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An ubiquitous design used throughout the [[Distant Fringe]], the Light Fighter is cheap, durable and reliable. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems and onboard electronics. | An ubiquitous design used throughout the [[Distant Fringe]], the Light Fighter is cheap, durable and reliable. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems and onboard electronics. | ||
| − | These craft are generally limited when trying to attack capital ships: the difference in computational power is a serious limitation in scoring hits. The agility demands that missiles are carried and there is no room for larger computers. The lack of big computers does, help help keep the costs down. These craft excel at | + | These craft are generally limited when trying to attack capital ships: the difference in computational power is a serious limitation in scoring hits. The agility demands that missiles are carried and there is no room for larger computers. The lack of big computers does, help help keep the costs down. These craft excel at tackling other fighters of their ilk and the interdiction of merchant traffic. They can operate inexpensively from small hidden bases, they can dominate the COACC environment as dual environmental combatants. The autocannon allows limited tank busting, versus enemy army and marine vehicles, conserving the more expensive missiles for dog fighting. |
''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]] | ''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]] | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 15 January 2018
| Light Fighter | |
|---|---|
| Type: PL Fighter | |
| Size | 7 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–9 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 6 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 1 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 1 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 0 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | [[Distant Fringe]] |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr16.615 (base) MCr13.292 (discounted) |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Description / Specifications
The Light Fighter is a cheap, reliable vessel designed to engage enemy units from close range. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled.
- The vessel is a TL 9 design.
Hull
The Light Fighter is constructed using a 7-dTon hull built in a generally wedge-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined. It is defined as a microfighter due to its small size.
- The crew compartment includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators and has full life support facilities.
Engineering
The vessel mounts a maneuver-6 drive and a power plant 6, giving performance of 6G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. There is fuel tankage of 1 dTon, giving the power plant 9 weeks duration.
Main Section
The vessel is equipped with a computer model/2 and a pilot’s acceleration couch.
- The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
Crew
The Light Fighter requires 1 crew: a pilot.
Weapons
The ship has one hardpoint mounting three missile launchers.
- The Light Fighter is equipped with an auto-cannon in a fixed forward-facing mount. The weapon is ineffective against spacecraft or starships but can be used to strafe light targets. It is sometimes referred to as a "frustration weapon", serving to give the pilot a means of striking at a threat, however ineffectively, and thus providing them with a psychological release. The auto-cannon has a ROF of 200 rounds per minute: the vessel carries 400 rounds of ammunition.
Subcraft
None.
Cost
The basic cost of the vessel is MCr16.615.
- The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
- If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces their price to MCr13.292.
History
An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Light Fighter is cheap, durable and reliable. The design is representative and a large number of variants exist, particularly with regard to the allotted weapons systems and onboard electronics.
These craft are generally limited when trying to attack capital ships: the difference in computational power is a serious limitation in scoring hits. The agility demands that missiles are carried and there is no room for larger computers. The lack of big computers does, help help keep the costs down. These craft excel at tackling other fighters of their ilk and the interdiction of merchant traffic. They can operate inexpensively from small hidden bases, they can dominate the COACC environment as dual environmental combatants. The autocannon allows limited tank busting, versus enemy army and marine vehicles, conserving the more expensive missiles for dog fighting.
See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- CT Book 5 "High Guard", GDW, 1980.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy