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Osprey Class Transport

Craft Osprey Class Transport Type Multi-purpose Transport Scale Transport Length 280 Feet Wing Span 155 Feet Height 60 feet Crew Up to 12 (8 crew, 2 command, 2 guest) Shuttles Up to 1 Consumables 3 weeks Max. Cargo 300 Tons + MULE Cost 18,500 (used only) Nav. Computer Yes Fuel Load 250 tons Turn Rate 10 degrees/sec Speed 900 (1800 afterburn) Parts List Reactor Royce-Allison Powerplant, Mitsubishi Type 9 Reactor Engine Royce-Allison Vortex 7 Drive, Mitsubishi P-18 Plasmadrive Thruster Royce-Allison Thrust Pack, Mitsubishi MP-6 Thrusters Sensor Garmin Sensor Pack, Blue Sun:Optics Pack Comm Garmin Telcomm, Blue Sun:LogicReach Computer Garmin Everlast Computer

Osprey Class Transport A workhorse from the Kieran Shipyards, the Osprey Class Mid-bulk transport is larger overall than the ubiquitous Firefly, but has slightly smaller internal volume. Ospreys were designed as a fast, sturdy transports and their design emphasizes rugged capability, low maintenance, large passenger/cargo capacity, and sturdy service. To augment their maneuverability, the Ospreys are fitted with a pair of pivoting reaction drive assemblies with a 220 degree range of motion, which also fold eighty-degrees along their X-axis to lower the ship’s center of gravity and improve on-ground stability. In atmosphere maneuverability and stability is further augmented by the twin boom tail configuration set well aft of the ship’s center of gravity. The class's design (and many of the Ospreys still flying) is more than twenty years old but was revived and put back into limited production following the Unification War, it has since been discontinued again, but used ships are always coming on the market. Based on: Osprey Class (material used with author's permission)