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While Jumpships move units and other hardware from star system to star system, it falls to the dropships to move them inside the system. Almost all dropships are capable of landing on a planet, and they are the primary method of moving goods and armies.
Dropships range in mass from 3000 tons (the smallest attack dropship) to well over 100,000 tons (massive freighters). And all sizes in between.
They are based around two basic hullforms, aerodynamic (resembling that of the space shuttle) and spherical. The aerodynamic ones are generally smaller than spherical ones, but are capable of at least crash-landing. The spheroid ones have all the aerodynamics of a rock in flight, and must rely on brute drive strength to remain in flight.
The most common dropships in millitary service are the spheroid "Union" and "Overlord" class dropships.
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