Molniya Ramjet

The Molniya-class Ballistic Ramjet TAVTrans-Atmospheric Vehicle, or simply "Molniya Ramjet" is a massive, hypersonic delta-wing aircraft, capable of carrying roughly 300 passengers at Mach 8, or eight times the speed of sound.CTHS: Spacecraft of the Solar System, p.7 While its default structure holds hundreds of passengers in basic seating, it may be possible to refit it for half as much, but with much better accommodations.
"The Molniya is absurdly fast. "New York to London in less than an hour" fast. Legally speaking, no such machine exists outside of the THS Worldline. Hypothetically speaking though, this vehicle's specs may have appeared in the parachronic dreams of psions, and may be used as a mobile base for world-trotting superheroes and neo-pulp adventurers. Hypothetically." -- Dr. Tailor
==Being Really, Really Fast==
Even though this has no space performance it uses Spaceship move where Acceleration is in Gs (x 10 for yard/sec Move) and Top Speed is in Delta-V or miles per second (x 1,760 for yard/sec Move)
So its 6 G/~1.69 in atmosphere becomes Move 60 Acceleration with a top air speed of 6,100 mph (~2983 Nove)In Classic its top speed was 6,635 mph (~3244 Move) with Hnd/SR +2/5Spaceships 8: Transhuman Spacecraft, p.17
As even its stall speed is a whopping 356 mph (Move 174), its only contact with a ground-based battlemap will be the early stages of takeoff and landing--at its full speed, it would require a century-scale1 hex representing 100 yards battlemap.
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Category:Vehicles