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{{InfoBoxSmallCraft
| image = [[Image:Bus S-7A TRO3057r.png|191px]]
| Name = S-7A Bus
| Manufacturer =
[[Brigadier Corporation]]{{cn}}
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[[Earthwerks Limited]]{{cn}}
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[[Sacrado Industries]]{{cn}}
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[[Shipil Company]]<ref name=O:LAp27>''Objectives: Lyran Alliance'', p. 27: "Shipil Company"</ref>
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[[Taurus Territorial Industries]]{{cn}}
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[[United Outworlders Corporation]]<ref name=O:TCp21>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 21: "United Outworlders Corporation"</ref>
| Use = Cargo/Passenger Shuttle
| Type (Shape) = Civilian Aerodyne
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]
| Cost = 3,868,224 C-Bills<ref>''Combat Operations'', p. 107</ref>
| Introduced = [[2602]]
| Mass = 100 tons
| Structural Integrity = 4
| Length = 20 meters
| Width = 7 meters
| Engine (Type) = [[Burster M-100]]
| Safe Thrust = 1.5 g
| Maximum Thrust = 2.5 g
| Fuel = 2 tons
| Burn Rate = 1.84
| Armament = None
| Armor = 9 tons [[Armor (Small Craft & DropShips)|standard]]
| Crew = 3<ref name=TRO3057r>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 169</ref>
*1 Officer
*2 Enlisted
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 0/0
| Passengers = 10
| Heat Sinks = 0
| BV (1.0) = 329<ref>''Combat Operations'', p. 107</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 188</ref>
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

==Description==
While performing much the same duties as the [[ST-46|ST-46 Shuttle]], the nonaerodynamic shape of the '''S-7A Bus''' limits it to orbital work.<ref name=DAJ>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 69</ref><ref name=TRO3057>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 171</ref>

Found on many [[Space Station]]s, [[JumpShip]]s and [[WarShip]]s, the bus is designed to operate solely in a vacuum, which allows it to carry slightly more cargo despite the fact it features a smaller drive system and a smaller fuel tank.<ref name=DAJ/><ref name=TRO3057/>

==Armament==
Primarily intended for civilian use, the S-7A is totally unarmed. The small amount of armor the craft carries is intended more to offer some protection, however minor, against cargo handling or docking mishaps rather than overt offensive assault.<ref name=DAJ/><ref name=TRO3057/>

==Cargo==
Comprising three-quarters of the bus's bulk, the S-7A's cargo space is divided between two self-contained bays connected via a single large cargo door. The main bay has a 31-ton cargo capacity with doors leading to the passenger airlock and the smaller secondary hold. This secondary bay features an independent pressurization system which allows it to operate as a cargo airlock for the main bay. In an emergency, the cargo module can be detached via explosive bolts. The cargo bay even remains intact and the craft left functional, though the complexity of reattaching the bay afterward generally dissuades the crew from performing the maneuver in all but the most life-threatening situations.<ref name=DAJ/><ref name=TRO3057/>

* Bay 1: Passengers (10), 0 doors
* Bay 2: Cargo (31.5 tons), 0 doors

==Variants==
*;S-7AC Bus : Save for slightly improved armor, the [[Clan]] variant of the venerable S-7A introduced in [[2843]] is effectively identical in crew, cargo, and performance.<ref name=TRO3057/> By [[3080]], the Clans had begun production of the craft in the Inner Sphere at the [[Tseng Facility]]<ref name=O:TCp34>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 34, "Tseng Facility"</ref> and [[Falcon's Roost Orbital Assembly Plant]].<ref name=O:TCp14>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 14, "Falcon's Roost Orbital Assembly Plant"</ref> BV (1.0)= 401<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 189</ref>

*;S7-P "Scarab" Bus : Adding to the horrors of the [[Jihad]], at least one [[pirate]] band learned from the tactics of the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Q-Ship]] and has developed a refitted version of the S-7A codenamed the "Scarab" based around them. Externally the "Scarab" appears to be the standard model, attaching to a target vessel under claims of distress, whereupon it is revealed that its cargo capacity is reduced in exchange for a [[platoon]] of [[Jump Infantry]] to quickly board the target and a ten ton [[Booby Trap]] to threaten its crew into surrendering.  BV (2.0) = 412 <ref name="XTR:Pirates">''Experimental Technical Readout: Pirates'', p. 14, 26</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
S7-shuttle-bus.png|Illustration of S-7A from ''[[DropShips and JumpShips|DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary]]''
Bus S-7A TRO3057r.png|Flying S-7A from ''[[Technical Readout: 3057|TRO:3057]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
*''[[Combat Operations]]''
*''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]'' 
*''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Pirates]]''
*''[[Objectives: Lyran Alliance]]''
*''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
*''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''

[[Category:Small Craft classes]]