K-1
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K-1 DropShuttle | |
Production information | |
Manufacturer | BBP Industries Brigadier Corporation Sacrado Industries Shipil Company |
Use | DropShuttle |
Type (Shape) | Civilian Spheroid |
Tech Base | Inner Sphere |
Cost | ??? |
Introduced | 2536 |
Technical specifications | |
Mass | 200 |
Structural Integrity | |
Length | 28 |
Engine (Type) | Pratt & Whitney 400 |
Safe Thrust | |
Maximum Thrust | |
Fuel | |
Burn Rate | |
Armament | 1 x LRM-5 4 x Medium Lasers 1 x Small Laser |
Armor | 12 tons standard |
Heat Sinks | 10 |
Crew | 2 |
Passengers | |
BV (1.0) | ??? |
BV (2.0) | ??? |
Contents
Description
The Spheroid counterpart to the KR-61 Long Range Shuttle, the K-1-class DropShuttle is also the small smallest space vehicle equipped with a Docking Collar for attaching to a JumpShip.
Originally designed in the Star League era when JumpShips were plentiful and passage aboard them frequent and inexpensive, the K-1 was used for "hops" to nabiouring star systems. With the increasing rarity of JumpShips and travel aboard them at a premium since the early Succession Wars, the greater passenger and cargo capacity of DropShips has relegating them to the role other long range shuttles have, albeit able to dock more easily.
Armament
Due to the long range of the craft, the K-1 is outfitted with a minimum of defensive weaponry consisting of single LRM-5 and Medium Laser mounted in the nose, another medium laser on each side angle, with a small and medium laser pointing directly aft.
Cargo
The K-1 features fifth-five tons of cargo capacity and berths for six passengers.
Variants
- K-1C - Introduced in 2914, the Clan version of the venerable K-1, while still classified as a "civilian" vessel, carries a much larger volume of armor as well using a weapons array consisting five Medium Pulse Lasers, but is almost identical in all other respects. BV (1.0) = 1,413
References
- DropShips and JumpShips - pg, 73
- Technical Readout: 3057 - pg, 175
- Technical Readout: 3057 Revised - pg, 173