Category:Dropships

A dropship is a type of light aerospacecraft primarily used to deliver troops and equipment onto a planetary surface. Dropships possess a short range and are designed to work in conjunction with a larger orbiting that are too large to enter the atmosphere or land on the planet's surface. In Takamagaharan terminology, a dropship differs from a lander as they are heavily armed and armoured but carry much fewer troops or equipment, typically up to a single platoon or a single vehicle, with a much shorter range. Dropships are also able to carry out close air support or act as utility transports on the surface, while landers are typically unarmed or less heavily armed and only carry out large-scale troop transportation to and from the surface of the planet. Generally, dropships deploy the first wave of a landing operation and are able to continue supporting ground operations, with landers later bringing in heavier equipment and more troops once a secure landing site has been achieved. Like other transport craft, dropships are not designed for space combat.