Argale Thaste
Character
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: create a mass-produced, cheap droid starfighter capable of being deployed en masse using swarm tactics.
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Incom-Freitek-Koensayr Incorporated
- Affiliation: Incom-Freitek-Koensayr Incorporated, Galactic Alliance
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: IFK MY-0 Buzzard Droid Starfighter
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Lightweight Durasteel, Advanced Droid Components, weapons components
- Classification: Droid Starfighter
- Length: 5.4m
- Width: 3.6m
- Height: 2.2m
- Armament: Low
- 3x Light Laser Cannons
- 1x Medium Laser Cannon
- Defenses: Very Low
- Squadron Count: Extreme: 24
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: N/A
- Standard Navigation Systems, Basic communications arrays, advanced targeting systems, minimal self-repair mechanisms
- Swarm Coordination Protocol: high levels of integrations with STARDI AI hosts, allowing for precise and synchronized manuevers within squadrons.
- Combat Data Relay: Sensors designed to feed combat data back to STARDI for dynamic tactical analysis and strategy evolution.
- Adaptive Swarm Tactics: Integration with STARDI AI allows a swarm of Buzzards to analyze and adapt to combat situations in real-time, making them a formidable opponent.
- Superior Squadron Count: An extreme squadron count of 24 units allows for overwhelming force projection in any given theater, significantly enhancing battlefield control and the ability to saturate defenses through sheer numbers.
- Limited Individual Capability: Individual Buzzards are rather lacking in heavy armaments or weapons, making one rather vulnerable to anti-starfighter defenses and heavier-armed starfighters if caught alone.
- No Hyperdrive: The lack of a hyperdrive limits the operational range of the starfighter solely to the system in which its carrier or base of deployment is located.
The IFK MY-0 Buzzard Droid Starfighter is a testament to advanced engineering and innovation of IFK Incorporated, designed to provide advanced capabilities to the Galactic Alliance's Starfighter Corps. It's a mass-produced, unmanned starfighter emphasizing swarm tactics over individual firepower, enabled by the sophisticated STARDI AI system for real-time battlefield adaptation and coordination. Crafted from lightweight durasteel and packed with advanced droid components, each Buzzard is relatively small and agile, equipped with a combination of light and medium laser cannons.
Forgoing the heavy defenses that would be necessary to protect the expensive and depletable pilots of the SFC, or the hyperdrive common to most Alliance fighters, the Buzzard is designed from the ground up to act not as an individual but as the constituent part of a massive whole - focusing on outnumbering its adversaries and defeating them through squadron tactics rather than outgunning an individual fighter craft in one-on-one combat. Altogether it provides a striking new capability for the Galactic Alliance and for IFK's security operations.
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