OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create an updated bomber for the First Order
Image Credit: FractalSponge
Canon Link: N/A
Restricted Missions: N/A
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: First Order Naval Engineering
Model: ISB/S-47 Assault Bomber
Affiliation: The First Order
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Alusteel fuselage with layered Carbon-Nanofilament armor plating, Glassteel and Transparisteel digital cockpit. Internal AR-03 Damage Reduction Component plating.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Assault Bomber
Role: Surface Tactical Bomber
Length: 13.8 m
Width: 9.2 m
Height: 4m
Hyperdrive Rating: N/A
Crew: 1 pilot minimum. Full crew of 3 (pilot, co-pilot, gunner)
Sublight Speed: High
Maneuverability Rating: Low
ARMAMENT
Armaments: High
2 x L-s9.3 Laser Cannons
2 x Fore-facing Modular Missile Tubes (carries one of the following)
3 x Advanced Concussion Missiles
1 x Advanced Cluster Missile
1 x Advanced Proton Torpedo
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16x Ventral Modular Ordnance Tubes (carries one of the following)
12 x Impact/Timed Thermal Detonators
1 x Advanced Proton Bomb
2 x Disruptor Torpedo
3 x Advanced Concussion Missiles
1 x Advanced Proton Rockets
Defenses: Low
Standard Combat Ray Shielding
Standard Combat Particle Shielding
Standard Strikecraft Active Countermeasures Package
STANDARD FEATURES
Standard Starfighter Sensor Package
Standard Communications Package
Advanced TAT and BAC Combat System Package
Deep Scan Multi-Sensor Array
Integrated Fleet Command Data Exchange Network
Standard Navigation Systems
Ionic Shielding Package
Ion Shields
Cap Drains
Duraplast Plating
Energy Sinks
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Standard Electronics Warfare/Countermeasure Package
Sensor Jammer
220-SIG Tactical Sensor Jamming Device
Electronic Countermeasures
Full-spectrum Distortion Projector
ADVANCED SYSTEMS
Cockpit Escape Pod
'Jericho Trumpet'
Carbon-Durasteel Armor
Carpet Bomber: Over a dozen ventral ordnance tubes full of varying prizes make this a very potent bomber, something nobody would like to see flying over them or worse....diving
Wailing Fury: Due to the bomber's efficiency in surface-related operations, several sirens, or 'Jericho Trumpets', have been installed to give the ship a distinctive wailing sound as it dives on its enemies below. However, this does eliminate the possibility of covert operations.
Low Squadron Count: To cut on costs due to production of the munitions for this bomber, the squadron count has been lowered by a third.
Weak Armor: While its slim profile makes it quite safe from enemy starfighters, the armor itself isn't thick enough to protect from anything more than a few laser cannon blasts, despite the strength of the material used.
The ISB/S-47 is one of the latest attempts by the First Order to modernize its starfighter corps, beginning with a series of standard, tactical, and heavy bombers. With a slim profile composed of one of the strongest materials in the Core of Engineers' arsenal, the 'Scimitar III' is a highly capable surface bomber that excels at massacring enemy formations, no matter how well hidden.
Sixteen modular ordnance tubes line the ventral portion of the chassis, and can be filled with a variety of different munitions from standard thermal detonators to powerful proton bombs. Installed as part of experiments in psychological warfare are several sirens that give a wailing sound when the fighter dives.
Numerous other improvements have been made to the precursor design, the blueprints of which were supplied by Loyalists from the Galactic Empire after the faction's untimely dissolution, including the addition of a cockpit escape pod and two other crew stations other than that of the pilot.
