Hammer Assault Shuttle
Overview and History
Vehicle Specifications   General Stats
Name: Hammer Assault Shuttle   Threat Value: 6,978
Vehicle Type: Space Shuttle   Offensive Value: 2,967
Production Type: Mass Produced   Defensive Value: 13,712
Cost: 3,013,227.27 marks   Miscellaneous Value: 4,255
Manufacturer: Virgo Aerospace   Size: 22
Use: Troop Transport   Original Default Size: 19
Height: 90 meters   Indv. Lemon Dice: 3
Length: 18 meters   Crew: 2
Width: 50 meters   Bonus Actions: 1
Avg. Armor Thickness: Classified
Armor Material: Classified   Armor
Standard Op. Weight: 2,000,000 kg   Light Damage: 60
Primary Move Mode: Space (600 kph)   Heavy Damage: 120
Secondary Move Mode: Flight (600 kph)   Overkill: 180
Deployment Range: 800 km
Sensor Range: 2 km   Vehicle Availability
Communication Range: 20 km   Availability Threshhold: 0
Powerplant: Fusion Tubes (x2)   Max Number on Field:
Engine Output: 2M kg (x2)  
    Movement
Electronics   Primary Move Mode: Space
Sensors: 0   Combat Speed: 10
Communications: 0   Top Speed: 20
Fire Control: 0   Secondary Move Mode: Flight
    Combat Speed: 10
    Top Speed: 20
    Maneuver: -2
Weapons
Quantity Name Code Arc ACC Damage Range ROF Ammo Special
 3
  Light Railgun
 LRG
 F
 0
 x14
 5/10/20/40
 +2
 200
  L1
Perks
Name Rating Game Effects AUX
 Autopilot
 
  Acts as Level 1 Pilot
 AUX
 Backup Life Support
 
  Absorbs first "Life Support" hit
 
 Cargo Bay.c
 5000
  5000 cubic meter capacity
 
 Ejection System
 
  Crew can survive Overkill result
 AUX
 HEP: Space.c
 
  HEP: Desert, Extreme Cold, Vacuum, Radiation (2)
 
 Limited Life Support
 
  Life support for 1 week
 AUX
 Reentry System.c
 
  Permanent Reentry System
 AUX
 Stratosphere Flight
 
  Vehicle can exceed 12km altitude
 
 Vehicle Bay
 15
  Up to 15 size points in vehicles
 AUX
 Weapon Link
 
  L1: 3xLRG
 AUX
Flaws
Name Rating Game Effects
 Large Sensor Profile
 3
  Subtract rating from Concealment
 Man. Flaw
 -1
  Space reduced in maneuver.
Defects
Name Rating Game Effects
Variants
There are no variants.
Designer Notes
The Hammer assault shuttle is a transatmospheric assault vehicle capable of transporting two complete squadrons of Gears (or two heavy tanks) halfway across the planet. It is fairly representative of the type of shuttle vehicles deployed by the Terranovan armies, though it more heavily armed than most. The Hammer was designed by Virgo Aerospace, a manufacturer of spacecraft instruments located in the Norlight Confederacy, with offices in all the major city-states. Though they are not as well-known as corporations like Northco and Applefish, Virgo has been the main supplier for the Northern space fleet since the mid-17th century. The Hammer answered a call for submissions by the NAF, who were asking for a fast transport vessel capable of taking troops halfway across the planet or to low orbit.