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Manufacturer: Mandal Hypernautics
Production Line: Orbital Strike Drone production line
Model: SR-21 Orbital Strike Drone
Technical Weapon Designation: SR-21 Orbital Strike Drone
Affiliation: Mainly for Mandalorians, but also available on the open market for military forces on friendly terms with the Mandalorians.
Availability: Currently prototype only, intended for interest gauging, but ready to be massproduced.
Modularity: Modifiable for recon- and attack missions.
Composition: Combination of lightweight durasteel alloy, and duraplast.
Ownership: Mandalorian military personnel
Description: The Orbital Strike Drone is, contrary to the name, not intended for orbital deployment, but rather for ultra-high planetary altitude deployment. It is designed as a modular weapons platform with attack- as well as reconnaissance capability depending on the need. In the case of Mandalorian needs, the main focus lies on the vessel being used as an unmanned reconnaissance drone. It combines light weight, and therefor very light armor, with great speed and during attack missions, armament. Due to its capability for speed as great as 3000 km per hour, it is very hard to bring down despite its light armor.
The drone is designed to be deployed from spaceships in orbit, but is also capable of landing on the ground when provided with a 40 m landing strip. It is controlled remotely from a control center on a ship, and thanks to large fuel tanks is capable of sustained flight for 30 hours before running out of fuel. It is armed with multiple-barrel blaster cannons, and air-to-surface missiles during attack assignments, and during reconnaissance assignments it is equipped with no weapons, only a high quality video camera. The drone is usually painted in a matte black color to give an edge during night flights, which is the time when it is most commonly deployed.
The OSD is equipped with an energy shield system designed not for protection against AA-positions, where its great speed is its greatest defense, but for atmospheric entry as well as compensation for its less aerodynamical flight body. When it requires maintaining surveillance for a longer period over a specific area, deflector shields are deactivated and speed is reduced greatly. This is known as "Drone mode". This makes the OSD an easier target for AA-positions, but the risk of this is reduced by its high altitude and the fact it mainly operates in drone mode during the cover of darkness. Due to the four powerful fission engines that drive the OSD, the drone's exhausts and engine system can also be highly radioactive if exposed to open air, and therefor extreme care and special treatment is required for personnel handling and working with the OSD.
Classification: Unmanned aerial vehicle
Height: 3,6 m
Length: 11 m
Width: 15 m
Weight: 2900 kg
Propulsion: 4 x Mandal Hypernautics C20 Fission Engines.
Armaments: Six-barrel fully automatic Nordstrom blaster cannons, air-to-surface missiles
Passenger Capacity: None
Cargo Capacity: None
Misc. Equipment: Remote radar, video feed, artificial intelligence unit
Role: Unmanned aerial attack- and reconnaissance drone
Production Line: Orbital Strike Drone production line
Model: SR-21 Orbital Strike Drone
Technical Weapon Designation: SR-21 Orbital Strike Drone
Affiliation: Mainly for Mandalorians, but also available on the open market for military forces on friendly terms with the Mandalorians.
Availability: Currently prototype only, intended for interest gauging, but ready to be massproduced.
Modularity: Modifiable for recon- and attack missions.
Composition: Combination of lightweight durasteel alloy, and duraplast.
Ownership: Mandalorian military personnel
Description: The Orbital Strike Drone is, contrary to the name, not intended for orbital deployment, but rather for ultra-high planetary altitude deployment. It is designed as a modular weapons platform with attack- as well as reconnaissance capability depending on the need. In the case of Mandalorian needs, the main focus lies on the vessel being used as an unmanned reconnaissance drone. It combines light weight, and therefor very light armor, with great speed and during attack missions, armament. Due to its capability for speed as great as 3000 km per hour, it is very hard to bring down despite its light armor.
The drone is designed to be deployed from spaceships in orbit, but is also capable of landing on the ground when provided with a 40 m landing strip. It is controlled remotely from a control center on a ship, and thanks to large fuel tanks is capable of sustained flight for 30 hours before running out of fuel. It is armed with multiple-barrel blaster cannons, and air-to-surface missiles during attack assignments, and during reconnaissance assignments it is equipped with no weapons, only a high quality video camera. The drone is usually painted in a matte black color to give an edge during night flights, which is the time when it is most commonly deployed.
The OSD is equipped with an energy shield system designed not for protection against AA-positions, where its great speed is its greatest defense, but for atmospheric entry as well as compensation for its less aerodynamical flight body. When it requires maintaining surveillance for a longer period over a specific area, deflector shields are deactivated and speed is reduced greatly. This is known as "Drone mode". This makes the OSD an easier target for AA-positions, but the risk of this is reduced by its high altitude and the fact it mainly operates in drone mode during the cover of darkness. Due to the four powerful fission engines that drive the OSD, the drone's exhausts and engine system can also be highly radioactive if exposed to open air, and therefor extreme care and special treatment is required for personnel handling and working with the OSD.
Classification: Unmanned aerial vehicle
Height: 3,6 m
Length: 11 m
Width: 15 m
Weight: 2900 kg
Propulsion: 4 x Mandal Hypernautics C20 Fission Engines.
Armaments: Six-barrel fully automatic Nordstrom blaster cannons, air-to-surface missiles
Passenger Capacity: None
Cargo Capacity: None
Misc. Equipment: Remote radar, video feed, artificial intelligence unit
Role: Unmanned aerial attack- and reconnaissance drone
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