AMCO
I'm Sorry Dave
- Intent: A budget interceptor for the Open Market.
- Image Source: Stubfighter by Eric Lloyd Brown
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Corex Trading Company
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Model: Voidhammer-101 Light Interceptor
- VH-101/S: Standard Model, operated by an organic pilot.
- VH-101/A: Automated Model, operated by an integrated droid brain.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel Hull, Glasteel Cockpit
- Classification: Light Interceptor
- Length: 4.2 metres
- Width: 3.4 metres
- Height: 3.4 metres
- Armament: Low
- [4] Light Laser Cannons
- [1] Variable Warhead Launcher
- Defences: Very Low
- Squadron Count: Very High | 20
- Manoeuvrability Rating: High | None ("SLAM")
- Speed Rating: Average | Very High ("SLAM")
- Hyperdrive Class: N/A
- The VH-101 is outfitted with most of the features one would expect from a starfighter of its size and purpose, but not the following:
- Long-Range Distress Beacon
- Reliable Artificial Gravity
- Life Support Systems
- Flying Coffins carry a bastardisation of more conventional SLAM systems designed to propel the craft forward in a straight line for shorter periods, at the expense of a total loss of manoeuvrability... and increased odds of radiation leaks.
- Locust Swarm: Cheap as hell, highly manoeuvrable, and typically deployed in swarm formations, the VH-101 makes no pretence at being anything but the budget option and its designers are happy to compare it to the somewhat more expensive TIE/LN.
- Unsafe Design: Given its mediocre hull plating, lack of shielding and life support, use of a seat that faces the enemy head-on, and a tendency to occasionally begin leaking radiation into the cockpit, the VH-101 is only slightly safer than the average Ugly.
Designed in accordance with Corex's notoriously thrifty standards in order to secure their shipments and mining operations, the so-called "Flying Coffin" is a capable enough Starfighter, especially in swarms, but its abysmal safety measures has earned it a reputation amongst pilots, so much so that an automated variant was created specifically to remind Corex's employees that they could and would be replaced if they got too uppity.
While generally not fielded by the navies of major powers, the design has seen much more success with corporations, planetary defence forces, and other organisations concerned with profit margins and/or depleted military budgets.
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