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Affiliation: Omega Protectorate
Manufacturer: Fondor Shipyards
Model: OS-B1 Avenger
Modularity: Minor
Production: Mass-Produced
Material: Durasteel (Hull Plating & Frame), Transparisteel (Viewports)
Classification: Heavy Bomber
Length: 43 Meters
Height: 9.3 Meters
Width: 50 Meters
Armament: 20
B1-A Configuration
- Two Heavy Ion Cannons (Fore)
- Two Repeating Mass Driver Cannon Turrets
- Four Repeating Laser Cannon Turrets
- Two Turreted Concussion Missile Launchers
- Six Proton Torpedo Launchers
- Six Heavy Ion Cannons (Fore)
- Four Flak Cannon Turrets
- Two Assault Concussion Missile Launchers
- Four Flak Cannon Turrets
- One Assault Concussion Missile Launcher
- Two Heavy Energy Torpedo Projectors
Special Features: None
Maneuverability Rating: 6
Speed Rating: 6
Hyperdrive Class: Class 2
Strengths:
- Mobile Weapon Platform - Considerably larger than the average starfighter, the B1 is able to mount more weaponry as a result, giving it tremendous firepower.
- Heavy Defenses - A necessity given its size, the B1 can take tremendous punishment before succumbing to damage.
- Size - At 50 meters wide and almost as long, it is impossible to miss the B1 coming at you. It must rely on its shields and hull plating, as well as escorts, and hope that it can accomplish its objectives quickly and return to the carrier ship.
- Speed - Tied hand-in-hand with its size, the B1 is slow and ungainly for a starfighter. Slower even than the average bomber, the B1 must rely on its shielding and hull plating to carry it through an engagement and back.
- Vulnerable to Ion Cannons - Unique to the B1-C, its energy torpedo projectors are sensitive to ionic disruptions. While the craft may recover from an ion attack to move once again, and even fire its conventional weaponry, its energy torpedo projectors will be inoperable without stopping for repairs too lengthy to be done in the middle of a fight, thus necessitating a trip to a hanger bay.
The B1 Avenger, also known as the B-One, is a heavy bomber-type starfighter. Considerably larger than its G1 or I1 cousins, the B1 is designed to directly engage enemy capital ships. Per its intended targets, the B1 has heavy shields and reinforced armor, a necessary product given its size, to protect it from harm. Although it remains nimble enough to avoid general capital ship fire, it is practically a floating target to other starfighters. Slow and ungainly, the B1 must rely on its powerful shields and hull plating to carry it through the battlefield to its objectives.
Though only three B1 Avengers make up a single squadron, their combat effectiveness necessitates no more in a squadron. The first variant, the B1-A, is utilized as a general bomber / gunship. Its armament allows it to engage nearly any target with at least moderate effectiveness, though it has a slight preference towards capital ships with its six proton torpedo launchers over its two concussion missile launchers.
The B1-B is designed solely as a heavy bomber. Trading the eight missile launchers for two assault concussion missile launchers, the B1-B is meant to drive a stake straight through enemy capital ships.
A bit of an experiment, the B1-C is currently on produced in minor numbers despite being no more effective in combat than its variants. However, instead of traditional missiles, the B1-C mounts two heavy energy torpedo projectors. The necessary capacitors and shaping systems necessitated the removal of a quarter of the bomber's normal guns. However, the intent for the mounting is to allow the bombers a means to engage enemy ships at long ranges before closing. A single assault concussion missile launcher is also a part of the B1-C's armament to ensure it can engage targets even if the energy projectors are knocked offline, a possibility as they are susceptible to ionic discharge against the hull.
- Escape Pods
- Heavy Deflector Shield Generator
- Reinforced Hull Plating
- Standard Life Support System
- Standard Navigational System
- Standard Sensor Array
- Standard Targeting Computer
- Communications Relay
Intent: To update one of the most common Protectorate bombers
Note: Given the B1's retroactive increase in size, any and all Protectorate ships currently listed as having, or potentially having, B1 bombers among their manifest will have those numbers cut by three quarters to reflect the number of B1s per squadron.
