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| Name = K-1 DropShuttle
 
| Name = K-1 DropShuttle
 
| Manufacturer = [[BBP Industries]] <br> [[Brigadier Corporation]] <br> [[Sacrado Industries]] <br> [[Shipil Company]]
 
| Manufacturer = [[BBP Industries]] <br> [[Brigadier Corporation]] <br> [[Sacrado Industries]] <br> [[Shipil Company]]
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| production year=2536
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| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/4100/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| Use = DropShuttle
 
| Use = DropShuttle
 
| Type (Shape) = Civilian Spheroid
 
| Type (Shape) = Civilian Spheroid
 
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
 
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
 
| Cost = 9,261,250 Cbills
 
| Cost = 9,261,250 Cbills
| Introduced = [[2536]]
 
 
| Mass = 200
 
| Mass = 200
 
| Structural Integrity = 6
 
| Structural Integrity = 6

Revision as of 22:39, 23 August 2013

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K-1 DropShuttle
Production information
Manufacturer BBP Industries
Brigadier Corporation
Sacrado Industries
Shipil Company
Production Year 2536[1]
Use DropShuttle
Type (Shape) Civilian Spheroid
Tech Base Inner Sphere
Cost 9,261,250 Cbills
Introduced
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[2]
BV (2.0) 1,146

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.

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.

Cargo

The K-1 features fifty-five tons of cargo capacity and berths for six passengers.

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[3], BV (2.0 = 1,681

Drop Shuttle Gallery

References

  1. MUL online date for the K-1
  2. AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 197
  3. AeroTech 2 Record Sheets, p. 198

Bibliography