Mass Effect Transcendence/Assets

Detailed here are the mission assets that Penumbra can bring to bear on an operation.

MSV Scalpel

The flagship and mobile command centre of Penumbra Securities is the frigate MSV Scalpel, registered as a private transport.

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History

The Scalpel has a checkered history that extends beyond Penumbra's relatively short period of ownership. Commissioned in 2155 as the Systems Alliance Space Vessel Salamanca, it was a wolfpack frigate designed to act in concert with it's companion ships to screen the lead cruiser of it's pack. State-of-the-art in it's time, the Salamanca was part of a patrol fleet dispatched in response to the turian attack that initiated the First Contact War in 2157. Holed during a skirmish with a turian fighter wing and left stricken without power, the order was given to abandon ship. The charges set to scuttle the vessel failed to go off, leaving it a drifting derelict, all but forgotten about after the war.

Rediscovered a quarter-century later

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Capabilities

Vehicles

The Scalpel carries a number of vehicles to enhance the force projection and operational capability of Penumbra. These include:

• Two multi-role A-61 Mantis gunships able to provide air support, rapid extraction and orbital fighter cover.
• A UT-47 Kodiak Drop Shuttle for bulk transport.
• A [unspecified rover] for on-planet ground transport.

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