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The Gleesman is a sleek shuttlecraft that uses advanced forcefield technology to generate aerodynamic surfaces to provide lift or to mute sonic booms. Though originally envisioned as an executive transport, the shuttle has ended up employed by many different organizations in a wide range of missions despite the high cost of the exotic materials needed to produce the drive systems.


General Information

  • Name: Gleesman Class
  • Operators: American Union, The Magnetic Assembly, Private Operators
  • Manufacturer:
    Union Launch Alliance (ULA)
    The Magnetic Assembly (MA)

  • Length: 16 Meters
  • Width: 5 Meters
  • Height 5 Meters

  • Crew: 1
  • Maximum Capacity: 7

History

The shuttle was originally designed by Heram J Wazu in 2315 to serve as an executive style transport that could move through residential areas at high speed with low noise pollution and land in a small, confined, location. Almost as soon as the shuttle started operating the Union military expressed interest in fielding the design and by 2320 the shuttle design was in use throughout the American Union.

Interior


The interior of the Gleasman shuttle is small, but is designed to be as spacious as possible for the few passengers with ample leg and head room for each of the six passenger seats. The forward cockpit area also has a rather spacious cockpit. The entirety of the interior is covered in a see-through display allowing individuals to see out of the craft without usage of a window. The seats are typically made from lab-grown leather and are quite plush in the civilian model. The ride is also extremely smooth, with much of the interior equipment devoted to the powerful gravity-control systems used to cancel out the effects of acceleration. Even in atmosphere gravity is controlled so that the floor of the craft always feels like 'down' and only a faint sensation of speed is experienced when the craft is accelerating. This sensation is entirely artificial, and intended as creature-comfort.

The 'luxury' aspect of the shuttle means it can hold a lot less than other similarly sized shuttlecraft.

Operation


The Gleasman shuttle is designed to be fast and smooth ride. It excels at transporting small numbers of people around a planet. The anti-gravity drive systems allow it to stop on a dime without injuring the people within, and the complex hypercavitation shield systems allow it to quickly move atmosphere out of the way of the ship, and decompress it in the ship's wake, to prevent a sonic boom. This allows the shuttle to travel at extremely high speeds in atmosphere.

The shuttle's more conventional rocket engines also allow it to travel in space, though it is mostly intended for short trips into orbit to meet with other ships as its maneuverability in deep space is highly limited without having some object for its anti-gravity systems to press-off against.

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