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Starship Troopers: Starships: Viking Landing Boat

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Name: Viking Landing Boat
Craft: DR-4 Viking Landing Boat
Type: Drop Ship
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 15 meters (estimated)
Mass: 110 tons
Skill: Space Transports
Crew: 1; Gunners: 1
Passengers: 40 troops
Cargo Capacity: 9.07 metric tons
Maneuverability: 0D
Atmosphere: 115; 330 km/h (capable of orbit and re-entry)
Hull: 6D+2
Sensors

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

Weapons

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

Description: The heavily armored ‘shed on jets’ is commonly used to transport troops from orbiting carriers to a planetary drop zone. These landing boats, unlike drop boats, do not have the capability to drop cap troopers, and instead deliver their complement of troops by affecting a direct landing. The standard Viking landing boat requires a crew of two pilots and can deliver a whole platoon of troopers, their equipment and supplies, to a planet’s surface.

Landing boats are extremely robust, if rather slow. Their lack of speed is not so much of a problem on planetary approaches, since gravity-assisted descents are, by definition, rapid. However, since their ability to climb to higher altitudes is so slow, lighter, faster and more maneuverable craft are favored for high-speed extractions.

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