Raven

The Raven is an extremely versatile space-to-ground capable dropship used by the Nexon Prime Space Command, as well as being marketed toward law enforcement, security, corporate and civilian markets. In its role as a tactical aerospace lifter, the Raven is mainly for the pickup and transportation of personnel, vehicles and equipment, though some variants are capable of serving in the role of a gunship. 
== Design ==
The Raven is a pan-atmospheric multi-gravitational strategic airlift aerospacecraft, or to simplify, a Dropship, is developed by the NXSC. It allows the NXSC to quickly drop off troops, equipment and ground vehicles into combat. The Raven is used as a combat dropship, as well as an inter-planetary cargo vessel, which is reflected by non-military users such as the UAG politicians.
The DT18 Raven dropship has been in service for over fifty years, and is the primary tactical support aircraft of the NXSC. The Raven serves a multi-role purpose; it is fully capable of atmospheric flight and can land almost anywhere without difficulty. The Raven is also capable of limited spaceflight, which the NXSC uses as a primary way of delivering troops to the surface from orbit.
The Raven is crewed by two personnel who occupy the cockpit at the front of the dropship. The pilot sits on the right side, with the electronics operator or gunner taking up the station on the left. All flight controls are a digital fly-by-light with no manual backups; an integral expert system optimizes stability and adjusts the thruster profiles under all regimes and cargo profiles. 
Ravens utilize a Broussard Ramjet system that uses magnetic fields to attract hydrogen into two primary and two secondary articulated engine pods, creating fusion and in turn, rocket exhaust. While ideal for use in an atmospheric environment, they require a hydrogen reaction mass in order to operate in vacuum. The two main engines have four nacelles each, two on the bottom and two at the back. The aft engines being similar but lack a nacelle at the bottom. Because both modules are mounted on rotating blocks, they can redirect themselves from directing the thrust downwards to any direction required. A basic gravitic control system is used in-atmosphere to supply further stability and supplementary lift.
It is far too small to equip a StarStreak FTL engine.
== Trivia ==
=== General ===
*The Raven is reminiscent of the Pelican.
*The Raven is so popular, that not only military users have been favouring it, but also politicians.
*The standard armament consists of one Class III externally powered projectile autocannon at the fore of the vehicle, and one Class I gas-operated projectile weapon mounted at the rear, in the extended crew area.
*Throughout its service, it did not have any suitable replacements.
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