Corporate Shogun
- Intent: Avionics for starship communications.
- Image Source: Artist Credit.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Not Applicable.
- Developer:
- Osato Aerospace
- Nakaioma Fleet Systems
- Osato Aerospace
- Manufacturer:
- Osato Aerospace
- NK Aviation
- Orion Materials
- Osato Aerospace
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Open Market.
- Model: AFIRS-397 Flight Communications Module
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material:
- Standard Systems:
- Multi-Function Control Display Unit [MCDU]
- Long Range Controller Pilot Datalink Communications [CPDLC]
- Extendable/Retractable Low Profile Antenna
- Amplified HoloNet Transceiver [x2]
- Integrated Cockpit Audio
- Long Range Interstellar Messaging System [FANS]
- Micro Solar Battery Unit
- Advanced Systems:
- Secure: Protected from any would-be wiretappers by several layers of encryption, including the notoriously hard to break bio-hexacrypt method. The AFIRS-397 is a (mostly) sure-fire way of keeping one's personal business just that: personal. Tough enough to deal with military-grade threats and highly skilled hackers, it's safe to say that most civilian customers will be secure enough.
- Dependable: Thoroughly tested through every stage of development by the great minds at Nakaioma Fleet Systems' quality assurance team, the FCM can take any amount of physical damage you can give it. Well-protected in its container, its innards are designed to be just as durable, to prevent them from being easily damaged by any idiot who attempts to make a go at repairing it on their own.
- Complicated: Arguably one of the leading downsides among technologically advanced pieces of equipment, a primary cause of complaint that customers have for the module is the difficulty in not just maintaining it, but operating it also. With so many options as to how to encrypt and transmit messages and calls, it has been described as being 'over-engineered' by critics.
Developed by Nakaioma Fleet Systems; the naval aviation division of Osato Aerospace, itself a subsidiary of the NAKAIOMA Corporation, the AFIRS-397 Flight Communications Module was released onto both the civilian and military markets in mid 864ABY. Doing what it says on the tin; the FCM can be installed onto any starship of any size, although the larger the vessel, the more of them will be required-- and can be utilized as an all-purpose communications system to keep the pilot(s) in touch with their allies, space traffic control, nearby ships, planets, space stations and the rest of the galaxy if required.
Small enough that it can be installed onto single-pilot starfighters, or other such ships, the FCM was developed initially with naval aviation in mind exclusively, but over the course of development grew to include civilian use as well. Highly encrypted, it-- like most other forms of long distance communication-- makes use of the galactic HoloNet, but throws an effective veil over outgoing calls, and signal location. It can be configured to connect wirelessly to most forms of helmet or headsets and its range is pan-galactic, ensuring high-quality, instant transmission from anywhere to anywhere. Generally popular, although there isn't much devoted enthusiasm for communications systems overall, it has received praise for its security, and quality, but criticism for its complexity, the latter often from civilian operators.
Small enough that it can be installed onto single-pilot starfighters, or other such ships, the FCM was developed initially with naval aviation in mind exclusively, but over the course of development grew to include civilian use as well. Highly encrypted, it-- like most other forms of long distance communication-- makes use of the galactic HoloNet, but throws an effective veil over outgoing calls, and signal location. It can be configured to connect wirelessly to most forms of helmet or headsets and its range is pan-galactic, ensuring high-quality, instant transmission from anywhere to anywhere. Generally popular, although there isn't much devoted enthusiasm for communications systems overall, it has received praise for its security, and quality, but criticism for its complexity, the latter often from civilian operators.
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