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Starship Troopers: Starships: Skyhook Retrieval Boat

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Name: Skyhook Retrieval Boat
Craft: DR-8 Skyhook Retrieval Boat
Type: Drop Ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 7.2 meters (estimated)
Skill: Space Transports
Crew: 1; Gunners: 1
Passengers: 10 troops
Cargo Capacity: 4.54 metric tons
Maneuverability: 1D
Space: 2
Atmosphere: 225; 650 km/h
Hull: 3D+1
Sensors

  • Passive: 15 / 0D+1
  • Scan: 30 / 0D+2
  • Search: 45 / 1D
  • Focus: 2 / 1D+1

Weapons

  • 2 MW-5050 autocannons
Fire Arc: forward
Crew: 1
Scale: Speeder
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Range: 1-92/230/460m
Damage: 4D

Description: The Skyhook is a smaller and faster cousin to the Viking. Its lighter armor is designed only to withstand light weapons fire and is in no way capable of surviving the same degree of punishment as a Viking.

The troop compartment aboard a retrieval boat can carry a fully combat-equipped squad of troopers safely, though it has been known for many more troopers to be crammed into the hold of one of these craft in an emergency. While commonly found in a troop transport capacity, many decommissioned Skyhooks have found a new lease of life as armored cargo runners or as personal shuttles for high ranking officials, while others are converted for other operations including search and rescue, salvage and exploration.

One such variant is the Heavenly Mercy rescue tender, equipped to drop first response medical and rescue personnel into disaster areas, before landing to provide a field hospital or emergency control center. Originally developed for nonmilitary relief operations, the Heavenly Mercy variant has now been adopted by SICON, where it is commonly used to provide a mobile trauma-aid center in theatres of war.

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