Approved Starship Qaero Class Attack Craft

[Xrawylz]

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Affiliation: Diversity Alliance
Manufacturer: Diversity Alliance
Model: Qaero Class Attack Craft
Modularity: Weapons systems.
Production: Mass Produced
Material: Duranium
Classification: Heavy Droid Starfighter
Length: 15.5 meters
Height: 8.2 Meters
Width: 10.4 Meters

Armament: x4 Heavy Laser Cannon
X2 Missile/Bomb Hardpoints
4x Phantom short-range sensor jammer (Modified to only provide missile defense)
Flares

Squadron Count: 9
Special Features: Droid Star Fighter.

Maneuverability Rating: 5
Speed Rating: 5
Hyperdrive Class: No hyper drive

Strengths: Heavy armaments, Droid Star fighter
Weaknesses: No hyperdrive, heavy
Description: The Qaero Class Attack Craft is an Heavy Star fighter designed to hit as hard as possible, with its 4 heavy laser cannons and two ordnance hardpoints, it hits hard, but does not get out fast. It is designed to be deployed from the capital ships of the Diversity Alliance, and therefore does not have a hyper drive, this is due to the fact that 1. They are droid starfighters, and do not require people, and 2. it is less expensive. The reason they are droid star fighters is due to the fact that it allows the Diversity Alliance to have increased number of star fighters, and due to the Columi's inability to use their limbs, and Columi clones make up a large portion of Diversity Alliance forces. The droid brains operate off a hive mind system, so they can operate using sensor data from other ships. If one ship is having trouble processing its data, it can offload some of the calculations off to a nearby ship with less strain, this allows the ships to operate more efficiently. They can also use sensor data from other ships in order to see farther than they would otherwise.
Development Thread: if needed.
Intent: To create a droid star fighter for the Diversity Alliance
Who Can Use This: Diversity Alliance
Primary Source: (Please link the source of another writer's submission that you are modifying for your use; only necessary for "Chaos Canon" submissions)

 

[Gir Quee]

RESEARCH REVIEW
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Starwars Chaos:
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SUGGESTIONS
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[Gir Quee]

[member="Xrawylz"], armament on this looks a little high to me with the number of heavy laser cannons, but I think you have a sufficient number of weaknesses to make up for it in terms of reduced flight performance and squadron count.

two interchangeable ordnance packages,

For clarification, are these basically single hardpoints, or are the packages something else?

The droid brains are incredibly efficient and do their job well, they also use sensor data from other fighters in order to better do their jobs.

How does the information being transmitted from other ships make them perform better? Why and how are the droid brains incredibly efficient?

 

[Xrawylz]

[member="Gir Quee"]

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[Gir Quee]

[member="Xrawylz"], that looks pretty good.

Countermeasures

What sort of countermeasures are these? Chaff, Flares, sensor jammers, etc?

 

[Xrawylz]

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[Gir Quee]

[member="Xrawylz"], what ECMs is the Qaero using?

In general, I see one of my duties to clear up ambiguity. The more specificity, the better.

 

[Xrawylz]

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[Gir Quee]

Anti Radar Countermeasures
Flares

Anti-Radar countermeasures are still somewhat vague. I might suggest considering a "Screamer" active jammer if you're looking to give it some protection against enemy missiles.

 

[Xrawylz]

Changed again.
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[Gir Quee]

Looks good to me. [member="Reshmar"]?

 

[ADM. Reshmar]

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

 

[Allyson Locke]

Approved.