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Condor Medium Dropship

Introduced in Dropzone Commander

A lighter, faster cousin to the Albatross, the Condor is typically employed for spearhead operations. With a smaller transport capacity, it also finds extensive use with specialised sections that do not typically take to the battlefield in vast numbers.

Designed with a similar philosophy to the Albatross, the Condor is a low cost unit with moderate armoured protection, and is best employed beyond the reach of enemy air defences.

Due to its higher combat speed, it is often called upon over the Albatross to ferry mechanised infantry formations to flashpoints. In any case, UCM military doctrine discourages the transport of over 30 men in a single unit. This limits the risk of high casualties should a dropship be lost, making the Condor the UCM’s premier infantry transport.

Current Stats & Rules (v2.4 2020-10-02)

Name	Mv	CM	A	Dp	LZ	Type	Category	Squad	T	Pts	Special
Condor	18“	A	10	3	L	Aircraft	Auxiliary	1-99	A6¹⁾	31	-

Weapons	M&F	Arc	R(F)	R(C)	Sh	Ac	E	Special
Twin UM-5 Gatling	9”	F	24“	12”	4	4+	3	-
Missile Pods *	9“	F	36”	9“	1	3+	8	Penetrative²⁾

Optional Weapons: May take Missile Pods for +5 Points

Version History

Dropzone Commander (2012)

Name	Mv	CM	A	Dp	LZ	Type	Category	S+C	Pts	Special
Condor	18”	A	5	3	L	Aircraft	Transport	T, Wide	31	-

Weapons	M&F	Arc	R(F)	R(C)	Sh	Ac	E	Special
Twin UM-5 Gatling	9“	F	24”	12“	4	4+	3	-
Missile Pods *	6”	F	36“	9”	1	3+	8	SC³⁾

Missile Pods Upgrade: A Condor may be upgraded with missile pods for +10pts

Dropzone Commander v1.1 (2013-07-24)

Missile Pods M&F increased from 6“ to 9”

Beta v2.4.1 (2018-05-02)

Missile Pods Upgrade cost reduced from +10 to +5pts

Transport capacity assigned: A3

Battle for Earth v2.0 (2019-06-17)

Standard BfE Changes Not Detailed

¹⁾

Capacity: 6 Tank

²⁾

Penetrative weapons always do damage to targets on a damage roll of 6.

³⁾

Shaped Charge - A Shaped Charge shot will always cause 1 point of damage on a roll of 6+ if it would not normally be powerful enough to inflict damage (roll to hit first as usual).