It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... heavily armored air transport that can fly into enemy air space and drop up to 12 soldiers!

A little bit of a poetic stretch, but PlanetSide 2's latest revealed Common Pool Vehicle from Nanite Systems, dubbed "The Galaxy," looks a bit like a mash-up of a duck and a plane, so there's some merit to using this line. Regardless, the Galaxy will play a major role in PlanetSide 2's large-scale operations, as it carries nifty respawn tubes and equipment terminals, thereby allowing 12-man squads the ability to take this bad boy into enemy territory. Once there, the Galaxy can be deployed with static defences, thereby allowing it to become a forward base for aggressive tactics. Is it just me, or does the thing look like a flying tub?