B E A C O N
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- Intent: To create an elite starfighter to be used by Sith Knights and above or non-force user equivalents in the Sith Empire.
- Image Source: Ansel Hsiao, TIE Mangler ; Ansel Hsiao, TIE Mangler Animation
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: The Sith Empire Santhe Corporation
- Model: TIE-S "Subjugator"
- Affiliation: The Sith Empire, Knight-rank force users or equivalent non-force users and above only
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Durasteel
- Transparisteel
- Starship Components
- Classification: Elite Starfighter
- Length: 10 m
- Width: 9 m
- Height: 4 m
- Armament: HighLaser Cannons [x3]
- Heavy Laser Cannons [x2]
- Proton Torpedo Launcher [x1; x2 Torpedoes per]
- Deflector Shield
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Moderate
[*]Speed Rating: Moderate
[*]Hyperdrive Class: None
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Standard Deflector Shields
- Twin Ion Engines
- Heavy Firepower: Carrying a bold armament, the TIE Subjugator is fully capable of fulfilling its role as an elite attack craft.
- Swift: Both faster and more maneuverable than average, the TIE Subjugator can hold its own against many starfighters in maneuvers and speed comparisons.
- Expensive: The sheer cost of the TIE Subjugator has reduced its availability to a tiny fraction of the Sith Empire, permitted only to Sith of the mid-rank (Knight) and Sith Lords, and the navy's equivalently ranked pilots.
- Real Estate: In order to push the speed of the Subjugator above the average fighter it had to sacrifice something in order to get there - its hyperdrive. Because of this it will always need to be ferried by a capital ship in a hangar; however, a single TIE Subjugator also takes up the same priority of a squadron of TIE Fighters, thus making holding more than one Subjugator in any given capital ship highly impractical. A hangar capable of holding ten squadrons of fighters, for example, could only hold ten Subjugators rather than one hundred and twenty TIE Fighters.
Designed for the role of attack craft superiority, and available only to members of the Sith Empire that are either Sith of Knight caliber or their non-force user equivalents and above, the TIE Subjugator is both swift moving and heavily armed. Its capabilities are not without drawbacks, however, as they are especially expensive to produce and are not equipped with hyperdrives. Because of the lack of a hyperdrive, in concert with its squadron count of one, the Subjugator not only relies on capital ships to ferry it to distant locations but also hampers these capital ships as each Subjugator takes the priority of an entire squadron of starfighters. That means a hangar that could hold ten squadrons of TIE Fighters can only hold ten Subjugators, artificially adding stress to the importance of the craft when its price is also taken into consideration.
