Interstellar Vehicle

The Interstellar Vehicle (also known as an ISV) is type of interstellar spaceship used by humans.In the case of the most recent design, the Capital Star class, examples of these vehicles are part of a looping supply chain for the transport of supplies, equipment, personnel, refined ore, and data between planet Earth and the distant moon Pandora.
The Capital Star class ships are specially designed to carry significant payloads from Earth to the Alpha Centauri star system, namely the moon of Pandora. 
Older variants of the Capital Star class such as the ISV Venture Star never enter Pandora's atmosphere, much less land on its surface, since they are designed to operate in deep space. If an older model ISV such as the Venture Star ever attempted atmospheric entry, it would break apart and burn up because of atmospheric friction and high gravitational forces. Instead, these vehicles send smaller shuttle-like vessels, called Valkyries, to land on the moon's surface. 
More recent iterations of the ISV such as the Manifest Destiny would tow rugged, 40-story buildings known as Landing Modules. When an ISV reaches the upper atmosphere of Pandora, the Landing Module would be dropped as “Sling Loads” allowing for instant domination on the ground. Heavily armed RDA troops equipped with AMP Suits would quickly be deployed from the Landing Modules to create secure perimeters. The Landing Module in tow of an ISV allowed for almost instantaneous on-the-ground development of Bridgehead City upon landing. 
A crew of about 25 members (three teams of five on-duty crew and ten medical personnel in cryosleep) will oversee the operational maintenance of the ship as well as up to 200 passengers who are placed in cryosleep for the seven-year trip. The inhabitants of the ship and its unobtanium payload are protected by four angular, flat plates tethered by a central trunk to the forward of the ship known as the Interstellar Debris Protection System (IDPS). 
 
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