Vexxtal
Purpose: Assassination
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Image Source: Ben Mauro, Elysium Concept Art
Affiliation: Kalor-Tech and it's close allies/partners.
Manufacturer: Kalor-Tech
Model: KT Dropship
Modularity: No.
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Durasteel (Hull and Ship Parts), Transparisteel (Window)
Classification: Dropship
Length: 20 Meters
Width: 18 Meters
Height: 9 Meters
Armament: 1 Light Blaster Cannon (Mounted Underneath Ship)
Hangar: 30 Droids (Manufactured to be compatible only with KT1 Battle Droids)
Special Features:
Four 'Legs' for landing.
Standard Class Engines that can turn a near-180 degree angle to allow for smoother descent.
Holding racks made to fit KT1 Battle Droids only and slides out to allow them to all drop down at once.
Standard Shields
Standard Life Support
Standard Com System
Standard Sensor Arrays
Maneuverability Rating: 8 - The Ship is bulky and can be clumsy while turning, but it's engines are good enough to counteract it's weight enough to prevent dreadfully low agility.
Speed Rating: 8 - The Ship can move fast enough to deploy Droids quickly, although it is quite heavy and big and therefore not as fast as small dropships.
Hyperdrive Class: No Hyperdrive
Strengths
The Dropship can effectively and safely transport up to 30 KT1 Battle Droids within orbit.
Turnable side engines allow for better directional movement and smoother descent/ascent.
Weaknesses
The Dropship is quite a big target on the battlefield, and especially it being slower than your average ship it can be targeted easily. (Also, it's Bright Red, not hard to miss).
Minimal protection; only basic shields and one gun.
Description: The Dropship is crewed by a minimum of two piloting droids, which can be KT1 Droids since their programming allows them to pilot such ships and their structure is human-like, meaning they can use the same controls any human could. This also means non-droids can pilot the ship if needed. The 30 'passenger' droids are stored on racks (think Trade Federation droid carrier) in two containers, one on either side of the ship. Upon deployment the racks slide out of these doors and activate the droids, allowing them to drop to the ground (at a safe falling distance, they can not free fall from the sky). Four retractable legs on the bottom of the ship are used to keep the bottom of the ship off the floor by a few meters so that the laser cannon underneath doesn't hit the floor. The ships has engines at the back for standard forward acceleration but also smaller engines fixed to the sides, which have a near-180 degree turning angle to allow the pilot to make a smoother descent or a quicker take off, as well as slightly more directional control.
Development Thread: N/A
Intent: To have a dropship that can be mass-produced and made specifically for the KT1 Battle Droids to deploy both during Security work as well as on the Battlefield.
Who Can Use This: Only Alisa Kalor herself and her designated allies or clients who use the KT1 Battle Droids, which are limited to her choosing.
