Olympus 200 - Transport Shuttle

Olympus 200 Transport Shuttle (Xbox friendly)

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-=Manufacturer's Notes=-

Shortly after setting up their office at Olympus Village on Mars, brothers Charles and James Kennett went into business by employing local workers and utilising the advanced 3D printing technologies available in order to produce a wide range of ground effect vehicles (Hovercraft), drones and short-range aircraft that could be used in the Martian atmosphere and not have to rely on expensive imports brought in from Earth; and while the company enjoyed limited success, it wasn't until the advent of the Olympus 200 that the company's sales and profts managed to take off, quite literally.

Designed as a no-nonsense SSTO (Single-stage-to-orbit) long-range transport shuttle, to be used for ferrying both personnel and equipment to and from the surface of a planet to vessels sitting in orbit, as well as between the Martian moons of Phobos and Deimos; the Olympus 200 proved to be more successful than the Kennett brothers could have ever imagined, even in the face of fierce competition from Earth-based agencies such as SpaceZ and Rockheed Morton.

During the Eastern Alliance invasion of Mars and the advent of war, Olympus Aerospace with the assistance of it's corporate security contingent and elements of Larson Industries, managed to escape the initial blockade and move a sizeable portion of it's manufacturing base to the surviving USAC base on Phobos using many of their Olympus 200 and 201 Heavy Lifters. It was shortly after this escape that Olympus Aerospace managed to secure a major contract with the USAC and was soon supplying friendly forces with a variety of transport vessels including military refits of the Olympus 200, 201 and the brand new Olympus 202 Aerospace VTOL's - many of which were converted into Assault Transports and were instrumental in the effort to retake Mars from the Eastern Alliance and subsequently win the war.

Despite being an older design, Olympus 200 Transport Shuttles are still in production with many of the original models in widespread use even today, especially in the outer colonies where they are easier to build and maintain compared to more complex spacecraft that use Hybrid thrusters or tilt-rotor engine nacelles.

Name: Olympus 200
Type: Transport Shuttle
Manufacturer: Olympus Aerospace
Mass: 72,500 kg
Block Count: 1,430
Length: 13.0 m
Height: 4.5 m
Width: 10.0 m
Thruster Acceleration Forward in Vacuum: 12.50 m/s/s
Thruster Acceleration Upward in 1G: 3.30 m/s/s
Area of Operation: All Environments
Weapons: None

*Author's Notes*
This is a special bonus gift I've made for all my followers and subscribers to my Space Engineers series and provides them with a basic hydrogen shuttle that not only fits into the hangar bays of all the new Terran capital vessels, but also comes with a little bit of lore regarding one of the companies whose spacecraft featured quite heavily during the series.

For PC users that subscribe via Steam, this shuttle also comes with a pressurised interior and airlock system, which saves your passengers having to carry around a spare oxygen tank, or have them stored in the passenger seats inside.
Sadly for all you Xbox users on mod.io, you'll have to wait until Keen pull their fingers out and release all the new blocks from the most recent DLC - which they have said they plan to do eventually, and when this happens you can be sure that I'll update this version here too.

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