Osprey
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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) |