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== VC42 Cheetah == | == VC42 Cheetah == | ||
A very fast attack shuttle, the VC42 Cheetah resembles "a demented cross between an American A-5 Vigilante bomber from the 1960's and a German Horton 229 flying wing from the Second World War". It is unarmed, travels at hypersonic speed and carries a crew of two. No Marine infantry are carried on board; instead, a stack of [[Kitten]] self-transporting transporter nexuses are dropped out the tail from a tubular cargo bay, similar to the bomb bay of the Vigilante, and land in a controlled fashion in the drop zone. The Marines emerge from those nexuses. The cargo bay is precisely the same height and shape as a Kitten lying on its side. <br> | |||
Advantages of the design include: <br> | |||
* high surviveability | |||
* low casualties in the event of destruction of the shuttle. | |||
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Disadvantages include: <br> | |||
* the lack of on-board armaments | |||
* the inability to carry much cargo beyond the Kittens | |||
* an inability to land on unprepared surfaces (it requires a prepared runway or carrier-type landing bay). | |||
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If desired, the Cheetah can drop bombs in a fashion similar to the A-5 Vigilante, however this is not the shuttle's primary role. <br> | |||
First used in Chosen Frozen II. <br> | |||
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First used in Chosen Frozen II. | |||
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===See Also=== | ===See Also=== | ||
[[ | * [[Small Craft]] | ||
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====Story Usage==== | ====Story Usage==== | ||
A textual analysis of the story repository, current as of 2018 and performed on 2019-09-06 identified the following usage counts for Cheetah: | A textual analysis of the story repository, current as of 2018 and performed on 2019-09-06 identified the following usage counts for '''Cheetah''': | ||
*[[Bettie_ a Swarm Cycle Year Four]] by [[corsair]] 4 instances. | *[[Bettie_ a Swarm Cycle Year Four]] by [[corsair]] 4 instances. | ||
*[[Chosen_Frozen_II]] by [[lordshipmayhem]] 11 instances. | *[[Chosen_Frozen_II]] by [[lordshipmayhem]] 11 instances. | ||
*[[Pickup Loop Hole]] by [[corsair]] 20 instances. | *[[Pickup Loop Hole]] by [[corsair]] 20 instances. | ||
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[[Category:Canon]] | [[Category:Canon]] | ||
[[Category:Small_Craft]] | [[Category:Small_Craft]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:52, 3 May 2024
VC42 Cheetah
A very fast attack shuttle, the VC42 Cheetah resembles "a demented cross between an American A-5 Vigilante bomber from the 1960's and a German Horton 229 flying wing from the Second World War". It is unarmed, travels at hypersonic speed and carries a crew of two. No Marine infantry are carried on board; instead, a stack of Kitten self-transporting transporter nexuses are dropped out the tail from a tubular cargo bay, similar to the bomb bay of the Vigilante, and land in a controlled fashion in the drop zone. The Marines emerge from those nexuses. The cargo bay is precisely the same height and shape as a Kitten lying on its side.
Advantages of the design include:
- high surviveability
- low casualties in the event of destruction of the shuttle.
Disadvantages include:
- the lack of on-board armaments
- the inability to carry much cargo beyond the Kittens
- an inability to land on unprepared surfaces (it requires a prepared runway or carrier-type landing bay).
If desired, the Cheetah can drop bombs in a fashion similar to the A-5 Vigilante, however this is not the shuttle's primary role.
First used in Chosen Frozen II.
See Also
Story Usage
A textual analysis of the story repository, current as of 2018 and performed on 2019-09-06 identified the following usage counts for Cheetah:
- Bettie_ a Swarm Cycle Year Four by corsair 4 instances.
- Chosen_Frozen_II by lordshipmayhem 11 instances.
- Pickup Loop Hole by corsair 20 instances.
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