Fear is the Mind Killer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a tough high shielded Fighter Craft
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- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Open
- Model: HA. 14 Heavy Fighter aka. "Gallinule"
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Classification: Counter Interceptor - Hunter Seeker
- Length: 15.5m
- Width: 9.5m
- Height: 4.5m
- Armament: High
- 2x Wing Mounted forward Facing Gun Ports;
Factory- HC-120 Buzzard Plasma Railguns - 1x Twin Integrated Nozzle Mounted Guns;
Factory- CV 65 Harpy Repeating Cannons - 1x Defensive 280 degree top mounted Gimbal;
Factory-'Mu' class Thoth Launcher
- 2x Wing Mounted forward Facing Gun Ports;
- Defenses: Extreme
- Squadron Count: Average (12)
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Low
- Hyperdrive: 2.5
Communications Array
- Comlink: A short Range communications device.
- Distress Beacon: A beacon to transmit S.O.S Signals.
- Identity Beacon: A unique House Aquila Identity Signature.
- Transmitter: A long distance Transmitter to transmit / receive information and code.
Protection: - Life Support: O2 supply and filter, Inertia dampener and temperature control system
- Escape Pod: The Cockpit can eject as a hermetic sealed unit.
- Security System: A basic Security System to prevent theft.
- Magna Locks: The cockpit and landing mechanisms can be locked.
- Hermetic Sealing: The cockpit is a sealed separate unit.
- Fire Suppression System: Carbon based fire control system
Propulsion / Movement: - Ion Thruster: Powerful Ion thruster.
- Maneuvering Thrusters: Light positioning thrusters to alter positions.
- Repulsorlift Generator: A generator to allow atmospheric flight and takeoff.
- Gyroscopic Stabilizer: A unit to control pitch and yaw of Throne units.
Lighting: - Flood-Lights: High powered lights surrounding exterior.
- Low Powered Lightning: Interior low powered emergency lightning.
Sensor Array: - Sensor Array: A sensor array including Visual Spectrum Sensors. (Light spectrum, Wave Sensors, IR, Ion etc)
- Circuit Multiplexer: Relays Sensory Information to the computer.
Attachments: - Mag Launch Strip: A strip that enables use with a Mag Catapult System.
- External Hyper-drive Port: To allow the ship to engage with a hyper-drive docking rings.
- Droid Docks: Has a port for both an astromech and repair droid.
Controls:
- Holographic Display: A well designed Holographic Display to allow ease of control of all systems.
- Integrated AI Assistant: A Droid A.I. that assists with ship operations through voice or manual command.
- Integrated HUD: A Mobile HUD to allow ship integration wirelessly anywhere on board.
- Tactical Display: Integrated Streamlined Display to allow low crew requirement.
Defenses: - Hull Plating: Heavy Ultrachrome B armour plating.
- Surge Protected Wiring: Ultrachrome B wires protecting from Ion attacks and surges.
- Advanced CROSS System (Twin): Redundant House Aquila advanced reactive shielding.
- Early-Bird Activation: Automatic Shield activation software linked to sensors.
- Shield Generator: A system which allows the Ship to Project its Ray shields.
- Shield Booster: Allows manual control of shield power output.
Power System: - Twin Ion Engine: A Twin Core Advanced reactor capable of generating enormous energy.
- Energy Converter: A converter to recycle excess Heat energy to electrical.
- Power Modulator: A modulator to allow control of energy output.
- Coolant Pump: Integrated coolant system to allow high power output.
- Flux Stabilizers: Prevents power-spikes from harming connecting systems.
Targeting Array: - Target Tracker: Tracks individual moving targets with high degrees of accuracy at high speeds.
- Range-Finder: A tracking system that measures distance and speed information into targeting computers.
- Targeting Computer: A supercomputer which analyzes and calculates effective ship firing patterns in real time.
- TAARs System: Helps the system differentiate between allies and enemy targets in real time.
Weapons Systems: - Twin Weapons Docks: Docking ports for 2 ship class weapons.
- Countermeasures: A countermeasures Thoth system for missile interception.
- Maglev Rails: Maglev rails for insane weapon swivel speeds.
STRENGTHS
- Immovable Object: The Gallinule comes equipped with an impressive suite of defensive features in order to keep it in the fight. Most notable of its myriad attachments are the potent light top mounted missile launcher which is able to be deployed or retracted. The substantially strong Ultrachrome B armour plating to protect the ship from low energy fire making it exceedingly potent against many high rate of fire weapons. The Dual Titanium frame of the ships interior to strengthen it against solid impacts. However, it's the cycling CROSS Shield systems which steal the show.
- Powerful Shields: The Twin CROSS 2.0 Shield systems mounted at the base of each of the ships wings project a one way shield completely around the Ship breaking only for the ships thrusters. The ten layered barrier deflects impacts by detonating one of its many surfaces when it comes into contact with something of high enough energy or force to damage its containment field such as other vehicle class weapons. This outward counter-force provides massive protection against high impact fire from single shots. Finally, should one shield drop or deplete, the ships secondary shield will activate automatically using the early-bird system.
- Reliable: Despite the tendency for modern technology to be rather fickle when it comes to its inner systems, many of the systems within the Gallinule have sub shielding to hold them in place, meaning that many internal fires or other issues have a tendency to not cascade through the remainder of the ship. These Ships are made to be reliable, they will keep chugging along after hits, through storms, under water or as little more than a skeleton if they have to.
- Hammer of Aquila: The weapons load-out of this ship is hardly shabby, coming stock standard with two plasma rail-guns as well as repeating heavy blasters and a six round missile turret which is capable of firing several different kinds of ammunition from chaff to thermal detonator or even disruptor bomb rounds..
- Staying Power: The Gallinule comes equipped with a port for its own dedicated repair droid, allowing it to quickly refresh downed shields or perform minor repairs during combat. The droid has access to the interior of the ship through a small lane-way which flows under the cockpit, too small for astromechs or most others.
- Slow and Steady: Though it is a star when it comes to its toughness, the Gallinule would not be winning any races, comparable in speed to some heavy bomber craft such as the Y wing or tie bomber.
- Wide Arc: As well as its deficit in speed, due to its weight the force of the momentum the Gallinule builds up as it moves is often greater than the thrust its maneuvering thrusters are capable of putting out in a single blast. Generally requiting the ship to slow down significantly for quick or abrupt turns least it trail a potentially painfully wide arc.
- Match Game: Although it takes some organization, with this ship's shields being excellent at defending against powerful singular blasts and its hull geared towards more low caliber rapid fire damage. Low power high rate of fire ship weapons will deplete the Gallinules shields quickly, and high power explosives are rather effective against its hull.
- Composite Lasers: A composite laser is unfortunately the beautiful marriage between a beam with an infinite firing rate as well as being exceedingly high powered. Such weapons are capable of chewing through the shield and armour plating of these ships as if it were its weight in plasteel.
- Expensive: A fair sum of credits goes into the building of one of these high performance fighters, almost double that of a standard x wing due to its parts and armaments. The ships are highly valuable, mass losses could cripple small businesses outright.
The high performance fighter craft, the HA-14 Gallinule is a marvel of science, using the technology House Aquila Developed for its high performance tanks and taking it to the air, they created a fighter made to hold the line better than most. Though while its hull armour is well made, the shining star of this defensive ships arsenal is its dual redundant shield batteries. Able to activate the moment before one of them drops while the other recharges or is repaired, these powerful twin CROSS shields have their own dedicated power unit for repair and recharge separate from the ships' core power allowing for fast recharge times in order to recover before the second shield goes down.
Though when it comes to offense the new creation of House Aquila is hardly a slouch, coming stock standard with a twin linked CV-65 Harpy cannons integrated into its nozzle as well as the devastatingly powerful HC120 Buzzard plasma rail-guns, the Gallinule is capable of engaging both hard and soft targets with reckless abandon as well as create thermal or ionic chaff as a hazard towards unshielded craft. Finally with the employ of the Thoth missile system, integrated primarily for defense against other missiles or smaller ships it can be loaded with offensive ammunition for lethal volleys with relative ease.
The intent of the Gallinule was to create a fighter built to weigh down other fighting units, to be able to withstand the assault of multiple small ships that would usually leave fighter craft dead in the water due to their superior speed. But most of all, to by time. While slow, the Gallinule hits hard and accurately making it a target fighter craft cannot typically ignore as they hold down other fighters and create a threat on the battlefield made to buy time for other ships to perform a lethal coup de graces.
The shield of the Aquila Fleet.
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