K-1
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| K-1 DropShuttle | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | BBP Industries Brigadier Corporation Sacrado Industries Shipil Company |
| Use | DropShuttle |
| Type (Shape) | Civilian Spheroid |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
| Cost | 9,261,250 Cbills |
| Introduced | 2536 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 200 |
| Structural Integrity | 6 |
| Length | 28 |
| Engine (Type) | Pratt & Whitney 400 |
| Safe Thrust | 2 g |
| Maximum Thrust | 3 g |
| Fuel | 30 tons |
| Burn Rate | 16.3 days |
| Armament | 1 x LRM-5 4 x Medium Lasers 1 x Small Laser |
| Armor | 12 tons standard |
| Heat Sinks | 10 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Passengers | |
| BV (1.0) | 912[1] |
| BV (2.0) | 1,146 |
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[edit] Description
The spheroid counterpart to the KR-61 Long Range Shuttle, the K-1-class DropShuttle is also the smallest space vehicle equipped with a Docking Collar for attaching to a JumpShip.
Originally designed in the Star League era when JumpShips were plentiful and passage aboard them frequent and inexpensive, the K-1 was used for "hops" to neighbouring star systems. With the increasing rarity of JumpShips and travel aboard them at a premium since the early Succession Wars, the greater passenger and cargo capacity of regular DropShips has seen the K-1 DropShuttle relegated to the role other long range shuttles have.
[edit] Armament
Due to the long range of the craft, the K-1 is outfitted with a minimum of defensive weaponry consisting of single LRM-5 and Medium Laser mounted in the nose, another medium laser on each side, and a small and medium laser pointing directly aft.
[edit] Cargo
The K-1 features fifty-five tons of cargo capacity and berths for six passengers.
[edit] Variants
- K-1C - Introduced in 2914, the Clan version of the venerable K-1, while still classified as a "civilian" vessel, carries better armor as well as a weapons array consisting five Medium Pulse Lasers. It is almost identical in all other respects. BV (1.0) = 1,413[2], BV (2.0 = 1,681
[edit] Drop Shuttle Gallery
K-1 Drop Shuttle
