CIT-III Assault Lander

 

The CIT-III is the current assault lander in USSF and USMC service. She is a VTOL capable assault landing vessel capable of 3 hours orbital flight, and delivering a fully equipped platoon, plus attachments and coy HQ elements to a worlds surface.

 

The Columbia carries three of these, enabling her Marine Company to drop in one go.

 

For basing purposes, the CIT-III has a volume of 200 cubic meters

 

Streamlining: As Spaceplane

 

Performance

 

Warp efficiency: 0

Power Plant: 1 MW MHD Turbine with Thrusters

Fuel: 10 tons

Range: -

Mass: 41 tons (including 10 tons of fuel)

Cargo Capacity: 140 cubic meters

Crew: Two (Pilot and TAC Officer); Passengers: Platoon (+), plus equipment

Comfort: 0

Emergency Power: 3 hours

Total Life Support: -

Cost: MLv1.51

 

Ship Status Sheet

Move: 0

Screens: 0

Radiated Signature: 1

Radial Reflected: 2

Lateral Reflected: 3

Target Computers: 0

Radial Profile: -3

Lateral Profile: -2

Armour: 0

Hull hits: 3/2/1

Power Plant Hits: 2/1

Active: -

Passive: 0

Other:

 

Weapons

None

 

Ordnance Load

None (may carry 50 x bombs in lieu of cargo)

 

Sensors and Electronics:

Spherical Passive-0

Navigation Radar

 

Crew Hits:

Cockpit: Pilot, TAC Officer

 

Damage Control: None