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<i><b>Motto: ‘Making your bad day worse.’</b></i>
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“When you absolutely, positively have to drop on to a hot LZ, accept no substitute” – The words of Brigadier General Knackerjacker after his successful campaign to have the Federation Raptor assault ships reinstated to full service with the fleet. The LL998s (Ultramarine Osprey, Prussian Eagle and Sapphire Condor) were moth-balled nearly a decade before the Ugokin threat materialized. Replaced by smaller more efficient military transports with dedicated fighter support, the Raptors were considered too expensive to maintain.
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With the rise of the Ugokin menace however, General Knackerjacker put forward a winning case that these mighty assault ships be upgraded and brought back into the fleet, no matter what the cost. As a result, the Sapphire Condor became the first of these behemoths to re-enter service.
The Sapphire Condor (along with her sisters) is the largest transport and assault ship ever used by the Federation. She and her sisters are able to transport loads of up to 1,000 tons and land these on almost any surface, having penetrated from orbit. The Condor is now fully equipped with twin annihilator pulse cannons; a compliment of twelve ‘Deep Thunder’ ground strike missiles (on two sextuple rotary launchers); eight ‘Star Streak’ anti-ship missiles; two twin ion blaster self defense turrets and a full spread of countermeasure systems. The Condor and her sisters are designed to penetrate heavily defended airspace and land heavy military hardware or up to 500 fully armed and equipped combat troops.
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