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Rabid Southern Cross Fan wrote:

taalismn wrote:Looks kinda like the Garuda from the Zeta Gundam epiosdes. Flying brick with garage space.

Yea, it does. That was possibly the inspiration since I'm willing to bet that this vehicle was among those created for The Sentinels anime. Either that or Jason & John Waltrip were fans of Zeta Gundam and sprung upon the idea of basing the Robotech dropship on the Garuda.

josephddm wrote:Think on the Mass Effect video game spaceship USS Normandy but in a lower scale;fast,maneuverable and armed. It's only an idea.

josephddm wrote:

Lt Gargoyle wrote:

josephddm wrote:

Lt Gargoyle wrote:

josephddm wrote:If you don't want a transport exclusively for the GMU he can land in a planet by his own, remember that the GMU has flight capabilities and if I remember it properly can achieve a Mach 1 speed in space, also can fly in an atmosphere. So is said in the Sentinels RPG. You only need to recover it with and Horizont transport with no docked Alpha and Beta or build a TREAD or disposable rocket sled deployed in a Horizont shuttle for the TITAN GMU.

in the novels the GMU could not escape an atmosphere under its own power.

I know it, all I said was that the GMU could LAND in his own power NOT to take off and reach a mach 6 speed to breach an atmosphere. Of course if a planet or a cellestial body lacks of sufficient atmosphere(like our Moon) the GMU can enter and leave the body without problem.

Well if you want to sacrofice room for decending capablity your still gonna need a drop ship for the basic troops. so why not just send in the one detachment with the GMU instead of risking two or three shuttles and the GMU? But i guess in high risk areas that could be a solution to risking everything in one drop as well. but still I envision the same issues arising like those of D-day in normady. troops scattered across the battle field. I rather see one drop ship and the battalion deployed togeather.


I am not sure it could. I understand it has a limited flying capability of like 500 feet with its thrusters kicked on. but dropping from a high orbit I have some doubts as to its ability to slow its self down enough as not to create a large smoldering hole.
why have a drop ship for the vessel if it could drop itself?

Because they need to retrieve the GMU on board, but if the GMU could land in his own power you only have to risk once the recovery ship not twice, one for deploy and another one for retrieve. Maybe disinstalling the Main Laser Cannon we can build a trans-atmospheric GMU. We could use the extra room to install powerfull rocket engines and a retractile wing system or even a miniaturized anti gravity system like those found on the Masters' Motherships.

josephddm wrote:In the Mass Effect video game(part 1) the deploy of the ground vehicle is done by the mile large Normandy entering atmospheres and when the mission is over enters again to pick up and leave. In the Mass Efect 2 video game,the SSV Normandy is twice as large as the first model was and that's why they use a shuttle to deploy ground troops.
Modular design allow us to have a basic mainframe with different accessories that is something good, but in the case of the GMU the main laser cannon is too massive for the damage that delivers. Maybe a half of the size cannon with the Monster destroid cannons on mind would be a better solution or we can substitute by a Zentran heavy laser turret as those found on the zentran armada ships(1D4x100 M.D. in the new books) which are shorter in size.
The Mako(ground vehicle used on Mass Effect 1) is equipped with rockets to stop speed from a fall and for short flying periods on low gravity planets. I agree that the Normandy cannot land physically in a planet(need special docking facilities) but can enter and leave atmospheres. I am not ordering you in any way to use that ship,it is only an idea. Enjoy.