MarsGuard SMH-75A Enforcer Armed Atmospheric Breeching Pod Class History The Enforcer is a medium sized small craft capable of armed enforcement of Mars customs and border patrol. It is standard to find these craft on all manner of MarsGuard vessels, ranging from cutters and corvettes to destroyers and bases. It is no larger than a shuttle, so modifying hangars to accept the craft is not a problem. Originally designed as a small private spacecraft for pleasure use, the Enforcer's builder, Westland Chris-Craft, was contacted by the Mars Council when Mars gained independance. Mars Council was looking for any and all domestic support for the newly formed military and offered generous tax breaks and other governmental deals. Their Skyranger, as the Enforcer was originally known, was just out of the prototype stage and well into the first production year when the decision was made to send the entire run to MarsGuard to fill their light interdiction and inspection craft role. After some modifications to the prototypes (they already had docking ports, meant to be used on exterior airlocks), the ships were armed and supplied to MarsGuard for evaluation. After an espeacially short amount of time, they were accepted into MarsGuard as the first domestically supplied and built craft. Westland Chris-Craft retooled their line to produce the Enforcer at a rate of about 18 per year. The Skyranger was also produced, but at a greatly reduced rate of production due to the company's new role as government contractor. Rearmed Enforcers have also found roles with the Belt Alliance, the Mentabans, the Sh'lassan, and Privateers. Enforcers fly from not only orbital assets, but are able to be launched from ground bases as well. An unarmed military version, the Samaritan, is used for SAR duties. Enforcer Atmospheric Armed Breeching Pod