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DR-4 Viking Dropship - Starship Troopers

The DR-4 Viking was the United Citizen Federation Fleet's primary ship-to-surface assault transport during the First and Second Bug Wars. It can transport up to 16 Mobile Infantry troopers from space to a contested planet's surface, rapidly deploy them with twin assault ramps, provide close support with three turrets and two fixed gatlings, and then extract them back to space. It has a crew of two - pilot and copilot.

My attempt to recreate this iconic vehicle in Space Engineers. Obviously it's not perfect - block based games do not allow perfect contours, and I could only fit 16 seats inside the landing container, instead of the 40 the actual thing from the film could.

This vehicle is fully piped-up and survival-ready. Quite literally every spare block of interior space is used for hydrogen storage, however it does suck it up rapidly so avoid flying around too long - best strategy is to free-fall to about 650m (700 if unsure) before switching on inertial dampeners.
Vehicle is fully capable of escaping planets' gravity fields.
The landing container theoretically can be detached, allowing the dropship to carry other loads, however my attempts to switch off the merge blocks caused my game to crash. Use at your discretion.
Ensure assault ramps, when stowed, are clamped into place before transit to prevent rotor bugs...
Sorry about the poor-quality images - not sure how to fix it. Perhaps my PC is just crap :P

Have fun assaulting Klendathu, and do your part to stamp out the bug!

Mods used: Small Ship Mega Mod Pack; Azimuth Hydrogen Tanks; Azimuth Custom Oxygen Tank And Generator; Azimuth Passenger Seats and Open Cockpits; Maglock Surface MkII; Battle Cannon and Turrets; Corner Lights; Sloped LCD Panels and Blast Door Sections. I'd also reccommend Sektan's Starship Troopers Bug V.1. Rodger Young as of yet not included.

Update 1: Added more lights to landing container and timer block for easy disconnect of container from ship.

For the blueprint edition, go here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=563337393
Remember to have the mods installed, or it will be a lifeless husk.