(CG model by Mechmaster)
General and Technical Data
Class: MDC-HES10
Ships of the line: N/A
Unit Type: Transport shuttlecraft
Manufacturer: Winner Corporation
Operator: Mars Defense Corps, Preventers, Earth Defense Organization
First deployment: Unknown
Length: 12 meters
Height: 4 meters
Wingspan: 15 meters
Equipment and design features: High Energy Output systems
Propulsion: 2 x HEO engine
Fixed Armaments: None
Mobile Suits: None
Launch catapaults: None
Ships of the line: N/A
Unit Type: Transport shuttlecraft
Manufacturer: Winner Corporation
Operator: Mars Defense Corps, Preventers, Earth Defense Organization
First deployment: Unknown
Length: 12 meters
Height: 4 meters
Wingspan: 15 meters
Equipment and design features: High Energy Output systems
Propulsion: 2 x HEO engine
Fixed Armaments: None
Mobile Suits: None
Launch catapaults: None
Technical and Historical Notes
Manufactured by the Winner
Corporation as part of a joint venture with the Mars Defense Corps, the
MDC-HES10 helped speed up the migration of people from Earth to Mars,
as the revolutionary High Energy Output hydroengine systems developed
for the craft cut the travel time from months to a tiny fraction of
that. While expensive to produce, and more expensive to purchase, these
shuttles form the backbone of much of the interplanetary transit
system, and most are based out of the Mars Sphere. They are far less
common in the Earth Sphere, and all but nonexistant in the Venus
Sphere, as budgets following the acid storm disaster were far too tight
to include any of these high-cost craft. There is also a newer version,
the MDC-HES10b High Energy Output
Shuttle, but this faster successor to the MDC-HES10 is not
available on the market.