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{{InfoBoxSmallCraft
| image = [[Image:Long Range Shuttle KR-61 TRO3057r.png|191px]]
| Name = KR-61 Long-Range Shuttle
| Manufacturer = [[United Outworlders Corporation]]<ref name=O:TCp21>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 21: "United Outworlders Corporation"</ref>
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Various
| Use = In-system Passenger/Cargo Transport
| Type (Shape) = Civilian Aerodyne
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere
| Cost = 3,978,300 [[C-Bills]]<ref>''Combat Operations'', p. 107</ref>
| Introduced = 2598
| Mass = 100 tons
| Length = 20.5 meters
| Width = 18 meters
| Engine (Type) = [[Pitban 300a]]<ref name=DSJSp72>''DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary'', p. 72</ref>
| Safe Thrust = 2 g
| Maximum Thrust = 3 g
| Fuel = 25 tons
| Burn Rate = 1.84
| Armament = None
| Armor = 6 tons [[Armor (Small Craft & DropShips)|standard]]
| Crew = 3<ref name=TRO3057Rp170>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 170</ref>
*1 Officer
*2 Enlisted
| Passengers = 2
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 0/0
| Heat Sinks = None
| BV (1.0) = 274<ref>''Combat Operations'', p. 107</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 190</ref>
| BV (2.0) = 
}}

==Description==
While not as versatile as the larger spheroid [[K-1|K-1 DropShuttle]], the '''KR-61 Long-Range Shuttlecraft''' is the most common aerodyne-based long-range shuttle model in human space, used to transport small amounts of passengers and cargo between planets and [[Jump Point]]s in instances where none of the [[DropShip]]s attached to the [[JumpShip]] are scheduled to detach.<ref name=TRO3057Rp170/><ref name=TRO3057p172>''Technical Readout: 3057'', p. 172</ref>

Because of the long distances between most inner system worlds and the zenith and nadir Jump Points, the KR-61 is equipped with more comprehensive sleeping, sanitary, and food-preparation facilities for its two crew members and two passengers than vehicles like the [[ST-46]], also carrying double the fuel to allow such trips.

==Armament==
Primarily intended for civilian use, the KR-61 is totally unarmed. The six tons worth of armor the craft carries is intended mostly to offer some protection while fleeing from pirate attacks at jump points.

==Cargo==
The vessel's small cargo hold is capable of storing little cargo, and functions as the KR-61's sole airlock.<ref name=TRO3057p172/><ref name=TRO3057Rp170/>

*Bay 1: Cargo (2.5 tons), 0 doors

==Variants==
*;KR-61C : The [[Clan]] version of the venerable KR-61 is almost identical, save for using more [[Armor (Small Craft & DropShips)|advanced composite plating]] offering a minor increase in armor.<ref name=TRO3057Rp170/><ref name=TRO3057p172/> Clan Occupation Zone production began in [[3074]] at Clan Jade Falcon's [[Falcon's Roost Orbital Assembly Plant]]<ref name=O:TCp14>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 14, "Falcon's Roost Orbital Assembly Plant"</ref> and at least by [[3080]] at the Ghost Bear [[Tseng Facility]].<ref name=O:TCp34>''Objectives: The Clans'', p. 34, "Tseng Facility"</ref> BV (1.0)= 338<ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 181</ref>

*;NL-43 Battle Taxi : A streamlined 100-ton landing craft intended for boarding actions, the NL-43 has a sixteen-ton infantry compartment. Protected by 20 tons of [[Stealth Armor]] powered by a [[Guardian ECM Suite]]. Each wing has a pair of [[Medium X-Pulse Laser]]s, and another pair covers the aft arc. The NL-43 can now deliver a bomb load, but it can't operate as a VTOL.<ref name=XTRO:Pp12>''Experimental Technical Readout: Phantoms'', p. 12</ref>

==Design Quirks==
The NL-43 Battle Taxi variant is subject to the following [[Design Quirk]]:<ref name=XTRO:Pp12/>
* [[Non-Standard Parts]]

==Notes==
The description of the KR-61's abilities and listed statistics differ on the crew and cargo. Between eight and two and a half tons are available in the class's hold, and either two or three crew members are typically assigned to the vessel.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Kr-61.png|Illustration of KR-61 Long-Range Shuttlecraft from ''[[DropShips and JumpShips|DropShips and JumpShips: ComStar Intelligence Summary]]''
Long Range Shuttle KR-61 TRO3057r.png|Flying KR-61 from ''[[Technical Readout: 3057|TRO:3057]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
* ''[[Combat Operations]]''
* ''[[DropShips and JumpShips]]''
* ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Phantoms]]''
* ''[[Objectives: The Clans]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]''

[[Category:Small Craft classes]]