Approved Vehicle Ira-class Orbital Drop / Breaching Pod

[Verity Suun]

• Intent: Create a Drop Pod for the Astrorum Imperium
• Image Source: Titanfall, Wallpapersok (Background)
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: Type 72 Orbital Drop Pod, Drop Pod, Breaching Pod, Breaching Pod (Babylon 5)

• Manufacturer: The Constellation: Aestus
• Affiliation: The Constellation: Aestus, Astrorum Imperium
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Ira-class
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Limited
• Material: Doonium, Turadium

• Classification: Drop Pod / Boarding Pod
• Role: Personnel, Supply Transport
• Size: Large
  • Length: 5 Meters
  • Width: 5 Meters
  • Height: 10 Meters
• Weight: Heavy
• Armament: None
• Defenses: Very High
  • Doonium Hull Plating
  • Turadium Structural Reinforcement
  • Ablative Armor Plating
  • Molecular Shielding
  • Atmospheric-friction Shielding
  • Flare Launchers
• Maneuverability Rating: High
• Speed Rating: High
• Propulsion: Launched, Gravity, Thrusters
• Minimum Crew: N/A
• Optimal Crew: N/A
• Passenger Capacity: 10
• Cargo Capacity: High: 200 m^3

• Four Loading / Unloading Doors
• Breach Ram Boarding Tunnel
• Inertial Inhibitor
• Maneuvering Jets / Lateral Thrusters
• Combat Thrusters
• Atmospheric Thrusters
• Communication Hub
• Power Generator
• Grappling Clamps
• Breach Ram
• Cargo Storage
• Emergency Camp Kit (including Shelter) & Survival Kit

• Bulwark - To breach another vessel or deliver troops into hostile territory, the pod has extensively armor plating, shielding, and structural reinforcement.
• Ballistic / Kinetic - Can be launched from a larger vessel to reach maximum velocity faster, especially to penetrate the hulls of hostile vessels. Lack of hyperdrive or other high-energy systems may also make it more difficult to detect.
• Personnel and/or Supplies - Can rapidly load, convey, and unload a fairly sizable number of troops or material rapidly to their destination; including up to 10 armored Imperium Knights.
• Support - In a pinch, the pods come with emergency survival gear, power generator / recharge station, and a high-powered communication hub / array.

• Photonic - The Ira-class pods lack any weapon of any kind. They are unable to defend themselves or clear the landing area of hostile presence.
• One-Way - Once a pod has embedded itself in an enemy vessel or into a planet, it is practically impossible for it to be relocated -- it lacks the necessary thrust. It can be retrieved later, however.
• No Comforts - There are no facilities or comforts of any kind aboard the pods. The closest thing are seats where people can strap themselves in to brace for impact.

There are times when time is short and enemy anti-air is plentiful, but troops and Knights are needed in the field. The Ira-class Drop Pod is built to slip through the gaps and take a beating in its very short flight time from capital ship to capital ship, or from orbit to a planet's surface. There are no comforts, luxuries, or even facilities on board because occupants won't inhabit it long enough for it to matter.

The pods lack weapons of any kind. It is not the intent of the pod to engage in dog fighting, lay waste to enemy fortifications (except whatever it might land on), or masquerade as a prickly pear.

It is a giant metal boulder meant to punch a hole, take a seat, and let its red-hot occupants scurry away to begin gnawing on their enemies. And sometimes -- sometimes -- it might be there just to deliver some much needed supplies. But everyone knows it's there to deliver angry rage bots set on laying waste to the opposition.

 

[MANIAC]

Verity Suun

Nicely made. I'd like to ask you to edit the image source links. You have to link the site where you found the art, not the art itself.

 

[Verity Suun]

Verity Suun

Nicely made. I'd like to ask you to edit the image source links. You have to link the site where you found the art, not the art itself.

The links have been updated.

 

[MANIAC]

Verity Suun

Thank you!

Approved.