Ship R-41 Starchaser Starfighter

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R-41 STARCHASER STARFIGHTER

AFFILIATION
Open market.

MANUFACTURER
Hoersch-Kessel Drive Inc.

CLASS
Starfighter.

ROLE
Multi-role starfighter.

COMPOSITION
Titanium and transparisteel.

DIMENSIONS
Length - 16.3 meters.
CREW
1 pilot.

PASSENGER CAPACITY
N/A.

CARGO CAPACITY
110 kilograms.

HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A.

CONSUMABLES
1 standard week.

SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The R-41 Starchaser has a top speed of 100 MGLT and has average maneuvering characteristics.

ARMAMENT
  • 2x light laser cannon.
  • 2x light ion cannon.
  • 1x concussion missile launcher, 2x missile in magazine.

EQUIPMENT

DESCRIPTION
The R-41 Starchaser is a multi-role starfighter that was produced by Hoersch-Kessel Drive Incorporated as a competitor to the Z-95 Headhunter, a versatile combat craft developed jointly by the Incom and Subpro corporations. Though a match for the Headhunter on flimsiplast, the Starchaser had a number of shortcomings that kept it from achieving the renown of its biggest rival. Though it was produced in respectable numbers, owing mainly to the shear demand for starfighters during the Clone Wars, nobody hears much about the Starchaser in discussions of the Galaxy's greatest snubfighters.

The R-41 Starchaser has decent specifications for a Clone Wars-era design. Capable of 100 MGLT and boasting a class 2 hyperdrive with an onboard navicomputer, it also has shields, twin light laser cannons, a two-shot concussion missile launcher and, perhaps most notably, a pair of light ion cannons, deadly against Clone Wars-era droid starfighters and still quite useful for disabling enemy ships. Though not as maneuverable as most of its contemporaries, the Starchaser is capable of fighting modern starfighters with a competent pilot behind the stick. The R-41's main shortcoming, aside from having to compete with the excellent Z-95, is a weak hull design which skimped on armor and internal bracing. Once the light deflector screens go down, it only takes one or two hits to cause the Starchaser to undergo what is known as a dramatic in-flight disassembly.

The R-41 Starchaser served through the Clone Wars, and was phased out of Imperial inventory soon after the war's end. Being sold off cheap, a fair number of R-41s were acquired by groups that would later combine to form the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Rebel R-41s participated in some of the earliest actions against the Empire, scoring several important early victories, however it was quickly discovered that the type's only average maneuverability put it at a disadvantage against the new TIE/LN fighters then coming into service. When modern designs such as the T-65B X-Wing became available, the Starchaser was quickly retired from frontline service, with many passed on to smaller cells or sold to neutral 3rd parties in order to generate capital.

Starchasers can still be found, and are still reasonably popular with pirates and other outlaws, and even cash-strapped law enforcement agencies, who appreciate the type's ion cannons and, at this point, extremely low cost. They are no match for even other older starfighters, however.

LEGALITY
Restricted. R-41 Starchasers are starfighters, if poor ones, and are subject to extra licensing requirements and increased scrutiny by authorities.

INTENT
To create a standard, low-end starfighter.

 
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