Thread:CaptainMcToasty/@comment-24828824-20141111171644

Here's some extra info on the General Norema design in prepearation for the orbital drop: the hangar lies in the main section of the ship between the shields along with most of the ship's vital sections, the hangar connects to the two mobile suit catapults on the port and starboard sides of the ship and in the front section with an elevator leading to both the fighter catapult deck and the nose section bomber bay, located below the broadside cannons that line the nose secion and used mainly to load or deploy smaller vehicles like tanks or apcs. Mobilesuits have to be moved inthere lying down in a cradle which can be lowered from four the bays before they will be detached, this is also how the MS will be deployed in drop pods. (think of it like the long launch sequences for thunderbirds machines)

Whether the pods break open during the fall and have the MS land with parachute or if they decelerate with their own jets and parachute is up to you, i'm fine with both.

I was also thinking of making the shuttle and it's pilots a recurring element, having it serve as a mobile supply station and transport between missions when they aren't on the General Norema. maybe even modified a bit to have it have a bit more firepower to defend itself with a beam turret or something. 