Approved Starship Lyulka-class elite fighter

[Janick Beauchamp]

A Lyulka

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide a 5.0-compliant fighter specific to the ORC
• Image Source: Free3D
• Canon Link: N/A
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: Shusugaunt Ghost, Alakaha-class elite fighter

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Outer Rim Coalition
• Model: Lyulka-class elite fighter
• Affiliation: Outer Rim Coalition elite and special units
• Production: Limited
• Material: Durasteel hull

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Fighter/bomber
• Length: 12 meters
• Width: 8.13 meters
• Height: 3.5 meters
• Armament: Average (Very Low when SLAM is active)
  Standard configuration:
  1 Guernica ordnance launcher (counts for 2 bomb bays)
• 2 Anoat repeater electromagnetic plasma cannons (counts for 4 laser cannons)

[*]Endurance configuration:

• 1 Sko heavy bomblet generator (counts for 2 bomb bays)
• 2 Anoat repeater electromagnetic plasma cannons (counts for 4 laser cannons)

[*]Defenses: Average
[*]Squadron Count: Average (12)
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Average
[*]Speed Rating: High (Extreme when SLAM is active)
[*]Hyperdrive Class: Average: 1
STANDARD FEATURES

• Tensor field generator
• Inertial compensator
• Watchtower collision avoidance system
• Kirishima cap drains
• Flare launcher (4 flares)
• Deflector shields
• Solar ionization reactor
• 4 Sabrina waste heat recovery devices
• ECM/ECCM suite (sensor jamming)
• Griet-II self-sealing hypermatter tank

ADVANCED SYSTEMS

• Advanced Targeting Computer
• 
  SLAM
  

Strengths:

• Can resist ion/EMP attacks
• Can drop bombs without need for resupply in endurance configuration
• Slim flank profile
• Ordnance versatility in standard configuration
• High mobility

Weaknesses:

• An unstable bomblet generator can take out the craft if the bomblet generator is fired too often in endurance configuration (around 5 minutes of continuous operation)
• Slow bomblet rate of fire in endurance configuration (1 full-power bomblet per every 20 seconds)
• Easy to detect on EM/thermal sensors when the guns and/or bomblet generators are fired
• Limited ordnance in standard configuration
• Cannons are taken offline when SLAM is activated
• Flares are ineffective when SLAM is activated
• Somewhat fragile hull

Description: The Alakaha elite fighters hitherto used by the ORC in elite units have proven to be liabilities in prolonged fire missions, so that the choice between two configurations is made available on its replacement, the Lyulka, one that either have a large bomb bay or a bomblet generator. It also features high speed and the speed-boosting SLAM, new cap drains, a new self-sealing hypermatter tank, and finally sensor-jamming EWAR equipment. However this configuration is not without its pitfalls: it offers no additional defenses beyond what an ordinary starfighter could provide, and its endurance configuration renders the craft vulnerable to bomblet generator overheat when used for about five minutes of continuous use, rendering it liable to explosion. In addition, when the SLAM is active, the craft's guns are taken offline thanks to the power drain of the SLAM. And it is also very easy to detect on EM/thermal sensors when the guns and/or bomblet generators are fired.

Consumables: 3 weeks
Crew: 1
Cargo capacity: 100 kg

 

[Malok]

<p>Under Review.</p>

 

[Malok]

[member="Janick Beauchamp"]

Just need a couple tweaks on this before I can move it along:

• As this includes the Kirishima Cap Drains, please bump the Defense rating up to Moderate.
• Per the verbiage of your weakness, please bump the SLAM Armament rating down to None.

Let me know once you've made the requested changes, thanks!

 

[Janick Beauchamp]

[member="Darth Metus"] Since the bomb bay or the bomblet generator aren't taken offline, one can still drop ordnance when the SLAM is active; the rating when the SLAM is active is the ordnance only.

Plus the canon SLAM still allowed the Missile Boat to fire missiles, even though it could not fire its laser cannons while the SLAM was active.

In a dogfighting context, guns do not refer to the entirety of the armament; devices such as bomb bays or bomblet generators are typically excluded from what dogfighters call guns.

As for the defense rating: the hull is now more fragile than it used to be, so it's now back to average.

 

[Malok]

<p>Awesome. Pending Secondary Approval. Thanks! [member="Jamie Pyne"]</p>

 

[Gir Quee]

Approved.