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Alan Grant

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Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« on: 11 December 2022, 15:12:36 »
I'm wondering if NL-42 Battle Taxis can land on a planet.

By default I want to say yes, but given their specialized role I'm not sure.

Trying to use them as not just a boarding craft but a small scale space-to-ground troop transport for a small BA contingent. In the early/mid 3050s, when there aren't a lot of good alternatives that I can see.
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #1 on: 11 December 2022, 15:36:48 »
All Small Craft are capable of landing. Only WarShips, JumpShips, Space Stations, and Satellites cannot land.
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #2 on: 11 December 2022, 15:42:38 »
As long as they have landing gear (and I'm pretty sure they do), they can land on a planet.
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #3 on: 11 December 2022, 15:47:26 »
Quote from: Daryk on 11 December 2022, 15:42:38
As long as they have landing gear (and I'm pretty sure they do), they can land on a planet.
Even without, it's only, like, a +5 to land. It'll probably be a hard landing, but unlikely fatal.

As a great sim trooper once said: "landing just means... stop flying, right?"
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #4 on: 11 December 2022, 16:20:11 »
Thanks!
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #5 on: 11 December 2022, 16:32:23 »
Just glad I could help!  :thumbsup:
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #6 on: 11 December 2022, 23:58:13 »
Oddly enough I seem to recall the "Space Bus" from DS/JS was only usable in space & could not enter atmosphere.

I thought the NL-42 was the same issue.
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #7 on: 12 December 2022, 00:43:03 »
Quote from: Hellraiser on 11 December 2022, 23:58:13
Oddly enough I seem to recall the "Space Bus" from DS/JS was only usable in space & could not enter atmosphere.

I thought the NL-42 was the same issue.

there are a couple quirks that can affect how well a ship flys in atmosphere, if at all. Unstreamlined doesnt let them operate in the atmosphere at all. Atmospheric Flight Instability (which the clan NL-45 has, and its easy to see how the NL-42 has it, as its part of the same family) makes it harder to fly in atmosphere, iirc a +2 to all PSRs in atmo.

i dont think alot of the older space stuff got quirks.
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Re: Can NL-42s land on a planet?
« Reply #8 on: 12 December 2022, 03:59:40 »
Any spaceship can land on planet. Most of them only once however :)
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