VEHICLES

This is the area dealing with vehicles and transports employed by the marines of the USS Valkyrie.

C9-25 MARINE DROPSHIP, CLASS NINE

• Crew: Pilot and Weapons Officer
• Length: 25m
• Height: 6m
• Wingspan: 13m with wings deployed
• Weight: 18,620kg; 34,630kg Max

WEAPONRY

• 1 Fore Type XI pulse phaser: This weapon, similar to those weapons mounted on Defiant class Starfleet vessels but much weaker, is designed to pour firepower into enemy craft that threaten the landing or liftoff of the C9. This weapon is mounted under the cockpit in the nose.
• 2 Fore Electrically-fired 100cal projectile weapons: This weapon fires sequenced explosive, armor-peircing, and rainbow tracer ammunition at a rate of 50 rnds/sec. The weapons are mounted in armored hollows to either side of the cockpit. They have a feild of fire that is 80deg away from center (of dropship) and +- 60deg of horizontal. These weapons are designed to provide support and cover for troops as they either board or disembark.
• 1 Aft Electrically-fired 100cal projectile weapon: This weapon is identical to the fore mounted weapons, but has a feild of fire of 80deg to either side and -60degs of horizontal. This weapon is designed to provide support and cover for troops as they board or disembark.
• 2 Fore Guided Implosion missile launchers: These launchers are mounted on the tips of the upper wings and are, therefore, only capable of being fired when the wings are deployed.
  • Missile Speed: 400m/s
  • Maximum Ammunition: 16 per launcher
• 2 Fore Guided 'Platform Killer' anti ship rocket torpedo launchers: These launchers are mounted under the small guidance wings near the front of the C9. These weapons can be fired whether the wings are open or not. The rocketorps themselves are slow, and are best used against stationary targets like orbital defense platforms and stations.
  • Rocket Torpedo speed: 25m/s
  • Maximum Ammunition: 6 per launcher
• 1 Tactical Neutron Device: This weapon is mounted on the underside of the C9. Device has no guidance systems and must be dropped at no higher than 900m from planet surface. Designed to aid with the landing process by sterilizing a landing zone of 1 sq km of enemy personel. Does no damage to structure, but disables all mechanical systems.

The C9 is an aerospace capable ship and tactical transport that can lift heavy payloads up to 16,000 kg. It can attain orbit under its own power from unprepared landing sites because of its vectored thrust capability, which makes it more flexible than other craft. The Dropship can also operate as a close-support gunship by using its own internal guns and deploying weapons pods and hardpoints for rockets and missiles. The loading ramp descends between the two fore skis, opening to the front. A third ski is behind the loading ramp, providing the C9 with a tripod landing stance. The ship has no impulse or warp capabilty, and there are no deflector sheilds present. During spatial flight (in space) the four wings are folded in. Once atmospherincal manueverablity is required, the wings are opened, increasing the pilots control.

The C9 carries all equipment required by a thirty-two marine platoon, including:

• 32 C-suits: Climate suits for planets with toxic atmospheres but standard pressure.
• 32 E-suits: Enviroment suits for planets with toxic atmospheres and hostile pressure and temperature.
• 32 Suits of Standard Body Armor, Classes I, II, and III: Suits designed to absorb mild energy and kinetic impacts.
• 32 M-75 Rifles: Standard weapon issued to marines.
• 32 PR-209 Rifles: Special weapon issued to marines.
• 640 Weapon Energy Cells: Cells for use in both marine issue rifles.
• 640 M30 grenades of assorted types.: Standard grenade issued to marines.
• 640 Individual Meal Packets (IMP): 20 meals per marine availiable.
• 6 Anti Personnel (AP) Sentry Guns: AP guns are automatic and come with energy cells for 5000 rounds each. Program these with a target, and it will fire on any target that matches that description within it's range. Useful to create a secure perimeter. These guns are large, and are not easily moved or set up.

C2-9 MARINE ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC), CLASS TWO

• Speed: 150 km/h
• Acceleration: 42 km/h in 6 sec
• Weight: 14,500 kg
• Armor: 2mm outer skin alloy; 4mm Boron Barbide plates; 3 mm woven Venlar liner; foam packed floor cavity.

WEAPONRY

• 1 Fore 160cal double barrelled cannon: This weapon has two barrels and can simultaneously fire two artillery shells at a mix range of 750 meters. Mounted above drivers cab.
• 1 Fore 30cal electically-fired projectile weapon: Mounted on the top at the rear, this weapon has a 360deg plane of fire and +- 30deg tilts.

A lightweight, mobile, well-armed and inexpensive APC capable of being transported in the C9-25 Dropship. Its armor protection can deflect small arms fire, fragmentation, and low-velocity armor piercing ammunition. It is operated by the driver and section commander and has space for 32 passengers. The interior can carry ammunition and supplies for up to three days of combat.

BUTTERFLY CLASS MARINE SCOUT WALKER UNIT

Three of the massive Walkers assigned to the USS Valkyrie are Butterfly class Units, scout walkers built for speed and intel gathering, not combat. Lightly armed with a single rocket pod and two pulse cannons, the Butterflies aren't much of a match for anything bigger than a shuttlepod. They are a little over 6 meters tall, and look like headless ostriches with their spindley inverted legs and egglike body. Above the cockpit glass is the rocket pod, with the noses of sixteen rockets poking out. On either side of the cockpit bubble protrude the muzzles of the pulse cannons. The Butterflies can move at a surprising speed of almost three hundred KPH on open ground, and they have limited flight ability thanks to a pair Anti-Grav Pulsegens (AGPg) mounted on the undercarriage. The pulsegens aren't meant for atmospheric manuevers, but to lift the Walker to heights that it could scale, or to cushion it's fall should it's pilot drive it off the edge of a cliff.

GOLIATH CLASS MARINE ESCORT WALKER UNIT

The two middling Walkers are the Goliaths, Escort class Walkers built with a balance in speed, firepower, and armor. They have a max speed of a little under 180 kph, which is fast enough to protect convoys and such that were being sent to groud troops. The Goliaths are nearly fifteen meters tall, shaped similarly to the Butterflies, but with thicker legs, wider feet, and more weaponry. Rather than a single small rocket pod, the Goliaths carry two rocket pods of sixteen missiles each (on what passed for the shoulders of the Walker), as well as a pair of pulsecannons and a pair of plamsa-streamers (one of each per arm), two heavy caliber machine guns (mounted in the nose), and an Implosion missile launcher mounted under the cockpit between the hips of the Walker's legs. While the Butterflies are piloted by a single person, the Goliaths have two pilots, one to coordinate the motion and fighting of the unit, and one to act as a repair specialist, fixing or rerouting past damaged areas while in battle.

SKYSCRAPER CLASS MARINE ASSAULT WALKER UNIT

The last and tallest of the Walkers is the Skyscraper, an Assualt class Unit. Shaped vaguely like a runabout mounted on chicken legs, the Skyscraper is manned by three people and is designed for the bobardment of ground emplacements. It is slow, heavy, and emensely hardy with shields and armor rivaled by some shuttlecraft. Armed with rockets, homing missiles, pulsecannons, chainguns, and railguns, the Skyscraper is a walking handful of wanton destruction.