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The V-44 Starlifter is a large tiltrotor VTOL transport in service with the US Armed Forces, capable of transporting vehicles around the battlefield.

Lore[]

While the United States Air Force and Marine Corps began to introduce the V-22 Osprey in the early 2000s, the Army largely missed out on the advent of modern tiltrotor aircraft and stuck with the venerable CH-47 Chinook helicopter throughout the Global War On Terror. Meanwhile, the Osprey proved to be quite a formidable machine that combined the speed of an airplane with the deployability of a helicopter after it's initial problems had been ironed out.

During the mid 2030s, the Department of the Army tried to catch up with these developments by throwing its weight behind a new Air Force project that eventually produced the V-44 Starlifter, an enormous quadrotor VTOL aircraft with enough internal space and engine power to carry multiple combat vehicles, including tanks, as well as a sizable detachment of infantry or drones. While the Ospreys and a number of other medium helicopters are still used for the more discrete 'high speed, low drag' style insertions, the Starlifters can move enough man- and firepower to the frontline to sustain an entire invasion on their own as evidenced by their performance in the Third World War, but also during a disaster relief operation in Puerto Rico, where a wing of USAF Starlifters delivered tons of medical supplies, food and other vital goods after Hurricane Xander had swept across the Caribbeans in 2047.

Abilities[]

Ability Description
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Dismiss
Dismiss the Starlifter and refunds its cost.
Can only be used when the Starlifter is not transporting vehicles.

Behind the scenes[]

  • Prior to 1.87 the Starlifter can be built from the Airfield and carry infantry, although it only have 12 transport slots.

See also[]

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