Approved Starship TIE/DF Drone

[Gat Tambor]

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION Intent: Make a DOPE Tie variant. Image Source: Shoguneagle/adamkop | Deviantart Canon Link: TIE/D automated fighter Permissions: ApexTech Jaeger Solutions Primary Source: TIE/HF Slasher PRODUCTION INFORMATION Manufacturer: Technoid Manufactorum Affiliation: Closed-Market New Imperial Order Model: TXS Tie/Df 'Drone' Production: Minor Material: Composite Hull​ 'Cuora' Pattern Plating Impervium Matrix Armor CP90 Durasteel Laminanium Durasteel Plasteel Interior Paneling Alusteel Skeleton Quadanium Solar Panel Wings Glasteel Viewports Faraday Cage Components Electronic Components Computing Components

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Droid Starfighter
• Length: 7 meters
• Width: 6.5 meters
• Height: 2.5 meters
• Armament: Low
  • Rapid-Fire Laser Cannons [x2]
  • Missile Launchers [x1]​
    • Proton Torpedoes
    • Disruptor Torpedo
    • Mag-Pulse Warheads
    • Advanced Concussion Missile
• Defenses: Low
  • Composite Hull
  • Deflector Shielding
  • Particle Shielding
  • Ray Shielding
  • Ion Shielding
  • Electronic Countermeasures Suite
  • Missile Deactivation Transmitter
• Squadron Count: Extreme
  • 24
• Maneuverability Rating: High
• Speed Rating: High
• Hyperdrive Class: N/A

STANDARD FEATURES

• C-3A Mercury Class Communications Suite
• STS-84 Artemis Class Targeting & Sensor System

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• IE-10 Event Horizon Ion Drives
• Nightshadow Coating
• C-31a Dog Fight Inertial Compensator
• Laser Reflective Armor
• 'Powerslave' Droid Brain loaded with Tempest A.I
• AR-0B Damage Reduction Armor Component
• Anti-Ion Emission Tracers
• Shroud
• Armament Duplicators
• Sensor and Communications scramblers

STRENGTHS

• No! Not The [TIE Drones]!: Cheaply and simply made, the TIE Drone is mean't to swarm and overwhelm the enemy with neckbreaking speed and maneuverability, attacking in squadrons twenty droids deep to clog the stars and close the distance with the opposing fleet, demanding the attention of opposing fire whilst heavier craft can deal the damage.

WEAKNESSES

• Quantity Has A Quality All Its Own: -Taking advantage of superior numbers, each TIE Droid is made cheaply and simply , having to be aboard carrier ships without the ability to be transported via independant hyperdrives whilst also relying solely on their reinforced hull plating to deflect blaster bolts, carrying no shield generator.
• Sensor Scheming: When the TIE/DF traverses at its full potential speed it more often than not completely offsets the effects of the nightshadow coating over the fuselage of the starship - making it an effectively useless feature a great deal of the time the Drone is in combat.

DESCRIPTION
Created as one of the mainline TIE series fighter craft developed by the Technoid Manufactorum to serve as a lighter space superiority fighter to swarm and overwhelming the opposing space-power, supported by heavier fighters and other ships to be properly effective though with its incredible speed and maneuverability potential it can do well to avoid oncoming blaster bolts.

Spoiler: Edit Log

4/12/20
Edited standard and advanced systems
Edited formatting
Added 'New Imperial Order' to affilitation
New title 'TIE/DF Drone'
Added 'Jager Solutions' and 'ApexTech' to permissions
Ratings balanced to new calculator

 

[Gat Tambor]

Runi Verin That's gonna be a finished sub from me, boss

 

[Luca Donskoi]

under review

 

[Luca Donskoi]

Gat Tambor

I'm going to be working with you through the review/approval process on this submission. Right now this sub is quite overpowered - 4 points so - and as it stands, I can not approve this as is. If you find a way to bring this sub down 4 points I can see about approving this for you. I leave it up to you to tinker with the ratings how you will, but my breakdown of what I'm seeing balance wise is below:

Production: +1
Defense: +1
Armament: 0
Sq Count: -2
Maneuverability: -2
Speed: -2

 

[Gat Tambor]

Luca Donskoi Donezo.

 

[Luca Donskoi]

APPROVED

 

[Luca Donskoi]

Gat Tambor

Moved to Pre-Factory per submitter request. Please remember to include a summary of changes and tag a Factory Staff member when this is ready to be moved to live judgment.

 

[Gat Tambor]

Luca Donskoi John Locke Avo

It is finished once more (also move this guy back when you can)

 

[Aldric]

That's a power move if I've ever seen one.

Passing it up to the tech magus.

Vora Kaar Gat Tambor

 

[Vora Kaar]

Gat Tambor

Hey there, quickly can you mention in a weakness that due to Nightshadow and your other Semi-stealth capable utilities would be nullified or greatly reduced in effectiveness when moving at faster speeds?

Due to using Semi-Stealth tech, one of the major weaknesses that is listed in pretty much everything provided is that when moving faster, it greatly reduces the effectiveness in using those technologies.

 

[Gat Tambor]

Vora Kaar It is done brother

 

[Vora Kaar]

Approved.