Duat

Duat Military Transport
Production information
Manufacturer	ComStar
Production Year	3131
Use	Transport
Type	Military Spheroid
Tech Base	Inner Sphere
Technical specifications
Mass	8,500 tons
Structural Integrity	27
Length	90 meters
Width	90 meters
Height	102 meters
Drive System	Fusion engine
Safe Thrust	2 g
Max Thrust	3 g
Fuel (tons)	100 tons
Fuel (days)	1.84
Armament	3x Cruise Missile 50 19x Gauss rifle 19x Large VSP Laser 19x MML-9 w/ Artemis IV 9x Laser AMS
Armor	97 tons Heavy Ferro-Aluminum
Crew	17 3 Officers 4 Enlisted 10 Gunners Bay Personnel: 88
Passengers	Second-Class: 6
Escape Pods/Life Boats	4/4
Heat Sinks	150 double
BV (2.0)	16,695 17,421

The Duat military transport was a DropShip originally produced in secret during the thirty-second century by a renegade Blessed Order faction of ComStar.

Description

The ship was first produced in 3131, designed as part of the Blessed Order's efforts to rebuild their organization's lost military arm, the Com Guards. The engineers designed the craft as a Combined Arms transport which was structured to carry Com Guards–style formations.

During the 3130s, the Republic was devastated by numerous conflicts, which forced it to undertake a drastic effort to close itself off from the rest of the Inner Sphere. During this time, the Com Guards' existence became known to the Republic Armed Forces. The discovery resulted in a brief, but damaging conflict with the Republic's forces. The renegade faction and its First Division would soon be hunted down and destroyed. During this conflict, the Duat's presence and capacities were felt as the First Division fought for their very existence. Republic officials would soon discover the plans for the Duat and decided to capitalize on a ship that was unknown to the rest of the Inner Sphere. With the Duat's large transport capacities adapted to transport the Republic's latest weapons, including the Ares and Poseidon superheavy BattleMechs. In an effort to buy time for the Republic to recover the RAF would use it to conduct raids outside of the Fortress's Walls. Several Duats delivered Republic troops to Calloway in 3149.

Weapons and Equipment

Aside from being a transport, the Duat was intended to provide fire support for troops on the battlefield. While grounded, it can fire three Type 50 Cruise Missile launchers mounted in the craft's nose section. To aid in providing artillery support and other tasks, the Duat can deploy and control up to six Drones such as the Celerity and Revenant.

The ship's arsenal of weapons includes an array of Gauss Rifles, Multi-Missile Launchers and Large Variable Speed Pulse Lasers found in most of its weapons arcs. Defensively, a trio of Laser Anti-Missile Systems can be found in aft and front right and left arcs. The Duat's hull is also covered by 97 tons of heavy ferro-aluminum armor, giving it a significant amount of protection from enemy fire both in space and on the ground.

Cargo

• Bay 1: BattleMechs (6), 1 door
• Bay 2: Battle Armor Level I (6), 1 door
• Bay 3: Foot Infantry Level I, 6 doors

Cargo (220 tons)

Cargo (220 tons)

Cargo (220 tons)

Cargo (220 tons)

Cargo (220 tons)

Cargo (220 tons)

• Bay 4: Cargo (678.50 tons), 1 door

Named Vessels

see Category:Individual Duat-class DropShips

Design Quirks

The Duat is subjected to the following Design Quirk:

• Bad Reputation

Notes

• The ship is equipped with a 5-ton Drone Carrier Control System.

Bibliography

• Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged
• Rock of the Republic
• Technical Readout: 3145
• Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere