AG-64 Destrier

The AG-64 Destrier is the premiere workhorse of the Genesis Ark. A prominent Gunship/Dropship designed by Boeing Aerospace, the AG-64 is a lightly armed VTOL Transport. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply and features a wide cargo ramp at rear of the fuselage and three external ventral cargo hooks. While lacking in speed, this durable transport is fitted with a basic shield generator, and is capable of entering and exiting an atmosphere without assistance.

Propulsion
The primary drive for the AG-64 are six HL-4 Raptor-Interrex Engines, two at the front, and four at the rear. The rotating mounts on the engines allow them to orient themselves in a relatively wide degree of movement, supporting both hovering actions as well as forward drive. Like modern day and Ark engines, the HL-4 is a slightly older, but still venerable plasma engine. Though powerful, the weight of the dropship itself makes the ship rather slow under full load, and its momentum requires a steady hand to guide properly.

The AG-64 includes intake valves, allowing it to operate properly both in and out of atmosphere, and is equipped with a micro-jump drive, allowing it to exit the atmosphere with little difficulty.

Defensive Systems
The AG-64 is built primarily from a Durralex Ferro-fibrous armour plate, which combines relative strength with a light weight. Built to transport in the middle of combat operations, the AG-64 is capable of defending itself, but is far from invincible. The Destrier can also project a limited reflex shield, providing point defense against explosives such as anti-air missiles.

Offensive Systems
Mounted underneath the cockpit is a Colt Armory H-90 Autocannon. The H-90 is a 30mm electromagnetically driven belt-fed autocannon on a turret mount connected to the gunner's helmet. Mounted on the Destrier as a close in support weapon, the H-90 fires high explosive cannon rounds at a rate of 600 to 900 rounds per minute and is fed from a 500 round belt.

Each of the Destrier's wings is capable of loading up to 3 missile slots or spare fuel cells.

Each side door of the Destrier can open to reveal a M860 Microvulcan attached to the side of the ship. The M860 is an electromagnetically driven 6-barrel rotary machinegun that fires 7.62 rounds at a rate of 2000 to 6000 rounds per minute from a 1000 round belt.

Crew and Cargo
The Destier is operated by a pilot and gunner, alongside with a door gunner and crew chief operating the side guns. The main compartment connects to both the side and rear hangar door, and is operated by the gunner in the cockpit. The Destrier can comfortably carry a full squad of 12 alongside supplies and materials, and can squeeze 30 into its main hold. Ventral hooks allow it to carry ground vehicles into combat zones.

Trivia
This vehicle was created by Vietmyke, the ability to carry being designed off the Pelicans from the Halo series.