DESIGNATION: B-144 ‘Boxcar’

PRIMARY FUNCTION: Medium Bomber

CONTRACTOR: Harrek/Maine Aerospace

DATE DEPLOYED: First flight in November 2277, Initial Operational Capacity (IOC) in March 2279.

PROPULSION: 2x Thermal Capacitor Turbofan Engines, 37,250KG static thrust per engine (with Gravity).

LENGTH: 29.1 Metres

HEIGHT: 9.2 Metres

WINGSPAN: 20.7 Metres

WEIGHT: Maximum Take-Off Gross Weight (with Gravity) is 106,000KG.

MAXIMUM SPEED: Mach 8.1+

RANGE: 28,000 Kilometres

CREW: 5 Aircrew – Two Pilots, One Bombardier/Top Gunner, One Flight Engineer/Tail Gunner, One Navigator/Lower Gunner

ARMAMENT: 6x Grunsberg Heavy Plasma Guns (Top/Tail/Lower Gunners) 4x LGB7 CapBuster, 6x LGB9 Plume 2x LGT1 Lancer

ARMOUR: Single-Layer Hyperplatinum Armour

The Box Car is primarily used in fleet actions – mostly against enemy cap ships sighted by smaller craft operating off a carrier. The Box Car carries five men, apart from the two pilots all other crew have multi-roles, all are gunners along with their other roles (Navigator/Bombardier/Flight Engineer).

The major complaint about the Box Car is its lack of armament, which means it constantly requires fighter escort to ensure a successful mission, however once at its target it is more than capable of taking down multiple enemy cap ships with a full bomb and torpedo load-out.

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