Horizon-class Troop Drop Ship

The first long range army transport for the Systems Alliance. With the Systems Alliance branching out they found out they needed a dedicated transport for the Army. While many vessels were proposed the Horizon won the bid. The ship is designed for fast atmospheric entry, then when in the atmosphere dropping off a pair of armored pods before launching back into space.

The Ship
As it was stated before, the ship portion was designed for speed, to out run the enemy or run through blockades, drop off troops or supplies then get the hell out of there. The ship can easily make multiple runs, picking up more pods from a near by world or from a Jupitris-class Super Freighter.

The Pods
The pods carrier by the ship come in all sorts of flavors. Once empty of their contents they can be picked up by the ship or used as a make shift building. With enough of these pods dropped in a area it could easily be considered a full on base.

Supply Pod
Carries a hefty load of supplies and cargo. Doubles as a warehouse.

Infantry Pod
One of these pods holds up to 200 Infantry units along with their gear and five super light vehicles, like scout bikes. The Pod doubles as a barracks for the troops it brought down with it. Others may be designed to act as a hospital once the troops have landed. These pods have built in sentry towers that extend from the top once landed. They are armed with fixed light weapons.

Armor Pod
Carries up to three Type 66 MBTs and 10 super light Vehicles, like scout bikes, and their crews. These vehicles and roll right on out of the pod the moment its landed. Other large scale vehicles can be stored in these pods as well. These pods have everything needed to maintain and repair lightly damage vehicles. These pods are also armed with two Twin Particle beam cannon turrets that deploy once the pod has landed.

Command Pod
This pod acts as a small scale Command base. When deployed it acts as a central hub for all the Systems Alliance forces in the area. Its armed with light weapons and houses prefab sentry towers, light bunkers and barriers/fence. These prefab buildings and weapons are only to make it harder for the Command pod to be attacked, its real defense would come from other pods that landed in the area as well as the forces that came in with them.