Chris Walker
Killed by BotM
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create a standard dropship
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Arms Dynamics
- Affiliation: Arms Dynamics and The Nothmiro Federation
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: N-5a Buzzard Landing Ship
- Modularity: Can carry different cargos (supplies, ground vehicles, prefabricated structures, etc.)
- Production: Limited
- Material: Durasteel, plasteel, plastoid, quadranium
- Classification: Dropship
- Length: 50 m
- Width: 46 m
- Height: 12 m
- Armament: Low
- 2 Dual point-defense laser cannons (dorsal mount)
- Defenses: Very High
- Deflector shielding
- Plasteel heat shell
- Plastoid-quadranium armor
- Countermeasures
- Chaff launchers
- Flare launchers
- Missile deactivation transmitters
- Squadron Count: Low - 8
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: High
- Hyperdrive: 4.0
- Minimum Crew: 3 (Pilot, gunners)
- Optimal Crew: 7 (Officer, pilot, engineer, gunners)
- All systems standard
- Can fly in atmosphere and land
- Long ranged encrypted comms
- Carrying capacity: The N-5a can carry very large ground vehicles and deploy them during combat from its front assault ramp. The dropship can also carry infantry, cargo, or prefabricated structures.
- Air-ground weapons: The Buzzard lacks air to ground weapons, and is unable to retaliate against hostile AA weapons or clear its own landing zones.
The first dedicated dropship created by Arms Dynamics, the Buzzard Landing Craft (designated the N-5a under the Peacekeeper Corps), is a dedicated starship designed to carry infantry and armored vehicles through a flak screen to landing zones secured by gunships and vanguard infantry. The Buzzard can easily carry superheavy class tanks, APCs, and scout speeders and can deploy them from its forward assault ramp rapidly and directly into combat. The N-5a can also carry infantry both for short drops and long missions, with the ability to be fitted with medical facilities to act as a mobile field hospital. Refueling variants also exist as utility vessels, resupplying forward elements or allowing ground based fighters to operate from captured or improvised spaceports.
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