Dropship 77-Troop Carrier (Earth-7954)

"Pelicans reassured you that the good guys had arrived and were either going to give you something you badly needed, or get you out of somewhere you didn't want to be. There was nothing not to love about them. Their chakka- chakka engine note alone was enough to make hearts leap. Their rust streaks were sacred. And their pilots were all uniformly insane."

- - Mifune to Hook

The Dropship 77-Troop Carrier, also known as D77-TC Pelican and Pelican, are the primary ground-capable hovercrafts in the possession of the Resistance in the city of Zion and formerly the Coalition of Ordered Governments Air Corps after the Second Renaissance. Introduced during the Insurrection, the Pelicans proved to be an incredibly effect transportation, and became one of the few traces of human warfare during the Great War.

History
The Pelican was introduced in 2238 during the Insurrection, being used for the first time during the Chinese Front, then was used through the rest of the conflict, replacing the Albatross.

Pelicans would be employed extensively during the Locust War. During its first years, the crafts were used to evacuate New York City while millions attempted to escape the ruthlessness and raw power of the Locust Horde. Although combat-capable, Pelicans were mostly used as transport to pick civilians out of cities and guarantee their survival before the usage of the Cairo.

Functionality
In the Locust War, the Pelican is mainly used for offense, as well as the transportation and deployment of Gears