COURIER-T1 Medium Cargo or Personnel Transport Spacecraft

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Basic labelled diagram.

ACTUAL SIZE (from file)

Length: 18000 mm
Width: 10000 mm
Height: 5250 mm, 4250 mm gear retracted

The COURIER is a medium spacecraft (multi-personnel crew) with a rear cargo bay, introduced in the early 22nd Century. It is powered by two engines, side-mounted and partially separate from the hull. COURIER units can fit in spaceship hangars.

The variant available is a personnel transport variant. Cargo transport variants have a large door that swings downwards instead, replacing the bulkhead-like door for the personnel variant.

All variants come with countermeasures as standard.

USES

The COURIER spacecraft is typically used for the short- to medium-range transport of cargo or personnel. For example, COURIER units are used to transport mechanical parts between outposts located in areas of varying levels of colonization.

To some extent, they can be used as space-tugs, delivering objects a few times their size, or objects that would be inconvenient to load into the cargo bay.

Due to the high-drag design, the speed of the spacecraft is limited in atmosphere.

SALES

The COURIER is known for its durability, but also for its low speed in atmosphere. It is never used for transport within a planet with a thick atmosphere. However, it remains a decent choice for interplanetary transport.

Although available for personal purchase, only corporations would usually buy cargo spacecraft. There are a few exceptions, where the spacecraft is reportedly used exclusively to transport ground vehicles between properties.

Production Type: Built-to-order
Units Sold: Over 10,000
Unit Cost: $5,000,000 equivalent

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CONTROLS:
Normal flight controls.
AG1 - Forward Thrust
AG7 - Frontal Lights
AG8 - Gyroscopic Stabiliser

Hover at ~47% throttle.

Sluggish on the controls, but this is expected for larger craft.

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