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AI-001 Pulsar-class Starfighter
Affiliation: Open Market
Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
Model: AI-001 Pulsar
Modularity: Only different torpedo loadouts for the torpedo launchers (concussion or proton)
Production: Mass-production
Materials: Durasteel, transparisteel
Classification: Starfighter
Length: 17 meters
Height: 6 meters
Width: 6 meters
Armament:
One nose-mounted heavy laser cannon
Two laser cannons (one embedded in the tip of each wing)
Two torpedo launchers (both are underneath the cockpit, four torpedo magazine for each)
Squadron Count: Twelve fighters
Maneuverability Rating: 1.5 (folded mode) 2.5 (attack mode)
Speed Rating: 1.5 (folded mode) 2 (attack mode)
Hyperdrive: Class 1
Strengths:
Fast and agile fighter, especially when in folded mode
Decently armed
Weaknesses:
Only weapon that can fire in folded mode is the nose mounted laser, need to switch to attack mode for the others to work
Weak armoring
Description:
As part of the new line of ships being developed by the newly christened Aurora Industries for the open-market, the AI-001 Pulsar-class Starfighter is perfect for generic fighter missions. Equipped with a nose mounted heavy laser cannon, two laser cannons on the wing tips, and two torpedo launchers with a four torpedo magazine each, the fighter is capable of handling its own in a fight. However, the ship does have weaker armoring to compensate for the key feature of the Pulsar-class Starfighter.
The Pulsar-class starfighter has two modes (folded and attack) with the folded mode allowing for faster speeds and better maneuverability, but only allowing the nose mounted cannon to fire. The attack mode is slightly slower and less maneuverable, but the ship has access to all of its weapon systems when deployed like that.
The starfighter is also equipped with a Class 1 Hyperdrive to allow it to act independently of larger ships
Intent: To develop an open-market starfighter for Aurora Industries to sell
Who can use this: Anyone who purchases one
