Caravan Heavy Transport

This article is about the primitive aircraft. For the DropShip, see Caravan (Individual Overlord-class DropShip).
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Caravan Heavy Transport
Production information
Manufacturer Morrison-O'Connor-Marquand Corporation[1]
Use Cargo Air Transport
Tech Base Inner Sphere (Primitive)
Chassis Type (Size) Fixed-Wing (Large)
Equipment Rating D/C-X-X/C
Introduced 2346[2]
Technical specifications
Mass 200 tons
Structural Integrity 4
Speed 4
Top Speed 6
Power Plant ICE
Fuel (Type/Range) 464
Armament None
Heat Sinks None
Armor Unspecified
Barrier Armor Rating (BAR) BAR|6
Crew 3 (enlisted/non-rated)

Description[edit]

The Caravan Heavy Transport was a popular twenty-fourth century large support aircraft used by various planetary civilian and government agencies. Designed by Phillip Farnsworth of Morrison-O'Connor-Marquand Corporation, the Caravan filled what was an inexpensive link in a world's transportation network which could not utilize the then-more expensive DropShips or work space shuttles. The Caravan was a phenomenal success during its heyday, which gave its manufacturing company capital to expand its production facilities to six worlds.[1]

The aircraft would continue to be a great success during the Age of War, until the costs of operating spacecraft finally came down. Competition from inexpensive space vehicles reduced the need for large atmospheric aircraft and by the last years of the twenty-fifth century, the Caravan would fade into the history books.[1]

Equipment and Capabilities[edit]

The Caravan is equipped with a 60 ton carrying capacity, with access to the bay through four doors. The aircraft's fragile fuel tanks are able to hold 13 tons of fuel. This would normally give it reasonably good range if it were not for the inefficiency of its primitive engines using more fuel then necessary.[1]

Protecting the Caravan's hull is 7 tons of BAR Grade 6 Armor.[1]

Cargo[edit]

  • Cargo (60 tons) - 4 Doors (2 front & 2 rear)[1]

Design Quirks[edit]

The Caravan Heavy Transport is subjected to the following Design Quirks:[1]

Notes[edit]

  • As of this writing, there is no published record sheet of the Caravan Heavy Transport which has a Battle Value assigned to it.
  • The Supervising Engineer and Producer are both tongue-in-cheek nods to the American animated science fiction sitcom, Futurama.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Experimental Technical Readout: Primitives Vol. 3, p. 13: "Caravan Heavy Transport"
  2. MUL Profile for Caravan Heavy Transport. Includes Year of Introduction.

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