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Officially categorized as the 'Quest Corporation Global Rapid Infantry Deployment Craft, Mark II', the ''Gridrunner'' is a ultratech recon/transport craft with V/STOL/trans-atmospheric capability, a top-rated speed of Mach 10 and a cruising speed of Mach 7. It is able to place or retrieve troops anywhere on the planet within ninety minutes.
With a estimated cost of one billion dollars per craft, the ''Gridrunner'' can carry (in its original
The specialized avionics package aboard the ''Gridrunner'' is priced at roughly $300 million dollars: this includes a liquid-based, onboard artificial intelligence hardened against outside interference and EMP’s, which can act as an autopilot and complete a flight without a pilot (but optimally requires a passenger in the pilot seat to give simple instructions). The designers were able to circumvent several major problems in the design process (such as metal fatigue and temperature variants in flight causing extreme wear on aircraft parts) by using Secondary Adamantium for the craft's outer skin, many of the aircraft parts, and as a coating for many other aircraft parts (to increase their lifespan). As part of the deal which allowed the Quest Corporation access to the creation process of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamantium Adamantium] (among other things), The U. S. Government recieved eleven of the aircraft free of charge; four of those aircraft have been turned over to [[DELPHI]] for the organization's needs.
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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;
In addition, the ''Gridrunner'' tasked for Legion use is an advanced version of the Mark V. Reverse-engineered and upgraded by USAES engineering and aviation cadets in cooperation with Quest Corporation technical staff, the ' ''Gridrunner-A'' ' is the most advanced version of the craft to date, with a significantly-reduced price-tag even with her radically-advanced features). At an estimated cost of just under one-quarter 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 ''Gridrunner-A'':
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*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
*The craft also has a small [[Salazarium]]-based artificial gravity generator installed aboard. The AG-generator works by
*The craft can carry a 'universal transfer chamber' - a chamber the size of a phone booth, which can either allow the ''Gridrunner'' to connect with a spacecraft or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station International Space Station], as well as serve as a 'lifepod' that can be attached to the distressed craft so that three persons at a time can be rescued and brought aboard the ''Gridrunner''.
*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
*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 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.)
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The Legion has one Mark II and two Mark V''Gridrunner-A'' aircraft at its disposal for official uses.
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