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* ''Dropship: United Peace Force'', a launch title for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.
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* ''Dropship: United Peace Force'', a launch title for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.Platform/PlayStation2.
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* The dropship from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. The ship (maybe) and its pilot (definitely) were inspired by ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', though the preferred method in the book for deploying the Mobile Infantry was literally to drop them from orbit. However, drop ships were used when the deployment was on a more relaxed schedule, and ships were used to take the [=MIs=] off the planet. The movie, though, played it straight.
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* The dropship from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. The ship (maybe) and ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' combines this role with that of gunship: it carries the Colonial Marines' armored personnel carrier in its pilot (definitely) were inspired by ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', though the preferred method in the book for deploying the Mobile Infantry was literally to drop them from orbit. However, drop ships were main bay, but also has missile pods that could be used when the deployment was on a more relaxed schedule, and ships were used to take the [=MIs=] off the planet. The movie, though, played it straight.for air-to-ground bombardment.
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* ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': The Mobile Infantry's use of dropships is one of the many ways in which the movie differs from the novel. In the novel, the preferred method for deploying the Mobile Infantry was literally to drop them from orbit. However, drop ships were used when the deployment was on a more relaxed schedule, and dropships were also used to take the [=MIs=] off the planet. The movie, though, played it straight.
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* Used in ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''.
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* Used in ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. There is also a briefly-mentioned literal variant called the "crusher", which is designed to fall on an enemy position and destroy it by direct impact.
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* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' only sees Drop Ships in the Imperial Guard stronghold level of Soulstorm, and even then they just drop troops on prescripted locations (one inside your base). Given the GameBreaker nature of flyers in DoW, letting them carry troops would have been serious overkill.
* The Salmonid Mothership in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' releases very small pods that land and start dispensing enemies. Overlaps with ClownCarBase in that an implausibly large number of enemies come out of them, some of them larger than the pods themselves.
* Vertibirds become this in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', especially when deploying from the [[CoolAirship perpetually-floating Prydwen]]. Granted, they're MadeOfExplodium, so whether the troops ever actually reach the ground is debatable.
* The Salmonid Mothership in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' releases very small pods that land and start dispensing enemies. Overlaps with ClownCarBase in that an implausibly large number of enemies come out of them, some of them larger than the pods themselves.
* Vertibirds become this in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', especially when deploying from the [[CoolAirship perpetually-floating Prydwen]]. Granted, they're MadeOfExplodium, so whether the troops ever actually reach the ground is debatable.
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* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' only sees Drop Ships in the Imperial Guard stronghold level of Soulstorm, and even then they just drop troops on prescripted locations (one inside your base). Given the GameBreaker nature of flyers in DoW, [=DoW=], letting them carry troops would have been serious overkill.
* The Salmonid Mothership in''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' releases very small pods that land and start dispensing enemies. Overlaps with ClownCarBase in that an implausibly large number of enemies come out of them, some of them larger than the pods themselves.
* Vertibirds become this in''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', especially when deploying from the [[CoolAirship perpetually-floating Prydwen]]. Granted, they're MadeOfExplodium, so whether the troops ever actually reach the ground is debatable.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/{{Aliens}} In the pipe, five by five.]]]]
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** The SpacePirates have these as well, the first example of such is seen in ''Echoes'' with the [[https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/%22Shrike%22_Class_Assault_Skiff "Shrike"-class Skiff]] which is little more than a flat metal platform with engines bolted onto it with room for up to four Pirate Troopers. In ''Corruption'', when the Pirates are on full war footing, this vehicle is heavily upgraded as the [[https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Space_Pirate_ATC Armored Tactical Carrier]], with a proper armored shell and doors enclosing the platform and a triple beam cannon added to the nose.
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* ''{{TabletopGame/Battletech}}'' Dropship-category spacecraft are the primary means of conveyance from the [[FasterThanLightTravel Jumpships]]. They are routinely the size of large warehouses, necessary to carry the HumongousMecha that are the stars of the franchise. They tend to be the home base for the units they carry; the jumpships that carry them from system-to-system aren't large enough to physically hold the dropships, they have to dock to the outside (Since they're spaceworthy craft by themselves, there's also no real ''reason'' to bring them inside).
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* ''{{TabletopGame/Battletech}}'' Dropship-category spacecraft are the primary means of conveyance from the [[FasterThanLightTravel Jumpships]]. They are routinely the size of large warehouses, necessary to carry the HumongousMecha that are the stars of the franchise. They tend to be the home base for the units they carry; the jumpships that carry them from system-to-system aren't large enough to physically hold the dropships, they have to dock to the outside (Since they're spaceworthy craft by themselves, there's also no real ''reason'' to bring them inside). The key difference between a [=DropShip=] and any other sublight spacecraft is a component called a KF Boom, which extends the hyperspace envelope of a [=JumpShip=]'s Kearny-Fuchida jumpdrive around the dropship. Other craft must be stowed in launch bays to jump, while [=DropShips=] dock in special large collars that interface the KF boom and drive.
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': the station's runabouts generally filled this role, with the ''Defiant'' providing a GunshipRescue on more than one occasion. The Runabouts were small ships or long-ranged shuttles that station personnel used for missions in and beyond the Bajoran System. They could be carried aboard starships as well. They could land or use transporters to deploy personnel. The small Jem'Hadar Attack Ships as well were shown to have a large hatch for troop egress on the bottom, but this ability was never shown on-screen.
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': the station's runabouts generally filled this role, with the ''Defiant'' providing a GunshipRescue on more than one occasion. The Runabouts were small ships or long-ranged shuttles that station personnel used for missions in and beyond the Bajoran System. They could be carried aboard starships as well. They could land or use transporters to deploy personnel. The small Jem'Hadar Attack Ships as well were shown to have a large hatch for troop egress on the bottom, but this ability was never shown on-screen. There's also references to offscreen vehicles called "hoppers", which are implied to be dropships used specifically ground battles.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' begins most games with players from both sides dropping onto the battlefield from Drop Ships that jumped to the battlefield. The Epilogue of each game entails members of the losing team racing to a Drop Ship to escape the battlements while the winning team try to either [[KillEmAll kill everyone on the losing team]] or [[SinkTheLifeboats shoot down the Drop Ship]].
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* ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'' begins most games with players from both sides dropping onto the battlefield from Drop Ships that jumped to the battlefield. The Epilogue of each game entails members of the losing team racing to a Drop Ship to escape the battlements while the winning team try to either [[KillEmAll kill everyone on the losing team]] team or [[SinkTheLifeboats shoot down the Drop Ship]].
