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==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The D81-LRT Condor is built using an elongated [[Pelican]] [[dropship]] fuselage; the current Condor model uses a [[D79-TC Pelican]] frame. Approximately ninety-five percent of the Condor's parts originate from the Pelican that it was built upon. The Pelican's original flight systems, engines, and structural spars are borrowed to in the creation of the Condor. However, the original tail thrusters are removed and replaced with the "Mission Package", which consists of four engine pods and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}<ref name="youtube">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref> capable of short to mid-range [[slipstream space]] travel. The Condor features two cockpits, with the upper cockpit housing the dropship's weapons or sensor operator.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} | The D81-LRT Condor is built using an elongated [[Pelican]] [[dropship]] fuselage; the current [[Condor]] model uses a [[D79-TC Pelican]] frame. Approximately ninety-five percent of the Condor's parts originate from the Pelican that it was built upon. The Pelican's original flight systems, engines, and structural spars are borrowed to in the creation of the Condor. However, the original tail thrusters are removed and replaced with the "Mission Package", which consists of four engine pods and a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]]{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}<ref name="youtube">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZOLp6pYCE '''YouTube''': ''Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014'']</ref> capable of short to mid-range [[slipstream space]] travel. The Condor features two cockpits, with the upper cockpit housing the dropship's weapons or sensor operator.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} | ||
Apart from being substantially longer the Condor has additional thrust nozzles and what appears to be a second deployment bay on the tail boom; this bay likely houses the slipspace drive. The Condor's compact and occasionally temperamental slipspace drive led to the dropship being very expensive, especially on the [[civilian]] market. However, advances following the [[Human-Covenant War]] have severely decreased commercially available unit costs. Maintenance has remained a problem for the Condor. The dropship's slipspace drive is rated for only five trips before it requires a comprehensive retuning, and eight trips before the Condor's drive has to be fully rebuilt.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} | Apart from being substantially longer the Condor has additional thrust nozzles and what appears to be a second deployment bay on the tail boom; this bay likely houses the slipspace drive. The Condor's compact and occasionally temperamental slipspace drive led to the dropship being very expensive, especially on the [[civilian]] market. However, advances following the [[Human-Covenant War]] have severely decreased commercially available unit costs. Maintenance has remained a problem for the Condor. The dropship's slipspace drive is rated for only five trips before it requires a comprehensive retuning, and eight trips before the Condor's drive has to be fully rebuilt.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} | ||
