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*Mark I - the prototype (three in existance).
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*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.
*Mark V - elite personal transport. This craft is one-half the size of the earlier models, and can carry up to twenty-five persons in comfort. It is otherwise identical to the other models, but can travel at Mach Five speeds (maximum; curising speeds of Mach 3.5).
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:▼
▲In addition, the ''Gridrunner'' tasked for Legion use is an advanced version of the Mark
*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.▼
*Ease of operation: any pilot with experience in flying military craft can easily learn to handle the aircraft.
*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.▼
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▲*An exotic 'power conversion chamber' has been created for installation, which will allow
*The ''Gridrunner-A'' is also equipped with a unique 'atmospheric processor unit', which can create breathable gases and regulate the environment within the craft. When in use, both the PCC and the APU gives the craft an effectively unlimited operational capability (based upon the nutritional needs of the crew and passengers).
*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).
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*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
*The craft can carry up to four 'compliance chambers' - phone booth-sized chambers that have the same function as the Mark 40 compliance bands (in that they fully dampen the powers of anyone placed inside). If necessary, the prisoner can be kept in a sleep-state by the use of specialized sonic emitters, or restrained by the use of 'confinement mist' canisters inside. These chamners can be used to transport rogue metahumans to secure holding facilities.
*The ''Gridrunner-A'' 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
*Unlike any other models, the
▲*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, [[Mack Mackenzie]]'s solar powers could easily absorb or dissipate the heat build-up during re-entry.)
The Legion has one Mark II and two Mark V''Gridrunner-A'' aircraft at its disposal for official uses.
▲*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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