The Skylyft Shuttle, designed specifically for the Star Army of Yamatai, is a heavy-lift combat shuttle designed to deliver heavy cargo to the battlefield swiftly. It was designed by Origin Industries in YE 42

Designed to Fulfill a requirement by the Star Army of Yamatai for a sturdy Aeroshuttle designed to move

, allowing for rapid mobilization to the battlefield, minimizing turnaround times, and retaining a simple, easy to use design.

The Skylyft, is most notable for the

The Skylyft was designed as a heavy lift cargo transport, and is specialized for delivering heavy cargo into contested areas.

• Open cargo lift area
• Heavy lift capacity; can lift a tank.

The Skylyft has a rounded front end, with large windows both on top of and below the nose. It transitions back into a high, flat rear portion that has a cargo lift system beneath, with four sets of thrusters jutting out and to the sides.near the two forward sets of thrusters, and at the back center, are three spindly folding legs that help the Skylyft land safely.

The Skylyte shuttle was designed in YE 42, as a response to a request from the Star Army of Yamatai. Developed for heavy lift and ease of use, both by pilots and troops, the Skylyft was rapidly developed as the Kuvexian War escalated during that year. With Ketsurui Fleet Yards busy building ships to support the war effort, research and development of new craft was increasingly pushed onto other corporations, with Origin Industries doing its part to support the war effort by designing and building vehicles and craft to help the SAoY gain a battlefield advantage.

The Skylyft is a heavy lift shuttle, designed primarily for planetary and orbital use.

• Class: OI-T12-1A, KE-T12-1A
• Type: Combat Aeroshuttle
• Designers: Origin Industries
• Manufacturer: Origin Industries, Ketsurui Fleet Yards
• Fielded by: Star Army of Yamatai

• Crew: 2 pilots are recommended, Only 1 pilot is required to operate the shuttle.
• Maximum Capacity: The Skylyft can carry a maximum of four occupants

• Length: 13.5 meters
• Width: 8 meters
• Height: 4 meters

The T11 Skylyft

• Space speeds: the T12's speeds in a vacuum environment
  • Sublight Engines: 1A model: .375c, 2A model: .4c
• Atmoshperic speeds: The T12's speeds in a Yamatai-like atmosphere.
  • Fusion thrusters: 1A model: Up to 4,000 KM/H¹⁾.
  • Antigravity: 1A model: up to 400 KM/H
• Range: 4 weeks unsupported
• Lifespan: Indefinite with regular service
• Refit Cycle: Major overhaul required every 5 years.

See Damage Rating (Version 3) for a guide to damage ratings.

While the 1A version is armored for combat use, the 2A variant is unarmored, making it somewhat lighter and faster.

• 1A variant: Tier 8 'Heavy Mecha', Armored

The Skylyft has a rather sparse layout, without a lot of frills or extras. It is designed to do its job and do it well, with a minimum of extras to make maintenance simpler and faster.

The T12 shuttle has a very simple general Layout, with the cockpit at the front, the main compartment in the middle, and main mechanical and propulsion systems at the back of the craft

The Cockpit of the Skylyft is very spacious, and features all of the controls, gauges, and displays mounted on the thick bar that divides the upper and lower halves of the windscreen. Side-by-side seating is provided for the pilot and co-pilot, with all the controls easily configurable and within easy reach. The cockpit can be entered either from the rear, utilizing the troop bay as egress, or via the hinged outer panels of the lower windscreen, which can be used as doors to enter the cockpit without opening the rear doors. Behind the two pilot/copilot seats, are a pair of stations, which in the 1A variant, are used as control stations for the door gunners, but in the 2A variant are configurable for a multitude of purposes, from spotting, to navigation, to simply passenger seats.

While not an engineering section per se, the rear of the craft contains the vast majority of the mechanical components, and can be accessed internally via a panel located at the back of the troop compartment. All of the thrusters, as well as the FTL drive, can be easily removed from the craft for servicing, and a refueling port for the fusion reactor is located behind a panel on the port side of the craft, between the cockpit and the troop compartment.

While the 1A versions of the Skylyft are identical, they differ from the slightly stripped down 2A civilian variant, which is only produced by Origin industries.

<NOTE: See Damage Rating (Version 3) for more info on damage ratings>

• Both models utilize a Durandium-T windscreen, which includes both the upper and lower cockpit windows.
• 1A Model: The 1A model of the Skylyft shuttle is armored with Yama-Dura alloy armor, for intermediate level armor with self-healing capabilities.

As a combat aeroshuttle, the Skylyft uses an appropriate computing system for all its needs.

• Built with the Kessaku CIES in widespread use by the SAoY, for familiarity and ease of maintenance.

The emergency systems and features are identical for both the

• Fire Suppression system: The skylyft uses a dry chemical based fire suppression system, which, in the presence of fire, will spray a dry powder on the source of the fire, displacing oxygen and reacting with any oxidizers rendering them inert and putting out the fire.
• Atmospheric retainment system: In the event of a hull breach, door failure, or other even in which the internal atmosphere might vent to vacuum, the shuttle has a retainment system that automatically activates, sealing air in, but allowing more massive objects through.

The Skylyft only has a few life support systems, however, they are simple and effective at doing their job.

• Air-lock bulkhead: between the cockpit and troop compartment, there is an air-locked bulkhead with a double-sealing door, which allows the troop compartment to be ventilated, while retaining atmosphere in the cockpit. this door may be traversed even when the troop compartment is ventilated, without losing any atmosphere from the cockpit.
• Atmospheric retainment system: the same system used for emergencies, this system allow the troop compartment to be opened in a vacuum condition without losing atmosphere.
• Oxygenating Air Scrubber system: A system which scrubs carbon dioxide from the air, converting it back into Oxygen and Carbon. This system operates automatically, and utilizes a scrubbing filter system that must be replaced on a yearly basis.

All variants of the Skylyft utilize a HONEY fusion generator for power, and Heavy Fusion thrusters for slower than light propulsion.The Skylyft utilizes anti-gravity for low-speed atmospheric operations.

• Power Generation: Both the 1A and 2A variants of the Skylyft utilize a HONEY CRUSH reactor, with a triple fuel supply as a main fuel supply, and a remotely installed single fuel supply as a backup/auxiliary fuel supply, giving the shuttle up to a month of uninterrupted operations. The fuel supplies can be refilled from a receptacle mounted behind a panel on the starboard side of the craft, near the cockpit.
• STL Propulsion: utilize a set of 8 heavy fusion thrusters, mounted in four pairs of two, in order to provide STL propulsion, as well as forward propulsion in the air.

• Low Speed atmospheric operation: in low-speed atmospheric operations, such as normal flight, hovering, landing, and taking off, the Skylyft uses a standard, basic Anti-gravity flotation system, which lets the craft float, hover, and fly at low speeds without the use of its fusion thrusters.

While the 1A version's shields are taken care of by its CFS, the 2A has a separate shielding system for navigational and defensive purposes. Both variants can project their shields in front of the ship in a virtual Aerodynamic shape to allow for very high atmospheric speeds when using fusion thrusters.

Kai created this article on 2020/03/28 15:33.

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