Work In Progress InCom P-47D-23 "Thunderbolt" snubfighter

[Malcolm Ironmaster]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a snubfighter for the Silver Jedi Concord
• Image Source: Playground AI, further edited by me in GIMP
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: InCom Corporation
• Affiliation: Silver Jedi Concord
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: P-47D-23 "Thunderbolt" escort snubfighter
• Production: Limited (Silver Jedi Concord contract)
• Material: Titanium armor alloy

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Starfighter
• Length: 11.02 meters
• Width:12.43 meters
• Height: 4.472 meters
• Armament: Average
  
  • 4 Taim & Bak KX14 laser cannons
  • 2 Krupx MG7-B proton torpedo launchers
• Defenses: Average
  
  • Chempat deflector shield generator
• Squadron Count: Average: 12
• Maneuverability Rating: Average
• Speed Rating: Average
  
  • 1,300 km/h atmospheric
  • 120 MGLT realspace
• Hyperdrive: Class 1

STANDARD FEATURES

• • Standard Communications Array
    [*]Standard Deflector Shield Generator
    [*]Standard Life Support Systems
    [*]Standard Navigational Systems
    [*]Standard Repulsorlift Engines
    [*]Standard Starfighter Weapons: Laser Cannons, Proton Torpedo Launchers
    [*]Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
    [*]Ejection Seat

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• • Four Incom-FreiTek 5L9 fusial thrust engines
    [*]Four Koensayr GBk-585 hyperdrive motivators
    [*]Advanced Fabritech and Melihat sensor systems
    [*]Fabritech ANr 1.3 tracking computer with IN-630-B "Sightline" holographic imaging system
    [*]Astromech Socket
    [*]"Screamer" Active Jammer

STRENGTHS

• The P-47D-23 "Thunderbolt" excels in atmospheric combat, both at high altitude and as a ground-attack fighter-bomber, but is also capable in realspace beyond the atmosphere.

WEAKNESSES

• The P-47D-23 is very heavy compared to similarly sized snubfighters, with an empty weight of 4,500 kg, or 65% more than the T-85 X-wing.

DESCRIPTION
The P-47D-23 Thunderbolt was designed by Aleksandr Kartveli, a man of Corellian descent. He had fled from Bespin to escape the Sith Order.
In 839ABY, the InCom-Freitek Corporation designed the AP-4 demonstrator powered by four InCom R-1830 fusial thrust engines with a belly-mounted turbocharger. A small number of InCom-Freitek P-43 Lancers were built, but InCom had been working on an improved P-44 Rocket with a more powerful engine, as well as on the AP-10 fighter design. The latter was a lightweight aircraft powered by two SubPro IGP-440a ion turbine engines and armed with two Taim & Bak KX9 laser cannons mounted in the nose and four Taim & Bak KX5 laser cannons mounted in the wings. The Silver Jedi Concord Starfighter Corps (SJCSC) backed the project and gave it the designation XP-47.

In 840ABY, InCom and the SJCSC concluded that the XP-44 and the XP-47 were inferior to Dark Empire fighters. InCom tried to improve the design, proposing the XP-47A, but this failed. Kartveli then designed a much larger fighter, which was offered to the SJCSC in mid-840ABY, which ordered a prototype in September as the XP-47D. The XP-47A, which had little in common with the new design, was abandoned. The XP-47D was of all-metal construction with elliptical wings, with a straight leading edge that was slightly swept back. The air-conditioned cockpit was roomy, and the pilot's seat was comfortable—"like a lounge chair", as one pilot later put it. The canopy doors hinged upward. Main and auxiliary self-sealing fuel tanks were placed under the cockpit, giving a total fuel capacity of 1,155 L.