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There are
*Mark I - the prototype (three in existance).
*Mark II - standard transport
*Mark III - heavy transport; can carry two hundred men and two support vehicles.
*Mark IV - multi-role assault craft; modified with a specialized weapons-bay that can be deployed at trans-sonic speeds (not above Mach 6). Can carry strategic ordinance if required.
In addition, the ''Gridrunner'' tasked for Legion use is an advanced version of the Mark II. At an estimated cost of 2.4 billion dollars, she is faster (cruising speed of Mach 8), has a more advanced onboard A.I., sensory/communications-electrical countermeasures and electrical warfare package, and comes with the capability to operate outside the Earth's atmosphere. Among the enhanced capabilities of the advanced Gridrunner:
*it has the capability to carry 2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_fuel_tank conformal fuel tanks], allowing it to achieve low Earth orbit. Unlike most CFT systems, the ''Gridrunner's'' CFT's can be ejected once orgit has been achieved.
*An exotic 'power conversion chamber' has been created for installation, which will allow a Legionnaire with the appropriate ablities to act as a 'booster rocket' and carry the ''Gridrunner'' into geostationary orbit.
*The craft has inertial dampening field generators, which can counteract 90% of the force imparted upon the craft's occupants due to accleration. The IDF generator uses a great deal of energy, and thus is used only when necessary (ex. on takeoff, landings, and in case of emergency manouvers).
*The craft also has a small [[Salazarium]]-based artificial gravity generator installed aboard. The AG-generator works by artifically stimulating the Salazarium inside the device to generate a localized field of graviton particles that act to simulate a near-Earth normal gravitational field throughout the craft. As with the IDF generator, the energy drain is such that it is used only when needed. (Because of the nature of her powers, [[Quinn Morgendorffer]] can interface with a [[modulator cuff]] attached to the generator and provide the device with a conditionally unlimited energy source; also, the cuff allows power to be absorbed from Quinn even when she is asleep or unconscious.)
*The craft can carry a 'universal transfer chamber' - a chamber the size of a subcompact car, which can either allow the ''Gridrunner'' to connect with a spacecraft or the [ International Space Station], as well as serve as a 'lifepod' that can be attached to the distressed craft so that up to five persons can be rescued and brought aboard the ''Gridrunner''.
*The ''Gridrunner'' has two additional coats of Secondary Adamantium coating over the hull to further protect the craft from the heat of re-entry caused by friction, and a single-use force-screen emitter designed as the craft's primary heat during re-entry. (In addition, the on-board systems are all hardened against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse EMP] so that if necessary, [[Jane Lane]] could use her own magnetic force-fields to protect the ship - although, in such a circumstance, she has the ability to return the craft to Earth under her own power. Likewise, Michael Mackenzie ([[Mack]]') solar powers could easily absorb or dissipate the heat build-up during re-entry.)
*Unlike any other models, the Advanced ''Gridrunner'' is armed with two forward-mounted internal dual maser emitters (which can be used even at trans-sonic speeds). The masers have an effective radius of 6000 meters.
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