Approved Starship HEPF-1 Saint

[Geneviève Lasedri]

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Affiliation: The Republic; The Rebel Alliance
Manufacturer: ECHO Esprit Industries; Incom Corporation
Model: HEPF-1 Saint (High Energy Projectile Fighter)
Modularity: Ballistics/Projectile armaments may readily be switched.
Production: Minor
Material: Durraloy frame; Transparisteel canopy; Nutorium lining
Classification: Bomber
Length: 40m
Height: 9m - wings swept; 14m - wings extended
Width: 11m - wings swept; 21m - wings extended

Armament:
2 linked blaster cannons
2 heavy laser cannons
14 kinetic bombardment rods OR 4 proton torpedoes and 6 seeker missiles

Squadron Count: 3

Special Features:

• Advanced shielding
• Heavy advanced stealth armor
• Adjustable wings
• Advanced predictive targeting system
• Thermal dissipators
• Ejector seat
• Auto-scuttle upon pilot ejection

Maneuverability Rating: 2
Speed Rating: 3
Hyperdrive Class: N/A

Strengths:

• Massive payload
• Fast and agile
• Heavily armored and shielded
• Stealth
• Extremely accurate projectile targeting

Weaknesses:

• No hyperdrive
• Large profile
• Cannot operate kinetic launch targeting and shields simultaneously

Description:
Under duress from the Sith devastation machine, the Republic was on the decline as world after world fell, and Geneviève Lasedri (AKA Viola) hustled to prepare for a defense of her homeworld of Chandrila. The Republic needed to design a weapon that would be able to instantly destroy any significantly ridiculous massive ground targets, or it might not survive.

The HEPF-1 Saint was the proposed solution--a speedy and agile bomber craft that could unleash precise attacks against large targets and completely eliminate them. Though armaments are interchangeable, the HEPF-1 was designed especially for carrying Tungsten kinetic bombardment rods.

Because kinetic projectile drops are largely inaccurate, extra design and technological measures were taken to drastically increase hit probability.

The dual-hexagonal launcher array was created to increase area of effect and practically ensure one direct hit on the target. Six rods are armed in hexagonal array, and one more is positioned in the center. (There are two of these hexagons, allowing for a maximum payload of 14 projectiles total.) Each kinetic projectile may be launched individually, but the dual-hexagonal array is intended to allow a full simultaneous discharge of all weapons that covers all likely paths of a moving target.

Because it is difficult for a pilot to judge when to fire, a highly advanced computer was developed to guide the pilot by predictive targeting.

Armor and deflector shields are extremely durable to make up for the aircraft’s large profile, enabling it to survive an ascent to the altitude needed to drop a gravity-aided weapon and utterly cleave its target.

Wings can be adjusted to swept retraction or horizontal extensions for varying speeds and efficient energy usage.

The Saint is shaped for stealth and is thinly lined in Nutorium to defeat sensors. It is undetectable to standard sensors from beyond roughly 200 meters. It also features thermal dissipators to prevent lock-ons by heat-seeking missiles.

Because the main purpose of the Saint was for kinetic projectile drops, its extra-orbital function was deemed to be less of a necessity, and it is thus limited to short-range flights as it features no hyperdrive systems.

Development Thread: Saving Pilot Ralter; That's Impossible, Even for a Computer
Who Can Use This: The Republic; The Rebel Alliance

 

[Ellie Mors]

It is undetectable from beyond roughly 200 meters.

Please make a note that this depends on the sensor being a standard sensor, as there are more "powerful" sensors out there, or advanced ones, which have been created with the express purpose of seeing these kinds of things.

Advanced shielding

Advanced predictive targeting system

While I understand your ship has low armaments in regards to anti-starfighter and such, which the kinetic rod drops more than make up for in its intended purpose, I really cannot allow you to have both heavy shielding and advanced targeting systems, especially when the reason for the latter is to make up for the highly inaccurate method of dropping things from out of orbit (the only way that kinetic rod drops actually gain enough momentum and speed to be as lethal as you are expecting). Either choose one or the other, or require one to utilize more power over the other when in use. Essentially, do not have both running at the same time as far as targeting goes with full shields.

The HEPF-1 Saint was the proposed solution--a speedy and agile bomber craft that could unleash precise attacks against large targets and completely eliminate them. Because kinetic

This seems unfinished, was there more to this? I'd also like to point out that the very link provided states that kinetic drops are grossly inaccurate because of the range they must be fired from, being out of orbit, and requiring the trajectory to be carefully calculated to the very coordinate of its expected strike. This means that once you have fired your target may move and your strike will be largely ineffective except for collateral damage.

 

[Geneviève Lasedri]

[member="Darth Vitium"]

Edited.

Thank you for pointing out that unfinished sentence. I have done a little bit of rearranging to convey what I intended to say better--just a heads-up.

 

[Ellie Mors]

[member="Geneviève Lasedri"]
Your changes are exactly what I was looking for, and you've even gone back and smoothed things over. Approved, pending secondary.

 

[Soliath Devin Talith]

A powerful fighter, but its hard the work done

Please do not abuse this, one of those weapons is rather iffy and i do not want to see it becoming an issue.

Approved.