Kanazawa Ka-85 (FT)

""The Ka-85 "Mothership" is a massive, heavily armed cargo hauler with the aerodynamic properties of a brick held aloft by the raw strength of six nuclear-powered thrusters. It's been in service for over 70 years, and of course it's made by an ancient family-owned company. It perfectly encapsulates the general Imperial attitude towards any challenge.""

- Liza Egorova, Federation Starfleet attache

The Kanazawa Ka-85 is an Imperial 10-engine orbital-ranged trans-atmospheric military heavy-lift transport aerospacecraft designed and built by Kanazawa Aeronautical Engineering. As an aerospacecraft, the Ka-85 is one of the largest craft in the Empire capable of both space and atmospheric flight, and it is the largest Imperial military aerospacecraft with such capabilities. It is fully capable of VTOL operations, enabling the Ka-85 to use unprepared areas as landing sites. The versatile airframe has also been used as an atmospheric gunship, an atmospheric bomber, an aerial refuelling platform, and more.

The Ka-85 entered service with the Imperial Army in 185. It has since become the primary space-to-surface strategic and tactical cargo vessel for the Imperial Army, performing the crucial task of shuttling large quantities of equipment and personnel from orbit to planetary surfaces. The gunship and bomber variants of the Ka-85 have also seen wide adoption across the Imperial Army, with the gunship variant in particular excelling in counterinsurgency operations.

Informally, the Ka-85 is sometimes referred to by Imperial troops as the "mothership".

Specifications
General characteristics


 * Crew: 4 - 7 (Pilot, Copilot, Communications Officer, 2 Loadmasters, 2 Gunners)
 * Length: 84 m
 * Powerplant: 1 × Kakurega 7997 Small Vessel Fusion Reactor (Second Revision)
 * Propulsion: 6 × Kanazawa QJ339 Variable-Positioning Phased Thrusters; 4 × Kanazawa QJ320 Trans-Atmospheric Phased Thrusters
 * General atmospheric speed: 850 km/h
 * Cargo: 3,000 tonnes
 * 300 passengers or
 * 20 pallets or
 * 8-10 armoured vehicles or
 * 6-8 walkers (folded or partially disassembled) or
 * 2 Kitagawa-class walker (partially disassembled)
 * Etc...

Armament (Gunship variant)


 * 4 × 31.5 mm independently-targeting semi-automated rotary cannons
 * Air-to-Surface Missiles
 * Rockets
 * Bombs