Affiliation:
- The Empire
- House Haskler of Anaxes
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- durasteel (hull)
- transparisteel (canopy)
- Classification:
- dropship
- heavy cargo
- Length: 35.50m
- Width: 49.70m
- Height: 28.74m
- Armament: Low
- 2 dual blaster cannons
- 2 rocket launchers
- 8 rockets per launcher
- Defenses: Average
- deflector shields
- durasteel hull
- countermeasures
- missile jammers
- warhead countermeasures
- Squadron Count: Low: 8
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: No
- detachable ventral cargo pod
- all standard features
- anti-ordnance EM probe: electronic countermeasure that has an effect on missiles' guidance systems to make them missing their target.
- chaff warhead countermeasures: physical countermeasure that spreads a burst of particles meant to confuse missiles' guidance systems and destroy them before they reach their target.
STRENGHTS | WEAKNESSES |
|---|---|
| Anaxsi Expertise: created and imagined by the Anaxsi engineers from DM&S, the Zeta-class Dropship is a truly efficient vessel. When the squadrons manage to reach their goals -- drop paratroopers and spread vehicles -- they always accomplish their mission. | Easy Targeting: with its important width and because of its armament that could be truly low compared to its dimensions, the DM&S-158 Dropship is easily able to become a simple target in space. Even the size of the Zeta's squadrons and its defences can't overcome this point which is probably its most important weakness. |
| Ancient Blueprints: combining both Anaxsi and old Imperial ideas in order to make an efficient ship, the cargo follows the Empire's established standards in terms of materials and construction, making it a very reliable ship within the Imperial fleets. |
VII - DESCRIPTION
Based on the old blueprints from the First Galactic Empire, the DM&S-158 Dropship perfectly blends the Anaxsi expertise in terms of space ships and the Imperial look. The ship's design is based on the old Zeta-Class Heavy Cargo from Shiev Palpatine's Empire, which function was a little different from this dropship. The engineers tried to keep the ventral pod in order to deploy armoured vehicles on the battlefield.