Corporate Shogun
- Intent: Avionics for landing guidance and/or auto-control.
- 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: AN/AQ-184 Precision Landing System
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material:
- Standard Systems:
- Electro Optimal Grid Transmitter
- Localized HoloNet Transceiver
- Electro Optimal Grid Detectors [x2]
- Micro Solar Battery Unit
- Reliable: Capable of operating in any weather, space, orbital or unique planetary condition, the AN/AQ-184 PLS would best be known for its reliability, not prone to failure for the most part, and needing little in the way of adjustment or maintenance from its operators. It can be trusted to do the job it was given.
- Effective: Entirely independent from any exterior systems, or open-channel HoloNet systems, with the option for user designated exceptions, the Precision Landing System cooperates mostly with pre-existing starship systems, and is accurate to within less than an inch of its landing target if need be.
- Hard to Install: Although simple to physically fit into the starship or starfighter. The PLS has been described as difficult to digitally integrate with other systems by those that have added it to their own vessels. While not impossible, it has been negatively compared to a brand of DIY furniture in the past.
Developed by Nakaioma Fleet Systems; the naval aviation division of Osato Aerospace, itself a subsidiary of the NAKAIOMA Corporation, the AN/AQ-184 Precision Landing System was released onto both the civilian and military markets in early 865ABY. It is comprised of three primary components, the first being the Electro Optimal Grid Transmitter, which is a laser transmitter mounted on the front of the starship that scan potential landing sites, or a landing site chosen by the pilot.
The Electro Optimal Grid Detector, of which there are two, one on each side of the starship, are sensors that determine the position, bearing, speed and other vital statistics of the craft, while observing the relative reference grid link from the Grid Detector and cooperate with it to factor these into the latter's landing calculations. While the Localized HoloNet Transceiver, the third and last primary component, is responsible for interacting with nearby HoloNet-connected air-space traffic systems to assist in landing, this is only for landings in "Controlled environments" such as space stations, airbases and starports. However the HoloNet Transceiver may also connect to ground systems in uncontrolled environments, such as warzones, so that allies below may have access to vital starship information.
Initially ordered by Osato Aerospace as part of its work on the F-600 Kalidor program of multirole strike starfighters, the Precision Landing System soon became a new project entirely unto its own, with corporate higher-ups seeing potential for its widespread application in civilian sectors as well as in military ones. A simple, and most importantly small piece of equipment, the PLS can be fitted onto any starship, or starfighter and can be configured either to simply assist a skilled pilot in landing, or to fully take control of the craft for an automated landing.
The Electro Optimal Grid Detector, of which there are two, one on each side of the starship, are sensors that determine the position, bearing, speed and other vital statistics of the craft, while observing the relative reference grid link from the Grid Detector and cooperate with it to factor these into the latter's landing calculations. While the Localized HoloNet Transceiver, the third and last primary component, is responsible for interacting with nearby HoloNet-connected air-space traffic systems to assist in landing, this is only for landings in "Controlled environments" such as space stations, airbases and starports. However the HoloNet Transceiver may also connect to ground systems in uncontrolled environments, such as warzones, so that allies below may have access to vital starship information.
Initially ordered by Osato Aerospace as part of its work on the F-600 Kalidor program of multirole strike starfighters, the Precision Landing System soon became a new project entirely unto its own, with corporate higher-ups seeing potential for its widespread application in civilian sectors as well as in military ones. A simple, and most importantly small piece of equipment, the PLS can be fitted onto any starship, or starfighter and can be configured either to simply assist a skilled pilot in landing, or to fully take control of the craft for an automated landing.
