Role: Multi-role Gunship / Heavy Assault Transport
Manufacturer: Imperial Vandu Shipyards, Jotun
Crew: 2–6 (Pilot, Co-pilot, Gunners, Command Officer)
Size: Medium (Approx. 40 meters long)
Hyperdrive: Equipped (rare among gunships)
The Glacivor-Class is a durable, fast, and highly versatile gunship, one of the few gunships in the galaxy equipped with a hyperdrive, allowing rapid deployment to distant battlefronts. Its design emphasizes speed, survivability, and firepower rather than raw offensive capability against capital ships.
The hull is composed of dark obsidian-like steel reinforced with Cordnium filaments, giving it a faint icy sheen. Its angular yet aerodynamic frame allows high-speed atmospheric flight and agile maneuvering in space. Vandu iconography is engraved into the hull along the sides and nose, signifying its elite status in military operations.
Speed: High – optimized for rapid insertion, extraction, and battlefield maneuvering.
Armor: Heavy – reinforced to resist small arms, laser fire, and explosive ordnance.
Shields: Moderate – strong enough to withstand focused attacks, but weaker than the Empire’s starfighters.
Hyperdrive: Rare among gunships; enables interstellar tactical mobility.
Ice Plasma Cordnium Guns: Mounted on dorsal and ventral turrets, capable of rapid fire, effective against infantry, light vehicles, and small craft.
Cordnium Beam (Anti-Fighter/Escort Variant): A high-energy concentrated beam fired from the forward-mounted turret, capable of disabling or destroying fast-moving enemy craft and small capital ship sections.
Optional Missile Hardpoints: For anti-vehicle, anti-air, or area suppression missions.
Medical: Equipped with reinforced compartments, life support, and med bays to serve as a battlefield hospital transport.
Transport: Maximized interior space for rapid troop and cargo movement.
Command: Advanced communication arrays, sensor suites, and strategic control stations for coordinating fleet or planetary operations.
Anti-Vehicle: Heavier Ice Plasma cannons and missile pods optimized for armored targets and ground vehicles.
Anti-Infantry: High-volume Ice Plasma turrets for suppressing enemy troops in open and urban terrain.
Anti-Air: Turrets angled for atmospheric defense, capable of targeting fast-moving aerial threats.
Anti-Fighter/Escort: Cordnium Beam turret and reinforced armor, designed to escort transports or bombers against starfighter swarms.
The cockpit supports up to two pilots, with holographic displays for navigation, weapons control, and battlefield awareness. Crew cabins are modular and highly configurable, allowing the Glacivor to serve as troop transport, mobile command post, or medevac ship. Life support and environmental controls allow operation in a variety of planetary atmospheres, including harsh Vandu frontier worlds.
The Glacivor serves as the backbone of Vandu Empire ground and aerial operations, capable of rapid troop deployment, battlefield support, and skirmishes against independent worlds or rebel forces. Its rare hyperdrive enables the Empire to project force far beyond the reach of most gunships, while its Ice Plasma weaponry and Cordnium Beam allow it to dominate smaller craft and ground threats alike.