Beltran Rarr
Character
OSA-13 "Ares" Space Superiority Fighter
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a standard multi-role space fighter.
- Image Source: [x] and [x]
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Obsidian Star Aerospace
- Affiliation: Obsidian Star Aerospace, Order of the Silver Jedi, Closed Market
- Model: OSA-13
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material: Durasteel, starship components, circuitry
- Classification: Starfighter, multi-role
- Length: 12 Meters
- Width: 3 Meters (wings contracted) 6 meters (wings expanded)
- Height: 7 Meters
- Armament: High
- 1 x Heavy Laser Cannon
- 2 x Twin-Linked Laser Cannons
- Underwing rails for up to 6 standard missiles/torpedoes
- Defenses: Average
- Squadron Count: Average: 12
- Maneuverability Rating: Low
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Hyperdrive Class: Standard - Class 2.0
- Standard Ion Propulsion Drive
- Standard Hyperspace Drive
- Standard Sensor Suite
- Standard Shield Emitter
- Standard Communications system
- Standard signal pilot cockpit
- Heavy Laser Cannon
- Ability to expand wings for added flight stability
- High Powered Laser Cannon: The single high powered blaster cannon mounted to the left of the fighter's cockpit is a slow firing but power weapon designed to be used against enemy capital ships and ground targets. It packs a powerful punch and makes a squadron of these fighters a significant threat to enemy capital ships.
- Energy Leakage: The Ares Space Superiority Fighter leaks energy rather significantly due to the high amount of power required to operate the fighter's main laser cannon. As a result, these fighters have a powerful sensor echo that is very difficult to hide, making the use of these fighters in stealth situations nearly impossible.
The "Ares" Space Superiority Fighter was conceived to fill a void left in Obsidian Star Aerospace's fighter lines between it's heavier "Apex" Escort Fighter - essentially a flying fortress designed as a screen for capital ships, and it's lighter "Stinger" Interceptor - which was designed to close the gap and engage enemy fighters. The "Ares" boasts a faster hyperdrive than is standard for most Obsidian Star fighters, allowing it to conduct multi-system patrols without the need of a larger ship nearby. It also boasts a large, powerful blaster cannon designed to allow the fighter to engage enemy capital ships and a pair of smaller twin-linked laser cannons designed to allow the fighter to engage other smaller craft. It also has underwing rail space for up to six missiles or torpedoes, the precise nature of which can be changed depending on the mission. While the ship boasts a high armament, it loses out on the maneuverability end of things. Smaller more agile craft could in theory engage and overwhelm the "Ares" fightercraft. As well, inefficiencies in the fighter's power distribution grid make it's sensor echo much larger than is usual for ships of it's size. This makes conducting stealth operations with this craft problematic in the extreme.
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