Ship "C-Wing" Assault Starfighter

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"C-WING" ASSAULT STARFIGHTER

AFFILIATION
Open market.

MANUFACTURER
Improvised.

CLASS
Heavy starfighter.

ROLE
Assault starfighter.

COMPOSITION
Titanium, durasteel and transparisteel.

DIMENSIONS
Length - 17 meters.CREW
1 pilot.

PASSENGER CAPACITY
3.

CARGO CAPACITY
2 standard tons.

HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A.

CONSUMABLES
1 standard week.

SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The C-Wing has a top speed of 85 MGLT and has sluggish maneuvering characteristics.

ARMAMENT

• 1x heavy laser cannon.
• 3x medium ion cannon.
• 2x warhead launcher, 6x projectile in magazine, 12x combined total.

EQUIPMENT

• 1x class 2 hyperdrive.
• 1x navicomputer.
• 1x medium deflector screen generator.

DESCRIPTION​

So-called "Ugly" ships, that is to say spacecraft cobbled together from readily available and often mismatched parts, are a phenomenon which has existed for millennia at the fringes of Galactic society, but it is an "art" which arguably reached its zenith in the aftermath of the Galactic Civil War. Wrecked starships from both sides of the conflict were in plentiful supply, and many enterprising individuals looted old battlefields for any junk they could find. Some of the more technically minded scavengers cobbled their prizes together into unique creations of their own design, a relatively common configuration being the "C-Wing."

The C-Wing, so named for being a fusion of a B-Wing heavy assault fighter and a Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 light freighter cockpit pod, is a relatively common improvised design, and one of the more powerful classes of "Ugly" starfighter available. C-Wings usually possess most of the B-Wing's considerable armament, including a heavy laser cannon, a trio of medium ion cannons and a pair of ordinance launchers which can combined fire up to 12 concussion missiles or torpedoes. The C-Wing's freighter cockpit, though it does not allow the ship to rotate around its axis the way a B-Wing can, does allow for up to 3 passengers in addition to the pilot, and provides a service corridor that gives direct access to the ship's power and propulsion systems in flight, allowing for at least limited in-flight repairs, as well as a great deal of cargo storage. Of course, like nearly all Ugly designs, the C-Wing does suffer in certain aspects; the extra bulk of its cockpit cuts down on speed, with most C-Wings struggling to reach 85 MGLT, and the deletion of the cockpit swivel capability reduces maneuverability as well. C-Wings, therefore, are not recommended for starfighter-on-starfighter nekfighting, being better suited to attacking larger, slower vessels.

The C-Wing owing to the wide availability of its component parts, is a relatively common configuration for home-built and otherwise improvised starfighters. Although some rare examples are built with great care by talented engineers without access to better resources, most are built without much skill or care at all. As a result, they are almost universally of poor quality, leading to significant reliability issues. Though they are perfectly adequate for menacing a waylaid freighter or passenger liner, they are typically no match for proper starfighters or other warships without a truly skilled pilot at the controls.

C-Wings and similar Ugly starfighters are most commonly built and used by pirates and other criminals, although private citizens and even some cash-strapped military and paramilitary agencies have been known to use them in the absence of anything better.

LEGALITY​

Legal. Though they are technically starfighters, C-Wings are considered to be home-built spacecraft under most jurisdictions, circumventing many restrictions.

INTENT​

To create an example of an Ugly heavy starfighter.