The Inbit Shell-Dor Carrier represents a jump in technology and tactics that was
totally unexpected by the Mars Base military. Before it's invention, Mars Base troops
found it fairly easy to land on Earth and outrun the Inbit mecha while leaving the planet.
With the First Earth Recapture Mission featuring the new Legioss and Ride Armors at the forefront,
the Inbit created the next generation of their mecha and soon drove the Mars Base troops back.
And as they tried to escape, the Shell-Dor carriers were spotted for the first time, releasing
massive amounts of booster equipped Iigaas that overwelmed almost all of the surviving troops.
The Second Earth Recapture Mission ran head long in to a wave of Shell-Dor carriers that effectively
stopped all approach, dooming that mission to failure.
The Shell-Dor Carrier, the only space craft seen in use by the Inbit,
is a vaguely saucer-shaped craft with two blocky protuberances on the top and
bottom, and three large thrusters attached at the back. There are also four
highly visible maneuvering jets spaced at equal distances around the rim of
the vessel.
The vessel's main feature, it's two mecha bays take up over 60% of the front
of the vessel. Each mecha bay is subdivided into a further four bays, two to starboard
and two to port. One mecha bay is located on the top of the vessel and the other is virtually
a mirror image set into the bottom of the craft.
Both bays open by swinging backwards quickly to release the mecha without delay.
Inside each bay can be seen the hundreds of mecha, each sitting in a dedicated launch
slot in the deck of the mecha bay. The slots are designed to only accommodate the Iigaa Booster Fighter's engine section.
All of the mecha can be launched within seconds, greatly assisting the Inbit swarm tactic,
in a outnumber even the largest recapture mission.
VEHICLE TYPE:
Inbit Transatmospheric Mecha Transport.
CREW:
Unknown (Believed One pilot)
MECHA COMPLEMENT:
448 Iigaa Booster.
PROPULSION:
3 main thrusters. Power unknown.
4 large maneuvering jets. Power unknown.
12 small maneuvering jets. Power unknown.
PERFORMANCE:
Max atmospheric speed: Mach .9 or about 990 kph.
Max space acceleration: 1.2 g.
MAXIMUM RANGE:
Unknown, though believed to be limited to Earth orbit.
DIMENSIONS:
LENGTH
183 meters
WIDTH
34 meters
HEIGHT
152 meters
MASS
7500 metric tons (unloaded).
Maximum cargo 6000 metric tons.
MAIN ENGINE:
Unknown.
WEAPON SYSTEMS:
None except it's large complement of 448 Iigaa booster mecha.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
Enlarged Inbit energy sensor with range in excess of 15 kilometers.
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