Vigilance class Interceptor
| Interceptor | |
|---|---|
| Type: PA Fighter | |
| Size | 6 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | [[{{{hull}}}]] |
| Tech Level | TL–7 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | |
| Jump | J-0 |
| Maneuver | 2 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 | MCr8.150 (base) MCr6.520 (discounted) |
| Source | |
| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |
Description / Specifications
The Interceptor 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 7 design.
Hull
The Interceptor is constructed using a 6-dTon hull built in a generally cone-shaped configuration. The hull is fully streamlined, plated, and structurally reinforced, with an armor rating of 4.
- The vessel is not fitted with artificial gravity generation equipment. The cockpit has full life support facilities.
Engineering
The vessel mounts a maneuver-2 drive and a power plant 2, giving performance of 2G acceleration. The ship has an agility rating of 2. There is fuel tankage of 1 dTon, giving the power plant 20 weeks duration.
Main Section
The vessel is equipped with a computer model/1 bis and a pilot’s acceleration couch.
- The vessel is fitted with communications equipment, a sophisticated sensor array, and an avionics suite.
Crew
The Interceptor requires 1 crew: a pilot.
Weapons
The ship has one hardpoint mounting three missile launchers.
Subcraft
None.
Cost
The basic cost of the vessel is MCr8.150.
- 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 MCr6.520.
History
An ubiquitous design used throughout the Distant Fringe, the Interceptor 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.
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