SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Union of Solar Republics
TYPE: Transport Shuttle/Pinnace
MODEL: Centauri Heavy Industrie TS-05
DATE INTRODUCED: 2179 AD
LENGTH: 203 feet (62 meters)
WIDTH: 164 feet (50 meters)
HEIGHT: 59 feet (18 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: x2 Hensai Energy HEFR-5000A Fusion Reactor (Main Vessel), Hensai Energy HENB-20 Nuclear Battery
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (10,000 megawatts total for main vessel), 20 megawatts (command module)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3.5 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 2000 tons
CREW: 5 + 10 BattleKnight Pilots optional (15 maximum), (4 Operators, 1 Officer, & up to 10 Pilots)

PROPULSION

             FASTER THAN LIGHT :
             2x Centauri Research 3rd Generation, Mark-III, CR-TSWD-152
             SPEED: 0.185 light-years per hour each (0.37 light-years per hour total)

             INTERPLANETARY:
             2x Union Industrial UI-PD-500 (2 on main vessel)
             SPEED: KiloMACH 5 each (1056 miles per second each, 2112 miles per second total)

             4x Eurospace ES-ID-400 (2 each engine pod, 2 on command module as emergency engines)
             SPEED: 20,267 mph each (81,068 mph total), command module engines have a combined speed of 40,534 mph)

             EMERGENCY (COMMAND MODULE):
             2x Eurospace ES-ID-7.5
             SPEED: 30,400 mph each (60,800 mph total)

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Lithgear LG-PC-240 triple 80 megawatt PHELAC cannon turret; Effective Range: 640 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system recharged by the shuttle's main reactor: ROF: up to 3 triple blasts per twenty seconds.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             2x Alkaid Arms AA-STL-02A3 six-shot torpedo launcher pods, Missile Type: AA-600ST 600 pound space torpedo; Effective Range: 7111 miles; Payload: 60 torpedoes each. ROF: 1 to 6 space torpedoes each per two seconds, up to 180 torpedoes per minute.

ELECTRONICS:

              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 100 AU range.
              1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications array with a 10 light-year range.
              1x LADAR sensor array with a 220,0000 mile range.
              1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
              1x Active EMS array with a range of 100,000 miles.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity sensor array with a 80 Parsecs range.
              1x Antigravity control system.

HANGARS:
             1x 1800yd3 Holds 10 BK-01 type BattleKnights (BK-01, BK-01A, BK-01S, BK-01E, BK-01B, or BK-01O only: no BK-01L). Or 1981 yd3 of cargo.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
             6x Cydonia Research CR-DF-300A Level-02 omnidirectional deflector field generators; Range: 300 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 300 megawatts each; Output: 64,800 gigajoules (64.8 terajoules) with a regeneration of 6580 gigajoules (6.58 terajoules) every ten seconds.

Description/Overview:
          As the 1st Interplanetary War raged on to its conclusion the newly formed Union of Solar Republics had control of the various manufacturing facilities of the UN Solar Empire at Jupiter. The Jupiter shipyards were primarily the ones which produced the assault shuttles and Byzantine class of spacecraft. As part of their agreements with the Jovian Defense Forces and Neo-Hebrews of Saturn, the USR dismantled and transported a selected number of these shipyards to Alpha Centauri starting in 2178. The main reason being that they wanted to build their colonies, defense forces, and exploration space fleet as quickly as possible with craft that the bulk of their fledgling space navy forces would know how to operate. The result was that craft like the TS-04 were produced in 2176 both at Jupiter even as the facilities were being taken apart and then transported to Alpha Centauri where they were reassembled. By 2179 multiple assault shuttle factories were up and running and by 2179 the first TS-05 transport shuttles were rolling off the assembly lines.
          The TS-05 was a greately improved TS-04 that incorporated new Stellar Warp Drive engines, plasma drives, PHELAC weapons, and improved shields. It also had twice the capacity of cargo/hangar space and thus could carry double the Battleknights of the TS-04. The TS-05 was the main civilian, military, and police vessel of the USR during the 2180s. It was however replaced by the TS-06 in 2189.



SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Alkaid Republic
TYPE: Transport Shuttle/Pinnace
MODEL: Alkaidian Heavy Industries TS-06
DATE INTRODUCED: 2189 AD
LENGTH: 203 feet (62 meters)
WIDTH: 164 feet (50 meters)
HEIGHT: 59 feet (18 meters)
MATERIAL: Composite-Alloy
POWER PLANT: x2 Hensai Energy HEFR-5000A Fusion Reactor (Main Vessel), Hensai Energy HENB-20 Nuclear Battery
OUTPUT: 5000 megawatts each (10,000 megawatts total for main vessel), 20 megawatts (command module)
ARMOR TYPE: Composite-Alloy
ARMOR THICKNESS: 3.5 inch
DISPLACEMENT: 2000 tons
CREW: 5 + 10 BattleKnight Pilots optional (15 maximum), (4 Operators, 1 Officer, & up to 10 Pilots)

PROPULSION

             FASTER THAN LIGHT :
             2x Centauri Research 6th Generation, Mark-VII, CR-TSWD-152D
             SPEED: 0.48 light-years per hour each (0.96 light-years per hour total)

             INTERPLANETARY:
             2x Union Industrial UI-PD-500 (2 on main vessel)
             SPEED: KiloMACH 5 each (1056 miles per second each, 2112 miles per second total)

             4x Eurospace ES-ID-400 (2 each engine pod, 2 on command module as emergency engines)
             SPEED: 20,267 mph each (81,068 mph total), command module engines have a combined speed of 40,534 mph)

             EMERGENCY (COMMAND MODULE):
             2x Eurospace ES-ID-7.5
             SPEED: 30,400 mph each (60,800 mph total)

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Izar Industrial II-EMAPC-240 triple 80 megawatt EMPAC cannon turret; Effective Range: 400 miles; Payload: unlimited with nuclear battery clutch system recharged by the shuttle's main reactor: ROF: up to 1 triple blasts per ten seconds.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
             2x Alkaid Arms AA-STL-02A3 six-shot torpedo launcher pods, Missile Type: AA-600ST 600 pound space torpedo; Effective Range: 7111 miles; Payload: 60 torpedoes each. ROF: 1 to 6 space torpedoes each per two seconds, up to 180 torpedoes per minute.

ELECTRONICS:

              1x Microwave Radio Communications array with a 100 AU range.
              1x Laser Communications array with a 1000 AU range.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity Communications array with a 10 light-year range.
              1x LADAR sensor array with a 220,0000 mile range.
              1x Passive EMS array with a range of 1,000,000 miles.
              1x Active EMS array with a range of 100,000 miles.
              1x Super Luminal Velocity sensor array with a 80 Parsecs range.
              1x Antigravity control system.

HANGARS:
             1x 1800yd3 Holds 10 BK-01 type BattleKnights (BK-01, BK-01A, BK-01S, BK-01E, BK-01B, or BK-01O only: no BK-01L). Or 1981 yd3 of cargo.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:
              6x Cydonia Research CR-DF-300B Level-03 omnidirectional deflector field generators; Range: 300 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 300 megawatts each; Output: 75,600 gigajoules (75.6 terajoules) with a regeneration of 7560 gigajoules (7.56 terajoules) every ten seconds.

Description/Overview:
              Despite the overwhelming success of the TS-05 transport shuttle throughout the 2180s as both a commercial transport vessel and a pinnace of the USR armed space forces in the Ceres Conflict, by 2189 the ship's warp drives, main weapons, and shields were clearly obsolete. Hence, an upgrade program was started to bring the TS-05 up to the standards of the post-Outer Sphere War era. This resulted in the TS-06 transport shuttle being produced.