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Onno Meyer, 2010-05-17
Heavy Atmospheric Fighter v1.0 (TL9)
Copyright 2010 by Onno Meyer
The Heavy Atmospheric Fighter could represent the very cutting edge in
a near-future game, causing adventures for spies and heroes, or a rather
ordinary planetary-defense fighter to intercept suspicious starships in
a far-future game.
The twin-engined jet fighter has a stealthy airframe with small delta
wings. Excellent aerodynamics allow it to cruise at Mach 3 even without
afterburners, and the operational radius at Mach 1.8 is 5,000 miles. In
addition to the integral 25mm gatling, the fighter can carry three tons
of ordnance in the internal bay and another ten tons of hardpoint loads.
External stores would degrade the stealth characteristics, so a normal
loadout are six large AAMs in the weapon bay. The most common external
loads are long-range ferry tanks and the occasional ASAT missile, or
heavy bomb loads after the enemy air defense has been degraded ...
The engines burn 450 gallons of jet fuel per hour at routine speed, or
1,800 gallons per hour on afterburner. A load of fuel and cannon ammo is
$13,200. The listed statistics include 6,000 lbs. of internal ordnance.
Subassemblies: Body +5, three retractable Wheels +1, two STOL Wings +2.
Powertrain: Two 22,500-lb. super turbofans with afterburner; 200,000-kWs
advanced battery.
Fuel: 3,600 gallons jet fuel (fire on 11).
Occ: 2 RCS.
Armor F RL B T U
Body: 4/60 4/60 4/60 4/60 4/60
Wheels: 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10 3/10
Wings: 4/60 4/60 4/60 4/60 4/60
Weaponry
25mmETC Gatling [Bod:F] (500 rounds) +2.
480-kJ PD Laser [Bod:F] (60 shots) +2.
480-kJ PD Laser [Bod:B] (51 shots) +2.
6,000-lb. weapon bay.
Equipment:
Body: Full stabilization for 25mmETC Gatling; full stabilization and
cyberslave mounts for 480-kJ PD Lasers; two long-range radios with
scramblers; two long-range, tight-beam radios with scramblers; four
medium-range laser communicators with scramblers; two x50 LLTVs;
500-mile AESA, LPI; 500-mile thermograph; 250-mile thermograph; two sets
of precision navigation instruments; four IFF; two inertial navigation
systems; two military GPS; terrain-following radar; advanced bombsight;
two HUDWACs with pupil scanners; two 5-mile laser rangefinders; laser
spot tracker; four advanced radar/laser detectors; deceptive jammer,
rating 9; 30 aircraft decoy dischargers; proximity fuse jammer; two C6
compact, genius, hardened, high-capacity microframes; two terminals;
full fire suppression system; refueling probe; 2x1 man-day limited life
system; two ejection seats; two g-seats. External: Radical emission
cloaking; radical stealth; instant chameleon; two 4,000-lb. wing
hardpoints; two 6,000-lb. wing hardpoints; puncture-resistant tires.
Statistics
Size: 60'x40'x15' Payload: 30,000 lbs. Lwt.: 60,000 lbs.
Volume: 1,500 cf Maint.: 32 man-hours Price: $44,903,300
HT: 12. HPs: 4,800 Body, 1,500 each Wing, 400 each Wheel
gSpeed: 495 gAccel: 20 gDecel: 20 gMR: 0.5 gSR: 4
Extremely High Ground Pressure. No Off-Road Performance.
aSpeed: 2,925 aAccel: 25 aDecel: 60 aMR: 15 aSR: 5
Stall Speed 145. Ceiling 12,000 yards.
Design Notes
Body is 1,340 cf, with excellent streamlining. Wings are 80 cf. Wheels
are 67 cf, retract into Body. Structure is extra-heavy, expensive.
Improved suspension, improved brakes, smartwheels. Armor is expensive
laminate. Sealed. Light, self-sealing tanks. Computerized controls with
duplicate maneuver controls. 0.81 cf of empty space. 500 rounds of
25mmETC APDU are carried in the body. Empty weight is 30,000 lbs.
Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL
25mmETC Gatling 210 4.2 $30,800 12,800 0.4 0.0027 $4(1) 9
480-kJ PD Laser 25 0.5 $20,000 21,600 - - - 9
Ammo Type: (1) APCR; also uses APDU (x1.2 cost).
Weapon Ammo Malf. Type Damage SS Acc 1/2D Max RoF
25mmETC Gatling APDU ver. cr. 6d*6(3) 20 15 2,100 8,850 80*
APCR ver. cr. 6d*6(2) 20 15 2,100 8,850 80*
480-kJ PD Laser - ver. imp. 7d 17 17 1,100 2,200 20*
Weapon Weight Volume Cost Power WPS VPS CPS TL
300mm Stealth AAM - - - neg. 1,000 20 $920,000 9
400mm Stealth ALCM - - - neg. 2,000 40 $1,200,000 9
Weapon Warhead Guid. Type Damage Spd. End.
Max. Skill
300mm Stealth AAM SAPHE IIRH cr.+exp. 6d*117(0.5)+6d*1,266[12d] 3,000 48
144,000 32
400mm Stealth ALCM HE BOHMU exp. 6d*6,000[12d] 1,000 540
540,000 22
The vehicle uses the design rules from Vehicles [second edition, third
printing, December '09 errata], VXi and VXii (including the armor volume
rule) with the text format from Vehicles Lite.
Next Week: The first Mecha.
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