Galileo
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Galileo Class Shuttle
These atmosphere-capable shuttles, although they are armed, were never intended for use as assault craft. They only accommodate four battle-ready Marines behind the pilot and copilot. There is a transporter pad built into the cargo/passenger bay. The rear hatch is hinged at the bottom and opens to form a ramp, but nothing much bigger that a 4-wheeler ATV can be driven inside. It looks a bit like an oversized AMC Gremlin with pontoons strapped to the sides where wheels would be found.
The shield generator is primarily for protection during high-speed atmospheric entry. The propulsion is based on attractor-repulsor units in the pontoons making a Galileo somewhat useless in open space.
Most commonly found on the K'treel class ships.
Story Usage
A textal analysis of the story repository, current as of 2018 and performed on 2019-09-06 identified the following usage counts for Galileo:
- Behind Enemy Lines by deGaffer 14 instances.
- Destination Azahar by deGaffer 5 instances.
- Rescue Mission by Duke of Ramus 4 instances.
- We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers by LughIldanach 37 instances.
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