The Ramirez (named after an obscure senator) is designed for the carriage of troops, vehicles and supplies from orbit to the surfaces of airless bodies and vice-versa. Its low, wide body supports its cargo (e.g. two large cargo containers, two Low-Gravity Armoured RATS Carriers, or a Low-G Armour Support Unit) on the upper surface.

On landing, its landing gear kneel to tip the body either forward or back, guide rails extend and cargo lowered down the ramp thus formed by winch (40 ton nominal load under 0.4g). Similarly, cargo can be loaded in the reverse manner. Some models have been fitted with a large arm to help load and unload loose cargo.

Although nominally unmanned, the body features a small passenger compartment with an airlock for cargo specialists. A battery is provided for powering the radar during rendezvous and docking, and the ladar during landing. This provides enough energy for half-an-hour's operation of both. Though this can be easily recharged from the fission drive, operationally pilots are discouraged from excessive use of these sensors.

Body is a 10' high cylinder, radius 40', with six landing legs. Numerous variants have been sighted in service: as well as the above-mentioned cargo arm, versions with cranes, extended fuel tanks, higher capacity cargo cradles, and improved armour have been recorded by Jane's DefenceNet. Amongst the most significant is the RATS Delivery Variant, which has improved armour, an ECM suite (of unknown capability), and which can soft-land an entire company of combat cybershells and their supplies on any airless body in the solar system; although it would need refueling on some bodies to regain orbit, on icy bodies this is held unlikely to be a significant drawback, since the craft could refuel onsite.

Crew: Unmanned. Infomorph uses Piloting (High Performance Spacecraft), Electronics Operation (Sensors, Communications).

Design: Cylinder Hull (25 spaces, nanocomposite, heavy frame); cDR/cPF 0.2/1 (nanocomposite). Chameleon surface.

Modules: New unmanned controls; 0.25 passenger (4 seats); 0.5 small entry lock (capacity 2); small fixed ladar [U]; small radar; PESA; 1 external cradle (40 ton capacity); 1 compact fission drive; 22 tanks (ultralight, hydrogen); 0.025 battery (2.25 Mj); 16-ton winch; 1 empty space

Statistics: Emass 70.5; LMass 92.5; CMass 81.5; Cost M$16.2; cHP 115; Size Modifier +5; HT12; Maintenance Interval 5 hours; RRA 0

Performance: sAccel: 0.33. Burn Endurance: 562 seconds. Burn Points: 186. Delta-V: 0.84 mps

Design notes: Winch is taken from WVMDS; airlock is half-size small entry lock.