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Approved Starship Maniple-class Armored Personnel Transport

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  • Intent: To submit a mainline dropship/troop transport for the Mechanicum, as well as for general CIS use.
  • Image Source: Independence Day: Resurgence
  • Canon Link: /
  • Primary Source: /
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  • Manufacturer: Confederacy of Independent Systems | The Mechanicum
  • Affiliation: (x) The Mechanicum, (x) Confederacy of Independent Systems
  • Model: Maniple-class Armored Personnel Transport (APT)

  • Production: Mass-Produced
  • Material: Reinforced Durasteel Hull, Alusteel Frame, Duraplast, Solarium Glasteel
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  • Classification: Dropship
  • Length: 35 meters
  • Width: 15 meters
  • Height: 20 meters
  • Armament: Very Low
    2 Gauss Cannons
  • 1 Particle Gatling

[*]Defenses: High
[*]Squadron Count: Very Low: 4
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Average
[*]Speed Rating: Moderate
[*]Hyperdrive Class: N/A
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  • Standard Sensor Array
  • Standard Targeting Systems
  • Encryption Network
  • Hypermatter Annihilator Reactor
  • Reinforced Hull Plating
  • Limited Life Support Systems
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  • Troop Racks: Compatible with combat models of both Mechanicum and CIS design, when compressed into storage mode the personnel bay of a Maniple-class is capable of carrying an entire company's worth of battle droids at a single time, roughly 120 units. A four transport squadron of Maniples can deliver an entire battalion's worth of artificial soldiers into a combat zone.
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  • Combat Dropship: Part compact troop carrier, part oversized dropship, the Maniple-class is a hybrid designed to employ similar tactics to a combat shuttle on a larger scale. A balance is struck between armor plating and sublight power, meant to insert its complement rapidly and hopefully make it back out in one piece.
  • Expanded Bay: Due to the transport's precisely calculated troop racks, it is capable of storing for transport a far greater complement of battle droids at one time. An entire company's worth of baseline models are suspended in such a way as to both maximize surface area, and allow for efficient redeployment.
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  • Artificial Payload: The Maniple-class can only deliver artificial units in such large quantities, while it is rated for biologic transport its hold can only store as many as other similarly sized vessels.
  • Offensive Loadout: For its size, the troop transport is light on offensive weaponry. More of a ship to ship or planetary assault craft, the personnel carrier is meant to land and retreat as quickly as possible, and is not an optimal choice for actively seeking out engagements.
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A common sight on the Arks Mechanicus and really any Mechanicum vessel with a large enough hangar bay, the Maniple-class is considered to be the machine cult's close range transport of choice. While designed with planetary assault scenarios in mind, the Maniple blueprint is versatile and used for everything from unit reassignment to supply runs. On its own it is a compact, practical armored freighter.

What distinguishes the dropship in battle are the partitioned removable troop racks secured up and down the personnel bay. Folded up into storage mode, both standard model CIS battle and super battle droids are capable of being stored and transported en masse. In addition, the Mechanicum's Crusader-series and its elite variations are as compatible. All told, true to their name each Maniple has enough space for 120 combat units.
 
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