D82-EST Darter
Name: D82-EST Darter
Craft: UNSC D82-EST Darter
Type: Medium dropship / Cargo transport
Scale: starfighter
Length: 55.2 x 28.95 meters (estimated)
Skill: space transports
Crew: 3; skeleton: 1/+10
Passengers: 50
Cargo Capacity: 500 tons
Consumables: 1 week
Maneuverability: 1D+2
Space: 3
Atmosphere: 260; 750kmh
Hull: 5D+2
Sensors
- Passive: 25/0D
- Scan: 50/0D+2
- Search: 75/1D+1
- Focus: 3/2D
Description: The D82-EST Darter is a dropship used by the United Nations Space Command to deliver supplies, such as rations and munitions, to forward bases. It is very similar in form and function to the D96-TCE Albatross, though it is larger than the latter.
The D82-EST Darter has been in service since at least 2531. It is a vital part of the UNSC's logistical operations, capable of deploying personnel, vehicles parts, weapons, and supplies from rations and medical kits to any ground side base. It serves as both an atmospheric and exoatmospheric craft capable of delivering troops and supplies wherever needed once a supply pad has been constructed.
The Darter's cargo bay is capable of transporting large amounts of supply crates at a time. Once it has landed, the underside splits down the middle lowering a metal pallet from the cargo bay, allowing its cargo to be dropped ground side to be unloaded. Once free of supplies, the Darter can reseal its cargo bay doors, returning to an orbiting space craft to resupply.
Source:
- Halo Wiki: D82-EST Darter
- thedemonapostle