Errreembuhr
CEO of EODD
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To provide a baseline drone fighter for use by EODD and buyers
Image Source: No Man’s Sky
Canon Link: N/A
Restricted Missions: N/A
Primary Source: N/A
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: EODD
Model: EF-A Drone Fighter
Affiliation: Free Worlds Coalition, Metal Lords, Closed Market
Production: Minor
Material: Durasteel, starfighter components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Drone Starfighter
Length: 9.5m
Width: 5.5m
Height: 6m
Armament: Low,
- 2x Heavy Laser Cannon
- 1x Proton Torpedo launcher (4 unit payload)
Squadron Count: Very High: 24
Maneuverability Rating: Moderate
Speed Rating: High
Hyperdrive Class: N/A
STANDARD FEATURES
Vortex Stabilizer
Ion Engine
Data transmission software
Drone control system
Sensor array
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
KR-770 Targeting Computer
Ion Maneuvering Jets
Retractable Ventral Proton Torpedo Launcher
Strengths:
Speed & Maneuverability: The EF-A Drone Fighter is a small and nimble craft, owing to many systems required to support a pilot being unnecessary to a remotely operated fighter. In addition to its ion drive engine, it possesses maneuvering jets to aid in performing feats of turning and positioning that would be highly difficult for larger fighters.
Swarm Fighter: The EF-A is built to deploy in large numbers, leaving it vulnerable when alone, but a dangerous when in groups to fighter squadrons. While they won’t be much more than a nuisance to ships larger than 1500m or those with high-count point defense systems, they can prove quite capable against cruisers and smaller ships when deployed en mass.
Weaknesses:
Defenses: Specifically a lack thereof. The EF-A is designed to be deployed in large numbers and swarm targets rather than survive a battle. Units have no shielding systems, with only the durasteel plating on the outside providing any sort of defense.
Range: Not intended for long range missions, the EF-A is limited to the local range of its deployment point, whether that be a starship or on-planet base. They also lack hyperdrives of any sort.
Electronic Warfare: As is common with all droid and drone units the EF-A is significantly vulnerable to ion and EMP weapons, even moreso as a drone unit as once its connection to the deployment point is severed, the unit is completely harmless until it is collected and repaired.
A small, agile fighter, the EF-A is a drone fighter designed to be deployed en masse and gang up on targets both in-atmosphere and in open space. With an ion drive engine and maneuvering jets at points along its hull the fighter can out-turn and out-run many other kinds of starfighter, and can prove to be a major threat to enemy fighters while in groups with its twin heavy laser cannons which are protected within the nose of the fighter, and a proton torpedo launcher is held within the underside of the hull, able to be retracted as necessary.
As drones, the EF-A fighters can be set to operate within limited programming parameters on their own, or remotely controlled by users at the point of deployment. This of course limits their capabilities when compared to piloted fighters, as the controllers can only see in a forward arc, relying on data transmitted and interpreted through a sensor package in the unit.
While having a strong offensive array, especially in numbers, the EF-A comes with very little in the way of defense. No shielding systems are present on the fighters, and the only armor plating it possesses is the durasteel and titanium that makes up the hull. Of course, while capable of protecting it from light blaster fire on the ground, this isn’t much in the way of protection from fighter-mounted cannons or point defense systems, let alone turbolasers.
All in all, the EF-A is a unit that can do a lot of damage in groups despite its vulnerabilities, and can provide a heavy amount of firepower when used properly.
