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===Planetary Transport===

The Komra homeworlds are marked by many canyons and mountains, making surveying and transport by land extraordinarily hard.  Some regular transport routes benefit from subterranean rail services, but for occasional delivery the '''Komra Aerostat''' is the vehicle of choice.  These massive airships are not fast, but their great size gives them a significant cargo capacity - and great resistance to damage.  There are significant difficulties in using lighter-than-air vessels on high-gravity worlds, but the Komra pride themselves on overcoming such problems.  The abundant helium reserves of their homeworlds make the maintenance of rigid airships inexpensive, while ultralight ceraminium struts and kevlon fibres are used in robust frames.  Finally, the Komra mastery of fusion technology provided them with a power source capable of driving their great ships through the dense atmosphere of their homeworlds.  In times of war, the Komra Aerostat is used primarily as a gunnery and bombing platform.  Troop transport is usually left to ground vehicles.  Drone technology, initially developed for seismic surveying, allows an Aerostat to insert area-denial weapons behind enemy lines.  Finally, it has been a constant pleasure to the Komra that their airships perform even better on foreign worlds, with their lighter gravity, than on the homeworlds.

Mining operations are typically serviced by super-heavy vehicles.  Two different solutions have been developed.  The mighty '''Risung''' chassis typically mounts a haul truck of immense proportions, capable of moving up to 800 tonnes across difficult terrain.  Despite its great size, the expense of refitting the Risung for war sees its use limited to the most severe campaigns.  On such dire occasions, this huge vehicle is configured either as a Titan-killer or a combination fortress and troop transport.  More versatile is the '''Uhs''' class prime mover, capable of drawing a kilometre of heavily-laden wagons over difficult terrain.  Although ultra-long "land trains" suffer from severe mobility problems, the Uhs is commonly deployed to battle with one or two wagons in tow.  Komra militias outfit their war wagons with a great variety of different weapons.

Although the surface is foreboding, small rovers are common on Komra Worlds.  Light vehicles are used to meet recreational as much as economic needs, and these designs are readily modified for military purposes.  '''Sheldkrode''' - reinforced rovers fit for resisting collapsing caverns - are particularly favoured on the battlefield, where they serve as troop transports.