A-WING
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: As an effort to reenter the Starfighter Market, the intent is to create a line of fighters in the style of the old Rebel Alliance.
Image Source: Andrew Hodgson // Artstation (x)
Canon Link: R-9X Heavy Laser Cannonshttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/R-9X_heavy_laser_cannon/Legends, Ion-Pulse Missiles
Restricted Missions: N/A
Primary Source: RZ-1 A-Wing Interceptor
Manufacturer: Primo Victorian Shipwright
Model: VSI-ACC 100 “A Wing”
Affiliation: Primo Victorian Shipwright, Galactic Alliance | Closed Market [Contract Thread Required]
Production: Mass-Produced.
Material: Titanium Reinforced Durasteel Hull
Classification: Interceptor
Length: 9.6 meters
Width: 6.5 meters
Height: 3 meters
Armament: Low
2x R-9X Heavy Laser Cannons [Turbocharge]
Forward Fixed.
Will overheat, if Turbocharged.
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2x FlexTube Missile Launcher
12x Concussion Missiles, OR
12x Ion-Pulse Missiles
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Defenses: Very Low
Deflector Shield Generator
Chaff Deployment System
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Squadron Count: 12 [Average]
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Maneuverability Rating: Moderate
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Speed Rating: High
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Hyperdrive Class: 2 [Average]
STANDARD FEATURES
Standard Communications Array
Standard Deflector Shield Generator
Standard Hyperdrive
Standard Ion Engines
Standard Life Support Systems
Standard Navigational Systems
Standard Repulsorlift Engines
Standard Sensor Array
Can Enter Atmosphere and Land
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
Advanced Sensor Systems:
4x Phantom-class Short-Range Sensor Jammerhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/4x-Phantom_short-range_sensor_jammer
ANs-9e Targeting Sensor Arrayhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/ANs-9e_targeting_sensor_array
Strengths:
Speed: Moves faster and turns better than the antiquated design she’s based on.
Sensors: Utilizes the Phantom Short-Range Sensor Jammer and the ANs-9e Targeting Sensor array to jam enemy sensor units and acquire faster lock-on target and target tracking.
Turbocharged: Swapping standard laser cannons for the heavy, allows the option for turbocharge which hit twice as hard as standard at the price of overheating.
Paper Thin: Faster and more agile than her design base this comes at the cost of her armor, thin armor. Once her shields are gone she’s extremely vulnerable to weapons fire.
Weapons: With shields on, she’s vulnerable to ion/emp weapons, once their gone however she’s fair game for any weapon.
Overheat: The built-in upgrade to turbocharge the cannons means the cannons can and will overheat if the turbocharge option is utilized.
Writers in the pilot of seat of these A-Wings, who chose to turbocharge the cannons must be aware that their cannons will be offline due to the heat for two posts.
Description:
As part of the sponsorship and contract, Primo Victorian Shipwright agreed to help their former opponent. To start this meant working on their starfighter programme, a vital component to the Alliance’s military philosophy. The A-Wing, or Victorian A as some in the hangars have called it is a rather standard entry but meant to be deployed en masse rather than for a specific mission.
The A-Wing also represents Primo Victoria’s attempt to reenter the Starfighter Market. As a whole Primo Victoria’s last entry had been with the revised Crown Defender for the First Order. While many TIE designs lay within the company’s vaults it was the A-Wing that caught CEO and Lead Designer Fiolette Yvarro’s attention. Studying the antiquated design she kept the Victorian A as close to the old A Wing as possible with the adjustment of FlexTube Missile launchers giving a switch to the standard Concussion Missile.
A second switch came with the swap for heavy laser cannons. Now the heavy laser cannons had been more associated with the Tenloss Syndicate’s Hornet which was to be on par with the old A. It was the turbocharge option that captured Fiolette’s eyes. While the A Wings should use this option as more a last resort measure the cannons were built in to afford it.
Squadron numbers were lowered in an effort to focus on the speed and maneuverability of the interceptor. Given her rather thin armor, she could ill afford to sit idle or move at an ‘average’ pace. She moves fast and turns quickly allowing her to engage and intercept her enemy at will. It was then decided to make the heavy cannons forward fixed, as the A compensates with her maneuverability.
Heavy, as it was understood referred to the cannon’s abilities to hit twice as hard when turbocharged. Otherwise she deals standard damage, A-Wings can carry one payload at a time meaning once she has exhausted her full complement of say twelve concussion missiles she can return to her carrier and switch to the Ion Pulse missiles if necessary.
