Approved Starship Gnat-class Priddy Droid Starfighter

[Niki Priddy]

• Intent: Create a Mass Produced Droid Starfighter/Interceptor
• Image Source: Source
• Canon Link: Source
• Permissions:
  • Aegis SH13LD - (Open Market, Mass Produced)
• Primary Source: N/A

• Manufacturer: Niki Priddy, Terminus Rêve, Priddy General Engineering And Manufacturing
• Affiliation: Directorate, Niki Priddy's General Goods Store Customers
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Gnat-class Priddy Droid Starfighter
• Production: Mass-Produced
• Material:
  • Alusteel Hull
  • Droid Standard Components

• Classification: Droid Starfighter/Interceptor
• Length: 2.6 meters
• Width: 1.9 meters
• Height: 2.1 meters
• Armament: Very Low
  • Forward Mounted GN-40 Twin Rotating Blaster Cannon
• Defenses: Very Low
  • Alusteel Hull/Frame
• Squadron Count: Very High: 20
• Maneuverability Rating: High
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive: None

• Engines, Reactors, Maneuvering Jets -
  • Solar Panels
  • I-a3b Solar Ionization Reactor
  • P-sz9.7 Twin Ion Engine 1
  • P-w702 Ion Maneuvering Jets 3
• Targeting Sensors, Active Sensors -
  • T-sj1a Targeting Computer
  • IFF Transponder
  • Droid Sensorscope
  • Droid Perception Scanners
  • Com-signal Detector
  • Backup Droid Targeting Sensor
  • Target Identification Network
  • Radar
• Flight Systems -
  • Flight Computer
  • Gyro-balance Circuitry
  • Directional Transceiver - Retrieval
• Main Systems -
  • Integrated Ace-6 Droid Brain
  • Advanced Appendage Bus
  • Decentralized squad connected Central Processor
  • Auxiliary Management Circuitry
  • Comm Unit
  • Aegis SH13LD
• Experimental Systems -
  • Stochastic Decision Chip
  • GwendoLyn 6

• Advanced Appendage Bus
• Stochastic Decision Chip
• GwendoLyn 6

+ Fast and Nimble + Due to the small size, streamline shape and trio of maneuvering jets, the droid vessel is alarmingly fast and agile
+ Appendage Upgrade + The simple upgrade gives the droid's vessels a marked improvement in combat capabilities.
+ Swarm + With a high squadron count, the ships are hard to catch by themselves.
+ Choices Choices + The addition of the decision chip does allow the droid system to advance its own processing systems.
+ Quicker Separate Processors + The addition of the GwendoLyn chips allows each fighter to process incoming information with tremendous speed to make tactical decisions.

- Easy to knock out - With really no armor to speak of, the droid vessels are easily knocked out of commission for a number of reason.
- One gun - The limited array of weaponry make it a non-versatile, purpose built vessel.
- Ion/EMP - A large burst of energy will knock these out of commission with tremendous ease as they have no safeguard against either.
- Choices Choices - It's a droid and learning against sentient beings. The decentralized central processors store the data, but the ships have to learn through trial and error.
- Processing Speed - Regardless of their capability to process information quickly, the droids still have to decide what their next action is going to be. And cold hard logic ultimately cannot compare to sentient wit and gut feeling.

With the need to fill the hangars of her designs with something functional and relatively easy to replace, Niki set about making a small and compact droid starfighter to complement the vessels of any spacefaring group. The droids are simple to program, only needing a corresponding IFF transponder to be coded to the droid control units before deployment. Some advanced programming and pieces were added to give the rather disadvantaged vessels a fighting chance, though they are still just droids against sentient beings.

Content with a relatively compact and capable droid starfighter, Niki slapped the finished sticker on these research and development creations.

 

[MANIAC]

Niki Priddy

Very nicely made and detailed submission!

Approved.