Editing Gryphon Class

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<td bgcolor="#408080" align="center"><h3>Gryphon Class Inter-Planetary Troop Transport, 
Commonly known as a 'Sod Hopper'</h3></td>
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<font size="4">Description:</font></b><font size="4"><span style='font-weight:normal'> 
The Hopper is the ugliest, squattest vessel to serve 
in any tactical fleet. She is disk-like, with the 
bridge departing from usual design in being on deck 
two, amidships, for protection in heavy bombardment. 
She has 20 CM of ablative armor covering the dorsal 
area and bottom two decks, for protection against 
ground strafing fire. She has two mobile turrets on 
deck 1, fore and aft, with&nbsp; three type X phaser 
cannons for close in, high power artillery support. 
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</span></font><b><font size="4">Primary Duty: </font> </b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Inner 
System Troop transport, short range (2 days cruising, 
max)</font></p>
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<font size="4">Additional Variants: </font> </b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Heavy 
Command Center </font> </i><font size="4">- 
instead of space for transporting troops, the Command 
Center variant has that space for a War-room and 
Intel centers . Equipped with the same amount of 
weaponry, and 20 CM of Ablative armor around the 
entire vessel for protection and guarantee of Command 
Structure in heavy combat situations.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Medical 
Mobile Hospital</font></i><font size="4"> 
- This version has been stripped of most gear, in 
order to make room for surgical areas and bio beds. 
Deck 1 is low priority, deck 2 medium, deck 3 (closest 
to the airlock) is Critical and Emergency first 
aid. There is a turbolift by the airlock so non-medical 
personnel do not walk through Critical Care on a 
normal basis. It has a central heavy-duty personnel 
transporter with individual subsections branching 
out in a wheel pattern from there (Post Op, Triage, 
Recovery, etc depending on the deck). The Medical 
variant is equipped with 30 CM of Ablative armor 
around the entire ship, to protect patients under 
heavy bombardment.</font></p>
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<p><font size="4">The Variants are both used for large scale battles 
with Starfleet Marines. The Mobile Command center 
is a on-site center with full capabilities for running 
any Battle. The Mobile hospital is a close support 
emergency medical center for troops. </font> </p>
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<font size="4">Details:</font></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Length 
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</i><font size="4">- 400 ft (121.92 
Meters)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Width</font></i><font size="4"> - 500 ft (152.4 Meters)</font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Height</font></i><font size="4"> - 95 ft (28.95 Meters)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Decks</font></i><font size="4"> - 3</font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Planetary 
thrusters and anti-grav units for Planet-fall.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Tractor 
beam</font></i><font size="4"> - One aft 
emitter</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">2 
computers, 1 primary and 1 backup</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">1 
transporter (10 man, high frequency repeater)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">crew/pass/evac</font></i><font size="4"><br>

10/300/500</font></p>
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<font size="4">Engines 
and Power</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Warp:</font></i><font size="4"> 1 mini warp core, and 5 backup fusion generators<br>

Type IX warp drive, <br>
<span lang="en-us">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Cruising Speed - Warp 5<br>
<span lang="en-us">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Max Warp 7<br>
<span lang="en-us">&nbsp;&nbsp; E</span>mergency 8.2 (engine shutdown in 4 hours)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="4">Impulse:</font></i><font size="4"> Deuterium H.I.P.S (Hyper Impulse positioning system), 
multi vector drives.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><font size="4">Propulsion 
notes</font></b><font size="4"> </font> </i>
	<font size="4">- 
The Impulse drives are located in armored wells 
that protect from ground fire. They all have solid 
shudders that can be closed for intense fire when 
the drives are not being used. The impulse drives 
can <b>not</b> be used when the armored shudders 
are closed.<br>

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The Warp nacelles fold up and in, when in Planet 
fall , to protect against enemy fire as well as 
the stress of atmospheric flight. Specially designed 
armored covers extend out as the nacelle is folding 
up, effectively covering the warp nacelles from 
enemy fire. This is also how the Gryphon class minimizes 
its size to travel in a shuttle bay.<br>
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The Warp nacelles fold up and in, when in Planet 
fall , to protect against enemy fire as well as 
the stress of atmospheric flight. Specially designed 
armored covers extend out as the nacelle is folding 
up, effectively covering the warp nacelles from 
enemy fire. This is also how the Gryphon class minimizes 
its size to travel in a shuttle bay.<br>
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<i><b>'Piggyback Notes'</b>: </i>&nbsp;The 
ship is short range, with a max top speed of only 
warp 7 for a short time. Therefore, she has to be 
carried long distances when speed is of the essence, 
and is designed to make this easy. She is just small 
enough to fit into a modified (and empty) Shuttle 
Bay of any vessel equal to or larger then a Nebula 
class (With the exception of the Sovereign and Roger 
Young Classes, she can fit into their Primary Shuttle 
Bays without modifications being made. Modifications 
would still be needed for both classes' Secondary 
Bays, however.). She also has docking clamps and 
magnetic grapples to secure herself to the side 
of any other starship, for piggyback maneuvers over 
long distance. </font> </p>

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<font size="4">When in 
Piggyback, the Gryphon's inertial dampening, grav 
systems are configured along with a minimal warp field 
to allow it to be effectively mass-less and drag-less 
if carried externally. Save for the characteristic 
lag involved in extreme maneuvers, the Gryphon would 
have little affect on the mother ships maneuverability. 
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<font size="4">&nbsp; 
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<b><font size="4">Tactical 
and Defensive Systems:</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">2x 
Type X Phaser cannons, fore and aft positioning 
in 360 degree/180 degree vertical arc turrets. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">1x 
Type X Phaser strip on the amidships dorsal section 
for ground strafing and clearing before landing.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Multi-phasic 
regenerative shields</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Standard 
navigational shields.</font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">20 
CM of ablative armor covering the dorsal section 
of the ship, up to the middle of deck 2</font></p>
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<font size="4">Primary Design, 
Jeremy Trout: April 2002</font></p>

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