Beachhead

Locked: prestige hull reserved for members of a faction that has earned the "Everybody Fights, Nobody Quits" achievement.

The marines ride near the center of a Beachhead, behind the stores and the structural ribs, where a hit has the most ship to cross before it reaches them. Their route forward passes through equipment checks, a pressure lock, and a waiting compartment lined with handholds. Each section can seal without trapping the next. The transport depends on its escorts to clear an approach. Its own guns keep an opportunist occupied; its engines move a great deal of armor with little grace. Once alongside, the waiting compartments empty in order. The return passages remain open for casualties and for the people carrying them.