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HKD-600 "Assailant" Dropship
AFFILIATION
Open Market
MANUFACTURER
Hoersch-Kessel Drive, Inc.
CLASS
Dropship.
ROLE
Transport.
COMPOSITION
Durasteel and transparisteel
DIMENSIONS
Length - 20m
CREW
1 Pilot
1 Gunner
PASSENGER CAPACITY
12 (for short range transport - cannot accommodate overnight passengers)
CARGO CAPACITY
5 standard tons.
HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A.
CONSUMABLES
2 standard weeks
SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The HKD-600 dropship has a top speed of 50 MGLT and has average maneuvering characteristics.
ARMAMENT
- 2 x dual light laser turret (port, starboard: rear firing arc is severely limited)
- 1 x dual medium laser turret (dorsal: cannot fire to the rear)
- 2 x unguided rocket pod (10) - [port, starboard: forward firing arc only]
- 1x anti-personnel repeating blaster turret (ventral)
- 1x class 2 hyperdrive.
- 1x navicomputer.
- 1x medium deflector screen generator.
- 1x docking ring with integrated docking tube.
- Pilot/Co-Pilot escape pod.
DESCRIPTION
The dropship market dipped since the Clone Wars. However, mercenary and planetary militia groups have begun to bring dropships back into their arsenals. With a lack of competitors in this area, HKD set out to design their own version of a dropship. The idea was to make them small, durable and agile, but pack enough firepower to clear a hot landing zone. While they fare well in air/space to ground engagements, their performance in dogfights is severely lacking due to their slow speed and lack of armament to their rear quadrant. HKD-600 "Assailants" will often require starfighter escort if there are hostile fighters in the area.
LEGALITY
INTENT
The intent of this ship is to provide a legitimate dropship to be used by PCs in situations where soldiers need to be quickly transported around the galaxy or in atmospheric operations.
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