Source: Technical Readout 3025
Mass: 50 tons
Frame: Mujika Aerospace Type 18
Engine: Rawlings 200
Armament:
1 Tomodzuru Type 20 Autocannon
4 Kajuka Type 2 "Bright Blossom" Medium LasersManufacturer: Mujika Aerospace Technologies
Communications System: Endicott Type 22 Maser
Targeting and Tracking System: Dwyerson Mark XII
Overview:
The TR-10 Transit is widely used as the command aircraft for DropShips in many Liao air lances. It is also part of almost every defensive garrison in the Capellan Confederation. With adequate armor and an extensive weapons array, this medium fighter serves extensively as a close-support BattleMech buster in major engagements. When the Transit appears above the battlefield, its distinctive silhouette creates great apprehension among enemy MechWarriors.
Capabilities:
While not much faster than House Liao's heavy fighter, the Transgressor, the Transit is one of the more potent medium-weight aerospace fighters in the Successor States because of its armor placement and durability. Powered by the Rawlings 200 fusion engine, it can generate all the energy that its four Kajuka Type 2 "Bright Blossom" medium lasers need, though normally they are fired simultaneously. The nose-mounted Tomodzuru Type 20 autocannon is especially effective against DropShips and BattleMechs, but its potential for heat buildup can cause problems.
Though its armor is not the strongest among medium aerospace fighters, the Transit has proven sufficiently well armored during most extra-atmospheric firefights. Its staying power against comparable fighters has also been exemplary. When set upon by heavier fighters, however, it runs into trouble.
One complaint many fighter pilots make about the Transit is that it offers a far larger target than other medium fighters. Many pilots feel that the designers would have done better to create a more compact design. The designers argue that the Transit's large wing surfaces and control points make it one of the more spaceworthy fighter craft in the Successor States. The fighter is remarkably easy to fly, and uncontrolled maneuvers are very rare. According to many pilots, however, control is less important than speed and agility.