- Intent: To create a vehicle that is useful to a raid-based faction
- Image Source: "The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Concept Art", by Eddie Del Rio
- Canon Link: Drop Pod
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- Primary Source:
BTK-599 Orbital Drop Pod - Bev Class Insertion Vehicle
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: MandalMotors, MandalTech
- Model: Shadow Strike X2 Insertion Vehicle; SIV-X2 or Siv
- Affiliation: Shriek-Hawk Mercenary Company, Various Mandalorian Factions, Closed-Market
- Modularity: None
- Production: Minor
- Material:
Mandalorian Steel
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification:: Drop pod
- Role: Troop Transport
- Size: Small
- Weight: Heavy
- Minimum Crew: 0
- Optimal Crew: 0
- Propulsion: Thrust Trace Dampner Engine
- Speed: Extreme
- Maneuverability: Very Low
- Armaments: None
- Defenses: Very Low
Kenetic Shielding - Mandalorian Steel Plates
[*]Squadron Count: Low: 8
[*]Passenger Capacity: 4
[*]Cargo Capacity: Small
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Thrust Trace Dampners
- TibannaX Engines
- EMP Shielding
- Kinetic Shielding
- Ion-scrambler
- Black, Star Speckled Paintjob: Makes them difficult to see in space or at night
- Pseudo-Stealth Suite: A combination of TibannaX powered engines alongside thrust trace dampners and their small size makes them difficult to pick up on various kinds of sensors.
- Fast: The SIV-X2s are incredibly fast and are meant to be fired out of drop pod bays. As such they meat their target very quick
- Boarding: When launched at ships, the pointed drop pods can pierce the hulls of most ships, depositing their payload of tropps.
- Small Count: Each pod can only hold 4 troops
- No defenses: If they are noticed they can be shot down with little effort as they only have kinetic shielding
- One way trip: The pods have very little ability to shift their pre-programmed flight plan meaning they are basically sitting ducks if spotted
- Day Time: Because they are painted black they have some ability to blend in to space or the night sky, but day time drops are a little harder as their black form is easily spotted in the sky
The SIV-X2 is the latest in drop pod technology from MandalMotors and MandalTech. Designed to be a versatile pod it has a hull strong enough to be fired from a drop pod bay and land on a planet with little to no damage to the soldiers inside. It can also be fired into an enemy ship, its kinetic shiielding protecting it from the impact of piercing through a capital ship's hull. Painted black and star speckled to blend in to the night sky and the inkly blackness of space, these stealth pods carry a payload of 4 troopers with enough storage to hold one medium to large sized weapon, a second primary weapon and other mission essentials. Like all of the Mandalorian drop pods to date ion shielding technology stolen from the Atrisian Empire aids in the pods ability to pierce through planetary shields. However, sometimes this can cause the drop pod's own kinetic barriers to fail ending with jumbled and disoriented troops.
