Directorate Officer
After looking at the Needle Fighter pretty recently, and facing the swarm of TU droid fighters in the past, I'm dabbling with developing a droid swarm fighter of our own. My intent is to make it more of a defensive starfighter to screen bigger ships against things like incoming missiles, mines, etc, but to give it a secondary function that basically turns it into a kamikaze warhead for opportunistic use against capital ships. This is still an idea not quite of the concept stage, so input and ideas even on the base concept are welcome.
Image Source: I modified an image of the Aeon Guided Missile from Supreme Commander.
Affiliation: Directorate & its customers, Lightside Factions
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Model: Bantam-class Automated Interceptor
Modularity: None
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Alusteel fore armor, fiberplast fuselage, standard ship components
Classification: (Starfighter, Bomber, Scout, Atmospheric Fighter, Atmospheric Bomber, Atmospheric Scout, Gunship, Dropship, Interceptor.)
Length: 3 meters
Height: 1 meter
Width: 1.5 meters
Armament:
-3 Forward Light Laser Cannons
-1 Rear-firing Caltrop-5 Chaff Gun
Squadron Count: 24
Special Features:
Basic Warhead Countermeasures Launcher (10 Chaff bursts or 7 Flares)
Communications Array
Standard Deflector Shield Generator
Standard Back-up Deflector Shield Generator
Standard Life Support Systems
Standard Navigational Systems
Standard Sensor Array
Standard Targeting Systems
Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
Maneuverability Rating: 3
Speed Rating: 1
Hyperdrive Class: x5
Strengths:
-Numbers
-Reinforced Fore armor
Weaknesses:
-Relatively weak offense
-Tin can armor everywhere but the front
Description:
Intended Use:
-disposable scout
-clear minefields
-screen friendly capital ships (not only with light lasers to intercept missiles, but spreading chaff to make them difficult to target via FSTs)
-suicide missile (reinforced fore helps to penetrate target while everything else self-destructs to form a shaped charge blast into the target vessel)
Development Thread: if needed
Intent: To provide the Lightside factions with a swarm fighter
Who Can Use This: N/A
Primary Source: N/A
Image Source: I modified an image of the Aeon Guided Missile from Supreme Commander.
Affiliation: Directorate & its customers, Lightside Factions
Manufacturer: Lucerne Labs
Model: Bantam-class Automated Interceptor
Modularity: None
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Alusteel fore armor, fiberplast fuselage, standard ship components
Classification: (Starfighter, Bomber, Scout, Atmospheric Fighter, Atmospheric Bomber, Atmospheric Scout, Gunship, Dropship, Interceptor.)
Length: 3 meters
Height: 1 meter
Width: 1.5 meters
Armament:
-3 Forward Light Laser Cannons
-1 Rear-firing Caltrop-5 Chaff Gun
Squadron Count: 24
Special Features:
Basic Warhead Countermeasures Launcher (10 Chaff bursts or 7 Flares)
Communications Array
Standard Deflector Shield Generator
Standard Back-up Deflector Shield Generator
Standard Life Support Systems
Standard Navigational Systems
Standard Sensor Array
Standard Targeting Systems
Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
Maneuverability Rating: 3
Speed Rating: 1
Hyperdrive Class: x5
Strengths:
-Numbers
-Reinforced Fore armor
Weaknesses:
-Relatively weak offense
-Tin can armor everywhere but the front
Description:
Intended Use:
-disposable scout
-clear minefields
-screen friendly capital ships (not only with light lasers to intercept missiles, but spreading chaff to make them difficult to target via FSTs)
-suicide missile (reinforced fore helps to penetrate target while everything else self-destructs to form a shaped charge blast into the target vessel)
Development Thread: if needed
Intent: To provide the Lightside factions with a swarm fighter
Who Can Use This: N/A
Primary Source: N/A
