BREACHING POD

Class:Invader
Type:Breaching Pod
Length:32 meters
Mass:500 metric tons
Crew:1 Pilot - 18 passengers
Agility:Class B
Accel.:0.5 km/s2
Power:6 Fusion Batteries
Duration:18 hours [standard]
Weapon:2 35mm Pulse Cannons
Defense:3.5 Centimeter hull
6 Grappling Claws
4 Cutting Lasers

Breaching pods are attack troop transports currently in service of the Earth Alliance. These fighter like shuttles are designed to deliver troops and invasion forces onto enemy space born targets. Typically a Breaching pod will find an enemy ship or space station, clamp onto the target's hull and burn a passage through to the interior. Once the hull is compromised, a task force of Earth Alliance Marines secures the area and attempt to either blow up the target, or to seize control of it.