Marauder
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A Marauder is a type of Peacekeeper craft.
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[edit] Function
Marauders are the primary recon/commando dropship in the Peacekeeper fleet. They have excellent scanner equipment and good stealth capabilities, and are typically used as scouts and troop transports for boarding missions. Each Marauder is heavily shielded and carries up to 5 highly trained and well armed Peacekeeper commandos.
[edit] Fuel
Cesium Fuel: Cesium is one of the alkali metals. It reacts explosively with water, is liquid at or near room temperature, and has more isotopes than any other element. Humans use it for photoelectric cells and the Peacekeepers use it for Marauder fuel.
[edit] Capacity
While the inside of the ship has never been shown, it can be assumed it can fit a great deal of people. In Terra Firma, the ship was shown to be able to carry 32 people(30 peacekeeper commandos, Captain Braca and Commandant Grayza.
When a ship lands, people leave through an elevator system located in each of the three landing stalks.
In a combat situation a marauder can deploy its commandos through a bottom hatch without having to land. Marauders have a reported top speed of hetch 7.
[edit] Weapons
Marauders are equipped with pulse cannons and missiles. It also has an immobilizer pulse that can be used to disable ships. Such marauders are usually part of a retrieval squad, often used to capture and enslave Leviathans.
