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SS Valiant - Command Module Docking — Description
The Command & Landing Module (COLM) was the detachable section of the Valiant capable of atmospheric flight and vertical take-off / landing. It utilised 3 x micro impulse thrusters for forward flight, landing and lift-off as well as 4 x 4 nozzle super-dianozine RCS thrusters for fine rotation and translation control. The module was the command centre of the ship when attached, while the Secondary Control Centre in the Engineering Hull served that purpose when the CM was detached.

The SS Valiant was Earth's first true interstellar starship hastily developed shortly after Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight by the United Earth Space Probe Agency (UESPA) using easily obtainable parts and materials. Only the landing module and warp nacelles were designed and built from scratch, while the fusion reactor was adapted from maritime naval use. Following Cochrane's success, a mission to those star systems known to contain planets become an immediate priority, even among the war-ravaged population who viewed the mission as a symbol of Earth's recovery and future among the other races of the galaxy.
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Full videos:
"The Valiant": www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ZDjp…
"Death of the Valiant": www.youtube.com/watch?v=II3itV…
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