Approved Starship NTX-091 "Talon" Heavy Starfighter

[Ayden Cater]

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Affiliation: Open Market
Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering
Model: NTX-091 "Talon" Heavy Starfighter
Modularity: Minor
Production: Mass-Produced
Material:

• Durasteel-Titanium Alloy - Hull Plating
• Quadanium - Structural Frame
• Glasteel - Viewports

Classification: Heavy Starfighter

Minimum Crew: 1 pilot
Standard Crew: 1 pilot, 1 astromech
Optimum Crew: 1 pilot, 1 gunner, 1 astromech droid

Length: 18 meters
Height: 6.7 meters
Width: 16 meters

Armament:

• Two Heavy Laser Cannons - Wingtips
• Two Ion Cannons - Main Body
• Twin Laser Cannon - Aft; Rear-facing swivel turret
• Two Proton Torpedo Launchers - Main Body (4 Missiles apiece)

Squadron Count: 8

Special Features:

Maneuverability Rating: 3
Speed Rating: 3

Hyperdrive Class: Class 2

Strengths:
Pow, Right in the Kisser: The Talon has a heavy payload compared to a standard starfighter. This gives it some flexibility with regards to how it functions on the battlefield and what manner of targets it can engage.

Corellian Made: As a product of CEC craftsmanship, the Talon is an incredibly rugged starfighter. Glancing blows are considerably less likely to cause catastrophic damage to the fighter, necessitating a more direct hit to a vital system like the engines or power plant to bring the fighter down.

Weaknesses:
Going in Loud: The Talon's targeting sensors are 'loud' compared to other starfighters. While this does give the starfighter excellent battlefield vision, it also telegraphs the fighter's position on the battlefield. This means that the fighter cannot be utilized in stealthy operations without disabling the sensors, which renders the pilot virtually blind in space.

Who Needs Shields: As part of Corellian Engineer's efforts to keep the fighter's price down, a lighter option was selected for the deflector shield. While in theory offering sufficient protection from civilian threats, military-grade blasters will very quickly wear down the shields.

Description: The Eharl-class assault starfighter was designed by CEC to be hard hitting, and the design absolutely delivers. Boasting an incredibly powerful arsenal of weaponry, a small number of Eharls can tackle even capital ships. But this firepower comes at a cost; literally. At almost a half-million credits each, the Eharl is a very expensive starfighter. This large cost has kept the starfighter from seeing wide adoption by police forces or other private interest groups. Since the Protectorate has dissolved, the profitability of the fighter has been called into question.

Rather than simply scrap the Eharl-class, a new design was drafted. This would be another fighter for the open market, theoretically in the same vein as the Eharl-class. The ultimate aim though was to make a starfighter that would be significantly cheaper than the Eharl in order to appeal to a wider market. In order to keep costs down, this meant a scaling down of size, armament, and leaving out some of the specialty features of the Eharl-class; namely the use of the J9 command system and OmniPod weapon system.

Just because the fighter was designed to be cheaper does not mean that quality was lowered. All Corellian Engineering products are made with certain standards in mind, and this new starfighter would be no exception. The NTX-091 was envisioned as something of a beefier cousin to the likes of Incom's famous X-wing. Borrowing the aesthetic of the ancient SoroSuub experimental Preybird starfighter, the NTX-091 was given an intimidating attack profile. It's not all for show, however. Armed with a heavy armament package, the fighter is capable of functioning as a heavy starfighter in fights or as a light bomber.

Dubbed "Talon", the NTX-091 is Corellian Engineering's attempt to offer an affordable-yet-competitive starfighter to police and military forces around the galaxy.

• Communications Array
• Encryption Network
• Light Deflector Shield Generator
• Standard Life Support Systems
• Standard Navigational Systems
• Standard Sensor Array
• Standard Targeting Systems

Development Thread: N/A
Intent: To make a less-expensive open market starfighter for CEC sales
Who Can Use This: Anyone who purchases the fighter from CEC or salvages it from junkyards.

Primary Source: N/A

 

[ADM. Reshmar]

RESEARCH REVIEW

Star Wars Canon:
Pending initial review

Starwars Chaos:
Pending initial review

WITHOUT DEV THREADS
Pending initial review

WITH DEV THREADS
Pending Initial review

SUGGESTIONS
Pending Inital review

 

[ADM. Reshmar]

Two Heavy Laser Cannons - Wingtips

These are heavy and count as 2 weapons each.

Two Heavy Laser Cannons - Wingtips Two Ion Cannons - Main Body Twin Laser Cannon - Aft; Rear-facing swivel turret Two Proton Torpedo Launchers - Main Body (4 Missiles apiece)

A fighter is allowed 6 weapon systems. This has a total of 10

Cal it a Gunship and its cool. IF you want to keep it as a Fighter it will need to have 2 weapons removed, minor production, an 10 posts development.

 

[Ayden Cater]

[member="Reshmar"]

The Eharl-class, on which this is based, uses the same principle here. As the fighter is larger than standard fighters and thus comes in smaller squadron sizes, it gets additional weaponry to compensate. The total squadron power is kept the same, or less than, that of a standard squadron.

So this fighter, at 18 meters, has

• 8 Guns
• 2 Missile Launchers.

A standard fighter, at 12.5 meters, has

• 4 Guns
• 2 Missile Launchers

So a standard squadron, at 150 meters, has

• 48 Guns
• 24 Launchers

My fighter, in a squadron of 8 at 144 meters, has

• 64 Guns
• 16 Launchers

Trading out 8 Launchers for 16 Guns, which is established factory trading, you get the expected 48 Guns and 24 Launchers.

So the fighter, once size is taken into account, in fact matches the criteria for a standard starfighter. In addition, the fighter is slower than a standard fighter in reflection of its larger size and payout. So there is in fact an added cost to this measure beyond simply sticking the same total number of guns onto fewer, larger fighters. The fighter also has several noted weaknesses. In fact, if one accounts for the automatic strength given its payload-granted-by-size, it has one strength and two weaknesses. It also lacks any advanced systems, which are typically the mark of Elite Starfighters.

It's simply a standard fighter with some details changed up to keep it from being a carbon-copy of other fighters with the same factory restrictions.

 

[ADM. Reshmar]

[member="Ayden Cater"]

Classification: Starfighter

make this "Heavy Starfighter" and its good.

 

[Ayden Cater]

[member="Reshmar"]

Alright.

 

[ADM. Reshmar]

Awesome. Pending Admin Approval. Thanks! [member="Spencer Jacobs"]

 

[Allyson Locke]

Approved.