Mercurius Class Airship
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| Mercurius | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Arboriri Class | ||
| Type | Airship | |
| Service History | ||
| Place of Origin |  Etruria
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| Year Designed | 2098 | |
| Manufacturer | Nephos | |
| Number Built | {{{num_built}}} | |
| Variants | ||
| Service Dates | 2099 to Present | |
| Used By | Etruria
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| Wars | TBD | |
| Specifications | ||
| Crew | 4 | |
| Length | 250 m | 820 ft |
| Wingspan | m | ft |
| Height | 19 m | 65 ft |
| Weight | kg | lb |
| Max. Takeoff | kg | lb |
| Performance | ||
| Power Plant | 4 ACE Sprint Turbo 120 hp | |
| Speed | 128 km/h | 80 mph |
| Rate of Climb | 4 m/s | 12 ft/sec |
| Ceiling | 6,100 m | 20,000 ft |
| Range | 500 km | 260 nm |
| Armament | ||
| Guns | none | |
| Missiles | {{{missiles}}} | |
| Bombs | none | none |
Mercurius Class Airship are small, manueverable, lightly-armored non-rigid airships built and operated by the Etrurian Imperial Aviation Squadron designed for transport between larger airships and ground support.
Development
The Mercurius is a unique multi function airship designed to facilitate missions that would be inappropriate for larger airships. Design specifications required a small, durable, and practical patrol airship that could transport men and materiel airship to airship or ground to airship.
Design
The Mercurius is non-rigid airship with a shape formed by trapped gas within its envelope. It utilizes "dynamic lift" design principles and vectored thrust to achieve lift (similar to the Arboriri and Aetherius).
The Mercurius is capable of forward deployment and requires no infrastructure and little maintenence. It is capable of lifting 20 tons of payload under normal conditions and an impressive 14 tons of payload when in undeveloped conditions requiring near vertical take off. The Mercurius is capable of remaining off station at cruise speeds for seven days and when required to take off and land vertically (when forward deploying strike teams) it is capable of remaining off station for three to four days.
The crew of four controls the Mercurius from a traditional control car gondola.
