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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To make a droid starfighter for the Tsis’kaar and support PC pilots.
- Image Source: Droid starfighter by Romain Revert on Twitter.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source:
- Factory Sub: Scorpio-class Sith-Imperial Droid Starfighter.
- Wookieepedia: TIE/D Automated Starfighter
- Wookieepedia: Vulture-class Droid Starfighter.
- Manufacturer: Tsis-kaar.
- Affiliation: The Sith Order - Tsis Kaar.
- Market Status: Closed-Market.
- Model: Locust-class Droid Starfighter.
- Production: Minor.
- Material: Alusteel, Durasteel, various starship components. Various droid components.
- Classification: Droid Starfighter.
- Length: Flight: 15.5 metres. Walker: 2.5 metres.
Width: 6.9 metres. - Height: Flight: 4 metres. Walker: 13.5 metres.
- Armament: High.
- Laser cannons.
- Missile launchers.
- Defences: Very low.
- Squadron Count: Very High: 20.
- Manoeuvrability Rating: Average.
- Speed Rating: Average.
- Hyperdrive: None.
- All standard features.
- Dual Locomotion System: The Locust-class has two primary modes of transportation, being flight mode and walker mode, allowing them to patrol spaceports, fortifications or even ships and space stations.
- Fear the Swarm: These droid fighters are made for one thing, and one thing only: Swarming the enemy. They attack in numbers and seek to overwhelm their enemies with collective firepower.
- Powerful Guns: These droid starfighters have traded defence for offence. Their laser cannons and warheads allow these droids to punch above their weight.
- Carrier Dependent: Having no hyperdrive, the Locust-class is entirely dependent on a carrier to transport them over long distances. This is a significant hindrance in large scale space combat.
- Glass Cannon: With no shields, and only a hull to protect it from destruction. These droid starfighters do not hold up to much return fire.
- Droid-brain: These ships are particularly vulnerable to EMP attacks. While a ship with a live pilot may find a way to get back in the fight, the droid brains of these starfighters do not recover.
A good pilots is a scarce commodity and while a pilot may be expendable, they are never exactly replaceable. Ship designers long wrestled with this quandary, and have developed countless forms of armour, countermeasures, and survival equipment to protect this precious resource. Another way to go is to give each pilot a figurative army of expendables. Enter: the Locust-class droid starfighter.
Though unimpressive at first glance, droid starfighters have one major advantage: Numbers. Being comparably cheap to manufacture, easy to store and deploy, and with no need for lengthy training, these automated fighters become deadly tools in the hands of a skilled commander. They do not question orders, nor do they hesitate over moral quandaries, and they are instantly replaceable by an equal model.
A swarm of droid starfighters with high powered laser cannons can cause a considerable amount of damage, but they have another function in the larger schematic of battle. These starfighters provide organic ace pilots in superior ships with a veritable smokescreen of automated aggression. This affords the pilots chances to pick and choose their targets while their foes are bogged up in a swarm of killer machines.
The droid starfighters also function very well as sentinels and patrols due to their tireless droid-brains and mobility. While shifted into walker mode, the hexapedal Locust-class can is as mobile on land as most walkers. While these ships need fuel and power, they do not require other forms of nourishment, nor do they require air.
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