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Meridian-Program Support Craft — General Arrangement

The three small craft carried by the Meridian-class deep explorer ISV Endurance. A Meridian stays in orbit and reaches a surface through these — she makes no planetfall herself. Drawn to common scale: the industrial YT-4A yard-tender (largest), the rugged DS-7C dropship, and the legged LN-5B lander (smallest, and the finite surface fleet — each loss is permanent out in the far pocket). A standard planning fit carries one DS-7C, two LN-5B landers, and one YT-4A.

ISCA-FC · OFFICE OF VESSEL ENGINEERING
DRAWING EX-01 / SHT 9 OF 14 · SUPPORT CRAFT · COMMON SCALE
CLASSIFICATION · ISCA-FC RESTRICTED
SCALE 1:200 · METRIC · REV A — 2240
EXPOSED MACHINERY · NO STREAMLINING TOW MANIPULATOR / GRAPPLE ARMS YT-4A YARD-TENDER 31.0 m YARD-TENDER · DOCKSIDE / SALVAGE 31.0 × 12.0 × 9.1 m · CREW 4 TOW ~120 t · NOT A PLANETFALL CRAFT STRIPS WRECKS · WELDS THE PATCHWORK HULL CREW 3 SIDE HATCH REAR / UNDER CARGO RAMP STOUT LANDING GEAR DS-7C DROPSHIP 24.8 m DROPSHIP · THE "WORK TRUCK" 24.8 × 14.2 × 7.8 m · CREW 3 ~20 TROOPS or ~6.5 t CARGO INSERTION · EXTRACTION · EVACUATION CREW 2 SPLAYED LANDING LEGS · LOW-G SAMPLING ARM LN-5B LANDER 18.1 m LANDER · SCIENCE / RESUPPLY 18.1 × 10.6 × 6.3 m · CREW 2 PAYLOAD ~4.0 t · LOW-G CAPABLE BIRD-NAMED HULLS (e.g. the lost PETREL) CREW · 1.8 m 5 m ALL CRAFT · COMMON SCALE · BOW RIGHT →
DS-7C DROPSHIP
L × B × H24.8 · 14.2 · 7.8 m
CREW3
CAPACITY~20 / 6.5 t
ROLEINSERT / EVAC
LN-5B LANDER
L × B × H18.1 · 10.6 · 6.3 m
CREW2
PAYLOAD~4.0 t
ROLELAND / SAMPLE
YT-4A YARD-TENDER
L × B × H31.0 · 12.0 · 9.1 m
CREW4
TOW~120 t
ROLESALVAGE / TOW
PROGRAM
CARRIERISV ENDURANCE
OPERATORISCA-FC
FIT1 · 2 · 1
DOCTRINELANDER-ONLY
SUBJECT
MERIDIAN-PROGRAM SUPPORT CRAFT · DS-7C / LN-5B / YT-4A
DRAWING
EX-01 / SHT 9
REV
A · 2240
SCALE
1 : 200
CARRIER
EX-01
SHEET
09 / 14

Three craft, one job between them: get people and gear from an orbiting explorer onto a surface and back, and keep the hull alive when there is no yard for a thousand light-years. The dropship lands the people, the lander does the careful work, the tender works the hull and strips the wrecks — and out in the far pocket the tender's salvage becomes the ship herself, welded on plate by plate as she degrades.