AC-001 Vanguard

[BZenwrath]

Affiliation: For Sale to all
Manufacturer: Nova Technologies Innovation & Design
Intent: Survivable Heavy Fighter
Model: Vanguard - Class Fighter
Dimensions:

- Length: 37m
- Width: 38m at longest
- Height: 7m/8.8m w/landing gear​

Class: Fighter/Bomber
Crew:

- Minimum Crew Requirements:1 Personnel

- Maximum Crew: 2 personnel

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Complement:

N/A
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Armament:
- 4X high-caliber forward laser cannons (fixed)
- Central Gatling gun (Gimble mounted)
- 2x Dual-fire Repeater cannons (Manned turret)
- 2x Torpedo bays (12 torpedo Capacity per)

Equipment:
- Life Support Systems
- Communications Array (Standard Suite; Long Range Comms, Short Range Comms)
- Sensors Array (Standard Suite; Full Spectrum Scanners, Radar)
- Shielding System (Military Suite; Ray shields)
- Survival Ejection (Cockpit in its entirety is ejected from the fuselage)

Speed: 85 MGLT - Full Power, 70 MGLT - Cruising Speed

Hyperdrive Rating:
- Primary Drive: Class 2 Rating
- Secondary Drive: Class 14 Rating

Maneuverability: The Vanguard trades maneuverability for extended range, armor and durability. With more hardpoints and increased space for onboard computer systems, the design can boast improved radar and a credible electronic warfare suite. In combat, the Vanguard’s roles are extensive: long range jump scout, extended duration patrol/reconnaissance ship, fighter-bomber (when equipped with torpedoes), tactical command and control ship, bomber interceptor and, in the proper hands, even a fighter-killer. The Vanguard’s extensive range can allow for missions lasting days or even weeks.


Description: The Vanguard is Nova Technology’s dedicated deep space fighter design. Initially developed as a bomber-destroyer, the Vanguard is a hard-charging bulldog of a ship which features extensive forward-mounted weaponry designed to tear through the shields and armor of other spacecraft. Four high-caliber forward laser cannons and a massive central Gatling gun offer the Vanguard an unprecedented amount of sheer striking power. So-named because their Hyperspace capability, allowing them to form the forefront of any military expedition.

With a notable silhouette, the Vanguard is best known for its distinctive twin X-Forge engines, which allow for both an impressive top speed when folded and an extensive backup system for enhanced combat survivability when unfolded. Coupled with a superstructure composed from a formidable Durasteel alloy, more than one Vanguard pilot has returned home with little more than a single engine and the charred remains of a fuselage.

The fighter’s substantial durability allows it to operate in all conditions with limited maintenance and makes it particularly beloved by the hard-fighting battle fronts, which make frequent use of its ability to comfortably operate from makeshift combat bases.

 

[Commissar Brett]

Oh.
My.
God.
Has the faction been approved yet?

 

[BZenwrath]

Not yet, we still need to search for a third start up member.

 

[Commissar Brett]

Um, I would offer, but then it'd be redundant.