Speeder
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The Speeder is a streamlined grav-powered craft intended for high speed transport between points on a world surface.
- It is a vehicle and an grav-assisted aircraft.
- Another way to think about it is that it is a specialized gravcraft with aircraft features.
- A gravcraft capable of transatmospheric spaceflight is called a G-Carrier. Spaceplanes perform similar missions as Interfacecraft.
Description (Specifications)
At the tech level of introduction, it is capable of 1,000 kph cruise speed (maximum speed is 1200 kph), and has a virtually unlimited range. Refueling is required every ten weeks from a ship's power plant. The speeder carries a driver, a single passenger, and 100 kg of cargo. The speeder is capable of reaching orbit within an hour. More advanced craft are capable of higher speeds.
Generalized Speeder Missions
Civilian
Military:
History & Background (Dossier)
Speeders hold considerable performance advantages over earlier models of gravcraft and represent a paradigm change in grav technology.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science