Approved Starship FRC-900 'Pit Viper'-class M-Wing Starfighter

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M-WING STARFIGHTER
'PIT VIPER'
KUAT ENTRALLA ENGINEERING
THE TRADE FEDERATION

• Length: 9 meters.
• Width: 10.5 meters.
• Height: 3.3 meters.
• Squadron Count: High | 16
• Hyperdrive: Yes.

STANDARD FEATURES

• Propulsion
  • IE-10 Event Horizon Ion Drives [x4] | Space
  • Repulsorlifts | Atmosphere
• Shielding Systems
  • Deflector Shielding
  • Particle Shielding
  • Ray Shielding
  • Ion Shielding
• Life Support Systems
  • LS-132 "Terra" Life Support System
  • Antisepsis Field
• Communications System
  • C-3a "Mercury" Communications Suite
• Targeting and Sensor System
  • STS-84 "Artemis" Targeting and Sensor Suite
• Hull Coating
  • Nightshadow Anti-sensor Treatment
  • Individual Markings
    • Unit Specific
    • Morale / Custom
• Flight Assist System
  • Inertial Compensator

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• IE-10 Event Horizon Ion Drives
• C-31a Dog Fight Inertial Compensator
• Laser Reflective Armor
• 'Powerslave' Droid Brain
  • Tempest A.I
• AR-0B Damage Reduction Armor Component
• Anti-Ion Emission Tracers
• Armament Duplicators
• Countermeasures
  • Chaff Launchers
  • Flare Launchers
  • Electronic Countermeasures Suite
  • Missile Deactivation Transmitter
• Jammer Suite
  • Frequency Jammer
  • Universal Jammer
  • Sensor Jammer
  • Signal Jammer
  • "Screamer" Active Jammer

STRENGTHS

• SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE: The Pit Viper is designed to be a multi-purpose air-to-air or air-to-ground attack platform, accompanied by a characteristic 'scream' on its diving descent, being on the receiving end of a Pit Viper's strafe will result not only in effective fire but a hit to the morale of sentient troops, able to swing and evade the immediate threat of AAA upon its ascent back into fighting altitude.
• VIPER STRIKE: Traveling in larger squadrons with an effective and lethal arsenal to boot, the Pit Viper can perform a multitude of different tactics and maneuvers which can sway and swing the tide in the midst of space battles, be they concentrated bridge strikes, hit-and-hype raiding or dogfight superiority.

WEAKNESSES

• DOWNTIME: The four potent ion engines aboard the M-Wing, whilst effective in their up time are often relegated to a great deal of post-action maintenance and repairs following operations, leading to an increased dwell time between missions by which greater checks and services need to be conducted on the craft before they launch once more.
• POWER DISTRIBUTION: The various roles and missions that M-Wings can accommodate is best in the hands of skilled and experienced pilots who can conduct the dance of swinging the power distribution to various systems, giving the vessel a stout learning curve to operate effectively. This can be remedied by use of an onboard Astromech co-pilot as well as the onboard 'Tempest' AI but more experienced pilots often find their own intervention results in increased combat effectiveness even if only in the several percentile.

DESCRIPTION
As Kuat Entralla Engineering and the Techno Union began to deviate from its dependency on Imperial contracts, the necessity for a mainline run of starships and vehicles branded for a less belligerent market of planetary defense forces, independent navies, corporations and governments resulted in a slew of developments, the M-Wing being one of the first of these projects. Intended as both the Trade Defense Navy's mainline starfighter as well as sale for the private market, it was designed to accommodate many roles but in particular, air-to-air superiority (or of course, space-to-space superiority in the case of orbital engagements) in addition to swift and effective close air support with a swift response times that can meet mission objectives faster than traditional bombing runs.

 

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Gat Tambor

Very cool sub again.

Approved.