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{{InfoboxShip
 
{{InfoboxShip
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|name= Fringian Light Fighter
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|name     = Light Fighter
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  |tdes=PL
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|aerodynam= [[Streamlined Hull]]
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|type=Fighters#PL{{!}}Fighter
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|alsosee =
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  |origin=Distant Fringe
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|architect= Ade Stewart
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|size=7
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|blueprint= No
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|TL=9
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|caption = Unpublished, non-canon smallcraft design.
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|jump=0
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|cargo    = 0
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|g=6
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|cost    = 16.615 (base)<br>MCr13.292 (discounted)
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|hp=1
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|crew    = 1
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|cargo=0
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|enlisted = 0
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|crew=1
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|era      = 1105
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|hpass=0
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|footnote = [[Starship]]s are designed with the [[Classic Traveller]] format, using [[High Guard (book)|High Guard]].
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|lpass=0  
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|g       = 6
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  |cost=16.615 (base)<br>MCr13.292 (discounted)
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|hp       = 1
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|hpass    = 0
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|hull    = [[Wedge Hull]]
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|illustration= No
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|image    = Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
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|IOC      = None
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|jump    = 0
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|lpass   = 0
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|marines = 0
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|model    = 2
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|officers = 1
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|origin  = Distant Fringe
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|QSP      = Smallcraft
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|ref      = -
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|size    = 7
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|tdes    = PL
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|TL      = 9
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|type    = Light fighter
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|usp      = PL–0106611–000000–00002-0
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|manufacturer= Various
 
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The [[Fringian Light Fighter|Light Fighter]] is a combatant [[smallcraft]].
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* It is a [[smallcraft]].
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* It is a [[Paramilitary ship]] and a [[Fighter]].
  
 
== Description / Specifications ==
 
== Description / Specifications ==
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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.
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The Light Fighter is a cheap, reliable vessel designed to precisely engage enemy units. Similar designs have been in use from the time the [[Distant Fringe]] was first settled. It is defined as a microfighter due to its small size.
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* The vessel is a TL 9 design.
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* The vessel is a [[TL-9]] design.
  
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=== Hull ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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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.
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|+ '''Basic Ship Characteristics''' {{Page cite|name= Fighting Ships |page= 10 |version= Classic Traveller}}
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* The crew compartment includes internal grav plates and inertial compensators and has full life support facilities.
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|-
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! No.
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! Category
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! Remarks
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| 1.
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| [[Ton|Tonnage]]
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| The Strike Fighter is constructed using a 7 [[Ton]] [[hull]] built in a generally [[Wedge Hull|wedge-shaped]] configuration. The hull is fully [[Streamlined Hull|streamlined]], giving excellent [[Atmosphere|atmospheric]] performance.
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* The vessel has a sturdy [[Landing Gear|retractable undercarriage]], allowing surface landings.
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|-
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| 2.
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| [[Crew]]
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| x1 personnel.
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* x1 pilot.
  
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=== Engineering ===
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''Accommodations''
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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.
 
  
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=== Main Section ===
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The cockpit is fitted with [[grav plate]]s and [[inertial compensator]]s and has full life support and environmental systems.
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The vessel is equipped with a computer model/2 and a pilot’s acceleration couch.
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* The vessel does not have an [[airlock]]: if the cockpit is opened [[Life Support|LS]] integrity is lost.
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* The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, an advanced sensor array, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
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* There is a small [[emergency locker]].
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|-
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| 3.
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| [[Maneuver Drive|Performance]]
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| The vessel mounts a [[Maneuver Drive|Maneuver]]-6 drive and a [[Power Plant]]-6, giving performance of 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. The internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tankage]] is sufficient to give the [[power plant]] 9 weeks duration.
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* The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
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|-
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| 4.
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| [[Ship's Computer|Electronics]]
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| The cockpit contains an [[acceleration couch]] and is fitted with a Model/2 [[computer]]: no backup computer is installed.
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* The vessel is fitted with [[Communications Equipment#Shipboard Communications|communications equipment]], an advanced [[Ship Sensor Suite|sensor array]], and has an [[Avionics]] suite.
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* It has a [[transponder]] unit that can be deactivated on command.
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* It is equipped with a sophisticated [[ECM]] package.
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|-
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| 5.
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| [[Ship's Hardpoint|Hardpoints]]
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| x1 [[hardpoint]].
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|-
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| 6.
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| [[Ship's Weapon|Armament]]
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| The normal weapons fit-out for a Strike Fighter is:
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* Fixed triple [[missile rack]]s.
  
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==== Crew ====
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The Light Fighter is equipped with an [[Auto-Cannon]] in a fixed forward-facing mount.
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The Light Fighter requires 1 crew: a pilot.
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* The [[Auto-Cannon]] has a ROF of 200 rounds per minute: the vessel carries 400 rounds of ammunition.
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* The weapon is ineffective against [[spacecraft]] or [[starship]]s but can be used to strafe light targets.
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=== Weapons ===
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** 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.
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The ship has one hardpoint mounting three missile launchers.
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|-
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| 7.
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* 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.
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| [[Ship's Defense|Defenses]]
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| The [[hull]] is unarmored.
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=== Subcraft ===
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* The vessel is not fitted with [[screen]]s or other passive defensive systems.
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None.
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|-
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| 8.
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=== Cost ===
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| [[Smallcraft|Craft]]
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The basic cost of the vessel is MCr16.615.
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| The vessel carries no [[subcraft]].
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|-
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| 9.
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| [[Fuel Purification Plant|Fuel Treatment]]
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| The vessel has internal [[Fuel Tank|fuel tankage]] of 1 [[Ton]].
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* The [[hull]] is fitted with [[fuel scoop]]s.
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* The vessel is not equipped with [[fuel purification]] equipment.
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|-
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| 10.
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| [[Imperial Currency|Cost]]
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| The basic cost of the vessel is [[MCr]]16.615.
 
* The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
 
* The ship is a standard design. Detailed architectural plans are widely available and no design fee is chargeable.
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* 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.
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* If multiple examples of the design are ordered all of the ships in the production run qualify for a 20% discount, which reduces the price of each unit to [[MCr]]13.292.
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|-
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| 11.
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| [[Naval Architecture|Construction Time]]
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| 24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard.
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* Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
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|-
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| 12.
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| Comments
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| The vessel has no internal [[Cargo Hold|cargo capacity]].
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|-
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|}
  
 
== History ==
 
== 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. Despite their status as space fighters, many designs of this type have airframe features, augmenting their handling characteristics within planetary atmospheres.
 
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. Despite their status as space fighters, many designs of this type have airframe features, augmenting their handling characteristics within planetary atmospheres.
  
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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 environment combatants. The autocannon allows limited tank busting, versus enemy army and marine vehicles, conserving the more expensive missiles for dog fighting.
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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, however, help help keep the cost per unit relatively low. These craft excel at tackling other fighters of their ilk and the interdiction of merchant traffic. They can operate inexpensively from small hidden bases and they can dominate the [[COACC]] environment as dual environment combatants. The autocannon allows limited tank busting, versus enemy army and marine vehicles, conserving the more expensive missiles for dogfighting.
  
 
''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]
 
''See also'': [[Ships of the Distant Fringe]]

Revision as of 20:53, 28 January 2019

Light Fighter
Imperial Sunburst-Sun-IISS-Traveller.gif
Unpublished, non-canon smallcraft design.
Type: PL Light fighter
Size 7 Tons
Hull Configuration [[Wedge Hull]]
Streamlining Streamlined Hull
Tech Level TL–9
Engineering
Computer 2
Jump J-0
Maneuver 6 G
Armaments
Hardpoints 1
Accommodations
Staterooms 0
Personnel
Crew 1
    Officers 1
High/Mid Passengers 0
Payload
Cargo 0 Tons
Fuel tank 0 Tons
Construction
Origin Distant Fringe
Year Operational None
Price
Cost MCr16.615 (base)
MCr13.292 (discounted)
Architect fee MCrAde Stewart
Statistics
Quick Ship Profile Smallcraft
Images
Blueprint No
Illustration No
Source
Canon Unpublished, fan design
Era 1105
Reference -
Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard.

The Light Fighter is a combatant smallcraft.

Description / Specifications

The Light Fighter is a cheap, reliable vessel designed to precisely engage enemy units. Similar designs have been in use from the time the Distant Fringe was first settled. It is defined as a microfighter due to its small size.

  • The vessel is a TL-9 design.
Basic Ship Characteristics [1]
No. Category Remarks
1. Tonnage The Strike Fighter is constructed using a 7 Ton hull built in a generally wedge-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, giving excellent atmospheric performance.
2. Crew x1 personnel.
  • x1 pilot.

Accommodations

The cockpit is fitted with grav plates and inertial compensators and has full life support and environmental systems.

3. Performance The vessel mounts a Maneuver-6 drive and a Power Plant-6, giving performance of 6-G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 6. The internal fuel tankage is sufficient to give the power plant 9 weeks duration.
  • The engineering section is controlled from the cockpit. Access to the machinery can be gained via a sealable hatch.
4. Electronics The cockpit contains an acceleration couch and is fitted with a Model/2 computer: no backup computer is installed.
5. Hardpoints x1 hardpoint.
6. Armament The normal weapons fit-out for a Strike Fighter is:

The Light Fighter is equipped with an Auto-Cannon in a fixed forward-facing mount.

  • The Auto-Cannon has a ROF of 200 rounds per minute: the vessel carries 400 rounds of ammunition.
  • 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.
7. Defenses The hull is unarmored.
  • The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems.
8. Craft The vessel carries no subcraft.
9. Fuel Treatment The vessel has internal fuel tankage of 1 Ton.
10. 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 the price of each unit to MCr13.292.
11. Construction Time 24 weeks (5.5 months) as standard.
  • Build times can be reduced by mass production and the efficiencies such processes generate, by increased financing, and by allotting additional yard resources and facilities to the construction contract.
12. Comments The vessel has no internal cargo capacity.

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. Despite their status as space fighters, many designs of this type have airframe features, augmenting their handling characteristics within planetary atmospheres.

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, however, help help keep the cost per unit relatively low. These craft excel at tackling other fighters of their ilk and the interdiction of merchant traffic. They can operate inexpensively from small hidden bases and they can dominate the COACC environment as dual environment combatants. The autocannon allows limited tank busting, versus enemy army and marine vehicles, conserving the more expensive missiles for dogfighting.

See also: Ships of the Distant Fringe

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