Unreviewed Ipheion StarViper-Class Attack Platform

[Corvo Anattolius]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To put into writing Corvo’s Star Viper platform
• Image Source: DA, Modified by Braze
• Canon Link: StarViper
• Permissions: FAE

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: MandalMotors
• Affiliation: Corvo Anattolius
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Ipheion
• Production: Unique
• Material: Theadian Viewscreens, Fyrirdögun Armor, Roxodium Underlay, Skuggalegt Stealth Polymer, Dewback Leather Upholstery

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Starfighter
• Length: 9 meters
  • 12 meters (wings retracted)
• Width: 15 meters (wings extended)
  • 8 meters (wings retracted)
• Height: 21 meters (wings extended)
  • 6 meters (wings retracted)
• Armament:
  • 2 Heavy Rotary Laser Cannons
  • 4 Variable Ordinance Launchers
  • PGEM/Bomblet Generator MK I-M
• Defenses: High
  • M.I. Cyclic Shield
  • Shield Booster
  • Grappler Tractor Beam
  • Chaff/Flares
• Squadron Count: None: 1
• Maneuverability Rating: Extreme
• Speed Rating: Very High
• Hyperdrive: Class 0.3

STANDARD FEATURES

• FAE/S-11 Communication Matrix: Facilitates secure communications across networks with a robust security suite.
• FAE/S-15 EPM Array: Provides sensor clarity through electronic warfare.
• FAE/S-05 ECM Array: A comprehensive suite of electronic warfare systems.
• FAE/S-09 Active Harmonizing System: Adjusts the position of the guns based on distance to the target.
• KM-1 Merlin Holographic Display: Creates an interactive holographic, panoramic display, projected over the interior of the cockpit showing outside the ship.
• Lock-Threat Warning System: Warns when another ship achieves a missile or torpedo locks onto the ship.
• Counterdetective: Warns its user of the presence of active-scanning in the area.
• Heads-Up Display: A view screen projection that displays useful information.
• Blast Tinting: Tints the viewports, preventing blinding by explosions and bright light.
• Beckon Call: Allows Corvo to remotely access the systems and control Ipheion.
• Landing Claw: Magnetic & mechanically gripping landing gear that adheres to almost any surface.
• Fuel Pod: Supplemental external fuel tanks that can be jettisoned.
• SF-12 Capacitor: Increases a starship's rate of fire by feeding energy into both the weapons and augmented cooling systems.
• TQ-895 Capacitor: Boosts the energy output of a starship's primary weapons.
• Sound Bafflers: Muffles engine noise, making the Ipheion sound further away than it is.
• SubLight AfterBurner: Supercharge the power of the engines for a limited time.

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• FAE/C-01 Multiphase Tensor Field Element: Protects against tractor beams and arresting interdiction fields.
• FAE/S-01 “Pentozali” Agility Array: Engine enhancement optimized to execute complex and violent maneuvers in space and atmosphere.
• FAE/S-06 Reactive Targeting Matrix: Offers a very high degree of resistance to ECM and non-stealth based jamming technologies
• Photo-Reactive Coating: Reflects and warps ambient light and color around Ipheion, rendering it nearly invisible and extremely difficult to detect visually in virtually every environment. In conjunction with the skuggalegt stealth coating, the ship becomes virtually undetectable, visually or through sensors.
• Integrated Dampener Baffles: Cold exhaust to prevent tracking and adds etheric rudders, increasing agility.
• Gravitic Modulator: Prevents the ship from being detected by its gravity signature.
• Peregrine Field Disruptor: Allows the ship to pass through shields while disabling its own.
• Hermóðr-class 0.3 Hyperdrive: An incredibly fast hyperdive.
• Hybrid Antimatter Unit: The Ipheion’s main power generator, giving the fighter an incredible supply of power and longevity.
• Dual Palladium Fusion Cores: Back up generators that allow Corvo to maintain power and maneuverability if the antimatter unit goes down.

STRENGTHS

• The Ipheion is a stealth predator, capable of outmaneuvering and outgunning the majority of fighters it meets.

WEAKNESSES

• When the wings are extended for full maneuverability, they present a large target.

DESCRIPTION
Corvo’s personal starfighter, he purchased the Star Viper after leaving Eshan’s Naval Defense Force, preferring the ship for its firepower and agility. In the years since, he’s so heavily modified the Ipheion, that it bears little resemblance to the stock variation. Armor, shield, weapons, thrusters, were all improved, but he continued tweaking the ship, adding additional maneuvering foils, each with their own shield emitters and thrusters, allowing for even more fine tune adjustments mid-flight and turning the Ipheion almost into an extension of his will. He can fly and maneuver her as though the ship were his body, reacting and acting on an instinctual level.

Since he often flies solo or in a supporting role, Corvo also added stealth elements to the Ipheion, easiest were engine baffles for the main drives and a stealth polymer coating which served him well in hiding from sensors. But to hide from the eye when in visual range, the Echani eventually added photo-reactive cells to his fighter which warp the surrounding light to render the ship nearly invisible in nearly any environment. Combined with sound baffles to muffle flight noises, Corvo can be practically atop someone while they’re still looking for a ship kilometers distant.