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Synth name/Designation: “AIRWATCH Dropship"
Synth Species: Stillabunt Pycnogonids
Height: 2 Meters
Width: 10.89 Meters
Purpose: Dropship / Multi-Purpose Transport
Armaments: Unlike other synthetics, the Dropship has no specific or set armament. Instead, it has a wide varying range of use with the assistance of its ever-present Magnetic Suction Cups - capable of holding the following:
- 1x Troop Container (Containing CPs -or- OSA/OTA w/ A mounted Pulse-Repeater Cannon)
- 1x APC-14 -or- ATC-C-155
- 1x Strider “Nomad”
- 1x Supply Container (Contains requested Items)
- 1x Drop Pod (Containers up to 4x Hunters [STAR])
- 1x Deployable Dark Energy Auto-Cannon (w/ systems and setup manuals)
- 1x Carpet Bombing/Rollermine Deployment Apparatus (Controlled by an external unit or by AT systems uploaded into the Dropship via a Crab Synthetic.)
Variants (If Any): N/A
Year of Appearance: 2004 (SHW)
Summary/Lore: The Combine Dropship is an incredibly versatile, resilient and overall fear-inspiring multi-troop transport capable of operating within vast distances of its original point of departure. Whilst mainly suited for transporting military hardware across entire sectors, this makes them able to dispatch troops very efficiently VIA the air. This is a deadly opponent to those unprepared for aerial assault, which renders instantaneous morale drops upon hostiles hearing the echoing sounds of mechanical repulsor lift thrusters.
As they are multi-purpose, they can carry either one full squad of troops, or any of the following pieces of machinery mentioned above. Civil Protection or Overwatch must ensure their choice of hardware is relevant to the current mission parameters set for a dropship deployment.
Bear in mind that these MUST be protected to ensure that hardware is dropped accordingly, along with troop reinforcements. The dropship is incredibly vulnerable when both travelling (due to slow speeds) and when landing (due to detachment area to avoid external damage).