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{{otheruses|the troop transport|other uses|Condor}}
 
 
{{InfoBoxDropShip
 
{{InfoBoxDropShip
 
| image = Condor TRO3057r.png
 
| image = Condor TRO3057r.png
 
| name = ''Condor''
 
| name = ''Condor''
| manufacturer =
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| manufacturer = [[Hinsdale Elec]]<ref name=DS&JSp17>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 17</ref>, [[Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited]]<ref name=DS&JSp17/>  
[[Hinsdale Electronics]]<ref name=DS&JSp17>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 17</ref>
 
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[[Nimakachi Fusion Products Limited]]<ref name=DS&JSp17/>  
 
 
| production year=2801
 
| production year=2801
 
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3983/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| year reference=<ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/3983/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
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| Fuel (tons) = 208 tons
 
| Fuel (tons) = 208 tons
 
| Fuel (days) = 113 days
 
| Fuel (days) = 113 days
| Armament = <span></span>
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| Armament = 1x [[PPC]] <br> 3x [[AC/5]] <br> 1x [[LRM-15]] <br> 5x [[large laser]] <br> 8x [[medium laser]]
* 1x [[PPC]]
 
* 3x [[AC/5]]
 
* 1x [[LRM-15]]
 
* 5x [[large laser]]
 
* 8x [[medium laser]]
 
 
| Armor = 33 tons <br> '''Fore:''' 15 <br> '''Sides:''' 13 <br> '''Aft:''' 12
 
| Armor = 33 tons <br> '''Fore:''' 15 <br> '''Sides:''' 13 <br> '''Aft:''' 12
| Crew = 24<ref name=TRO3057R>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 38–39: "Condor Ship Profile"</ref>
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| Crew = 24
* 4 Officers
 
* 17 Enlisted
 
* 3 Gunners
 
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(Crew Types)<ref name="BSr63">''BattleSpace'' rulebook, p. 63</ref><br/>
 
*2 Pilots <br />
 
*4 Engineers <br />
 
*20 Secondary Engineers
 
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Bay Personnel: 436
 
 
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 8/10
 
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 8/10
 
| Heat Sinks = 70
 
| Heat Sinks = 70
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One of the largest [[DropShip]]s designed purely to transport [[infantry]], the '''''Condor'''''-class is able to deliver a fully equipped infantry [[battalion]] to the battlefield.
 
One of the largest [[DropShip]]s designed purely to transport [[infantry]], the '''''Condor'''''-class is able to deliver a fully equipped infantry [[battalion]] to the battlefield.
  
The ''Condor'' is a military aerodyne design. Its wings are extremely sturdy and less susceptible to control surface damage than those of other aerodyne DropShips.<ref name=DS&JSp34>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 34</ref> The wings are crisscrossed with structural bracing and contain fuel bunkers, weapon bays, and landing gear, but also considerable "dead" space, accessible via a series of passageways, which the ''Condor'' crew rarely reveal to others and reserve for up to ten tons of "off the record" cargo.
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The ''Condor'' is a military aerodyne design. Its wings are extremely sturdy and less susceptible to control surface damage than those of other aerodyne DropShips.<ref name=DS&JSp34>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 34</ref> The wings are crisscrossed with structural bracing and contain fuel bunks, weapon bays and landing gear, but also considerable "dead" space, accessible via a series of passageways, which the ''Condor'' crew rarely reveal to others and reserve for up to ten tons of "off the record" cargo.
  
As infantry carriers go, the ''Condor'' features unusually spacious barracks-style quarters for its infantry troops, as well as a very well-equipped medical facility for the ship's size which can handle six emergency cases simultaneously.<ref name=DS&JSp34/>
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As infantry carriers go, the ''Condor'' features unusually spacious barracks-style quarters for its infantry troops, as well as a very well equipped medical facility for the ship's size which can handle six emergency cases simultaneously.<ref name=DS&JSp34/>
  
 
==Armament==
 
==Armament==
Like many troop carriers, the ''Condor'' features a merely adequate weapons array, with a single [[PPC]], [[LRM-15]], [[AC/5]], and twin [[medium laser]]s mounted in the nose, with an AC/5, two [[Large Laser]]s and two medium lasers carried in forward facing mounts in each wing. A single large laser and two more mediums ward the rear, while four tons of autocannon munitions and three tons of missile reloads provide reasonable endurance during combat.
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Like many troop carriers, the ''Condor'' features a merely adequate weapons array, with a single [[PPC]], [[LRM-15]], [[AC/5]] and twin [[medium laser]]s mounted in the nose, with an AC/5, two [[Large Laser]]s and two medium lasers carried in forward facing mounts in each wing. A single large laser and two more mediums ward the rear, while four tons of autocannon munitions and three tons of missile reloads provide reasonable endurance during combat.
  
 
==Cargo==
 
==Cargo==
On paper, the ''Condor'' features four-hundred-tons of total cargo capacity, divided between facilities to carry 336 infantrymen (12 [[platoon]]s), and up to twenty light [[combat vehicle]]s to carry them, with ten tons of "off the record" storage capacity in the wings.
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On paper, the ''Condor'' features total four-hundred ton cargo capacity, divided between facilities to carry 336 infantrymen (12 [[platoon]]s), and up to twenty light [[combat vehicle]]s to carry them, with ten tons of "off the record" storage capacity in the wings.
  
 
==Variants==
 
==Variants==
 
*;Dove : After the [[Fourth Succession War]], about two dozen ''Condor''s have been converted to hospital ships, with the cargo bays replaced with treatment wards for 150 patients and 75 medical staff and the operating theaters expanded to allow up to ten surgeries performed simultaneously. Of these vessels, which have been nicknamed '''''Dove'''''s, [[ComStar]] fields twelve, while the remainder is distributed among the various [[Successor State]] fleets.<ref name=TRO3057>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 40</ref>
 
*;Dove : After the [[Fourth Succession War]], about two dozen ''Condor''s have been converted to hospital ships, with the cargo bays replaced with treatment wards for 150 patients and 75 medical staff and the operating theaters expanded to allow up to ten surgeries performed simultaneously. Of these vessels, which have been nicknamed '''''Dove'''''s, [[ComStar]] fields twelve, while the remainder is distributed among the various [[Successor State]] fleets.<ref name=TRO3057>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 40</ref>
  
*;Stork : Prior to the upheavals of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], Nimakachi was scheduled to release a purpose-built civilian cargo carrying version of the ''Condor'' to be named the '''''Stork'''''.<ref name=HHM-134>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 134: "New Class of DropShip to be produced by Dalton shipyards by 3069"</ref>  By [[3079]], the ''Stork'' was in production at their [[Dalton]] factory.<ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 17</ref>
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*;Stork : Prior to the upheavals of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], Nimakachi was scheduled to release a purpose-built civilian cargo carrying version of the ''Condor'' to be named the '''''Stork'''''.<ref name=HHM-134>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 134, "New Class of DropShip to be produced by Dalton shipyards by 3069".</ref>  By [[3079]] the ''Stork'' was in production at their [[Dalton]] factory.<ref>''Objectives: Free Worlds League'', p. 17</ref>
  
*;Upgrade : First introduced in [[3054]] by Nimakachi, the upgraded ''Condor'' switches the PPC and Large Laser for extended range models and adds [[Artemis IV FCS]] to the LRM launcher. While the heat sinks were replaced with [[Double Heat Sink]]s, the proximity of the PPC to the missile launcher caused the Artemis system to malfunction, resulting in the movement of the heat sinks to cope in models launched after late [[3055]]. BV (1.0) = 2,549,<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 231</ref> BV (2.0)= 2,841
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*;Upgrade : First introduced in [[3054]] by Nimakachi, the upgraded ''Condor'' switches the PPC and Large Laser for extended range models and adds [[Artemis IV FCS]] to the LRM launcher. While the heat sinks were replaced with [[Double Heat Sink]]s, the proximity of the PPC to the missile launcher caused the Artemis system to malfunction, resulting in the movement of the heat sinks to cope in models launched after late [[3055]]. BV (1.0) = 2,549<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 231</ref>, BV (2.0)= 2,841
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
*''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
 
*''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
* ''[[BattleSpace]]''
 
 
*''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 
*''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
 
*''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
*''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
*''[[Objectives: Free Worlds League]]''
 
*''[[Objectives: Free Worlds League]]''
 
*''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
 
*''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]'', pp. 38-39
 
 
  
 
[[Category:DropShip classes]]
 
[[Category:DropShip classes]]

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