Vigilance class Interceptor
| Interceptor | |
|---|---|
| Type: PL 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| Canon | Unpublished, fan design |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. It is defined as a microfighter due to its small size.
- 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, full ECM, and an avionics suite.
Crew
The Interceptor requires 1 crew: a pilot.
Weapons
The ship has one hardpoint mounting three missile launchers.
- The Interceptor is equipped with a light machinegun 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 LMG 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 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. Despite their status as space fighters, many designs of this type have airframe features, augmenting their handling characteristics within planetary atmospheres.
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