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Nexus Class Cargo Shuttle

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As one of the first ship designs for the new Earth fleet the Nexus was intended to be a new shuttle to fill in the need for a low maintenance workhorse. One of the first missions of the new Nexus class was to carry the center section of the new International Space Station and to set a new standard in reusable shuttle designs. The design is intended to be allowed to use 4 engines in a VTOL system so it could land anywhere that's safe either that it be on land or on the water. When the design was being used they were popular for their secondary roles as resupply or a cargo ship for the rest of the fleet. But the highly modular design allowed for extreme modifications were some nations use them as light corvette or repurposing the cargo bay to act as a large hanger to launch surprise attacks on pirates that are expecting a lightly armored and equipped resupply ship. But as a resupply ship the design was capable of carrying a couple dozen large shipping containers as well as many other supplies within its cargo bay.

Specs 
Length: 110 meters long
Width: 90 meters
Height: 42 meters

Armament
96 S-PAC-5 "Patriot" Missile defense system 
6 M-995 "Glaive" Kenetic Impact Weapon System
Image size
2104x1150px 1.48 MB
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Loving the wide, beastly hull. Seems like quite a realistic, stylish vessel. Would love to see it in a movie.