Good Ol' Scoundrel
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Image Source: Personal Speeder Design by Chris Bonura
- Canon Link: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Name: Galderran-class
- <strong>Affiliation: Galderra
- Production: Unique.
- Manufacturer: Corondex Arms
- Material: Durasteel
- Size: Small to medium. Engine section takes 3/4 of the whole swoop's build (see img), the cockpit is very small
- Brakes: Pressurized Gas backthrusters, Air Brakes
- Boosters: Variable-nozzle Turbocharger. Explained in Special Features
- Type of engine: Turbocharged combustion engine utilizing a variable-nozzle turbocharger, microrepulsor engines to keep it afloat and to give it the ability to 'jump'. All explained in special features.
- Paint Scheme: Golden-Grey
- Sponsor: Galderra Royal Treasury
- Secret Weapons: Single EMP thermal homing missile.
- Special Features and Components:
- Retribution feedback shield
- Variable-nozzle turbocharger model HUK-V
- Interactive Hull
- Aerodynamic Shape
- Microrepulsors
- Intertial Dampeners
- Retribution feedback shield: Self-explanatory. Recharged via energy gathered in capacitors by Interactive Hull and the Hybrid Turbocharger. The shield is always online, unless it is disabled OR the pilot has the capability of shutting it down and channel the energy it drains to the engine instead.
- Variable-nozzle turbocharger model HUK-V: Utilizing a variable-nozzle turbocharger decreases the turbo lag found usually during lower speeds. Not completely demolishing the lag but certainly decreasing it to an extent. The HUK-V has a state of the art compressor capable of compressing an amount of air double the standard of generic turbochargers.
Combining a system of slowing down the air to increase its pressure and a water injection cooling system in place that rises the density of the air increase volumetric efficiency drastically.
Furthermore to make this turbocharger more efficient, it recovers waste energy from the exhaust to feed the engine with more power and also charge the capacitors used to supply the feedback shield with power. This can be manually overridden and instead drive recycled waste energy into power to the engine. - Interactive Hull: What does this mean ? Certain parts of the hull and the air brakes are 'dotted' with what could be described as heat sinks. These heat sinks transform the heat from friction into electrical energy that can be used to either store the capacitors or increase the power to the engine with the press of a button.
- Aerodynamic Shape: Although not as much as a feature but it is good to be noted that the 'geometry' of its design is not random but fully focused on giving this swoop an edge in racing.
- Microrepulsors: The repulsors carry the swoop above ground making it hover. It also gives the swoop the ability to 'hop' (As seen in Kotor swoop racing) and escape obstacles. Nothing more than that, though.
- Intertial dampeners: So you don't die of excessive g-force.
- Efficient: The Galderra-class is built from head to toe to be as efficient as possible. From its physical design to its internal components, it is made to take the complete maximum from everything.
- Retribution Feedback Shield: An energy shield capable of reflecting energy back at attackers is a significant strength.
This will be more of a summary then a description as most words and details have been thrown into the special features section.
To summarize, as intended, this swoop bike is made to drain out every little drop of fuel and make it count. It is a 'master of recycling', if one can describe it as such, capable of using even waste to provide it with a competitive edge in racing.
Nonetheless, this is far from the perfect swoop out there. Its use of a combustion engine, which some consider prehistoric, is something atypical. It lacks almost any sort of armaments relying mostly on the pilot's skill to survive. The EMP thermal homing missile is nothing special and is just one. Considering that some swoops may be armed as much as an airspeedeer, this hardly gives the Galderra-class Personal Swoop any advantage.
It certainly is more of a racing swoop than a swoop full of hidden sleeve trump cards.
