Skyranger
General Information
The Skyranger is a troop transporter. The fastest in its class, it also features Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities.
With a listed top speed of 760 and a large fuel capacity, the Skyranger is capable of transporting X-COM soldiers to missions around the globe.
[Jasonred] : The Skyranger has the most fuel capacity of any ship in the game, and can stay in the air for a max of 3.5 DAYS, compared to the Avenger which can remain in the air for a max of 5 hours. Thus, the Skyranger pretty much remains the only craft capable of performing sweeps for suspected alien bases throughout the game.
After a flight, the Skyranger refills its tanks at 3.33% every half hour, on the half hour. (Since you don't see decimals, refuelling follows a pattern of +3%, +3%, +4% fuel.) Thus it can take up to 15 hours (30 half hours) to refuel, if on empty. It will then perform a rearming step. It will drop out of rearming status and be ready to fly when the clock is next straight up on an hour. Thus, rearming will either take a half hour (if fuelling ended at XX:30) or an hour (if fuelling ended at XX:00). This rearming time is required for energy weapons or even if your Skyranger has no weapon. If it has a missile weapon, it will additionally require one full hour for each missile it restocks.
Vital Statistics
| Maximum Speed: | 760 |
| Acceleration: | 2 |
| Fuel Capacity: | 1,500 |
| Weapon Pods: | None |
| Damage Capacity: | 150 |
| Cargo Space: | 14 |
| HWP Capacity: | 3 |
See Also
- Lightning - New Fighter-Transporter
- Avenger - Ultimate Craft
- Data Canister: Skyranger