Approved Starship Radial Drone Fighter

[Kamon Vondiranach]

Image Source: Radial Space Fighter by Scifiwarships
Affiliation:
Company Name(s)
Ignus Industries
Ignus Black

Faction Name(s)
The Sith Ascendancy
The Reformation
Manufacturer: Ignus Black
Model: Radial Drone Fighter
Modularity: No
Production: Limited
Material: Neutronium impregnated alusteel, droid parts, interface crystal
Classification: Drone Starfighter
Length: 7m
Height: 12m
Width: 12m

Armament: 10

• 2 Torpedo Tubes (4 Torpedo's each)
• 4 Laser Cannons

Defenses: 10

Squadron Count: 12

Special Features: Compatible with Remote Operations Piloting Pods, Anti-Jamming System

Maneuverability Rating: 2
Speed Rating: 2
Hyperdrive Class: None

Strengths:

• Remotely operated drone, no loss of pilot if ship lost
• Nimble and quick

Weaknesses:

• No hyperdrive as they must remain within range of their home ship.
• Costly, as the crystals used to communicate between the ship and the ROP's are not cheap

Description: With the creation of the ROPP, it became necessary to also create a fighter capable of working with it. Ignus Black, once the ROPP was completed, quickly set about accomplishing this task. The goal was the creation of the Radial Drone Fighter, a ship with excellent maneuverability and speed, but lacking in hyperdrive capabilities, and having a remotely standard armament by comparison to most starfighters of the time period. Of course, the problem was always going to be resolved by a quite costly system. Adding in the components to make it compatible with the ROPP, essentially a robotic system with a crystal interface, cost a lot of money. In addition, adding in the necessary components to make it so the ship wouldn't get jammed easily was also costly. So in the end, they came up with a nice little fighter, but it had its drawbacks. Not that they were too worried about it. They did, after all, solve the problem.
Development Thread: None
Intent: To create a drone fighter that's usable with the Remote Operations Piloting Pods.
Who Can Use This: Captains of ships with ROPP's on them (TSO and Reformation members).
Primary Source:None

Spoiler: Modification Request (03/14/2017)

Affiliation changed from:
The Sith Order
to

Company Name(s)
Ignus Industries
Ignus Black

Faction Name(s)
The Sith Ascendancy
The Reformation

 

[Jairus Starvald]

Hello, I'll be the factory judge reviewing your submission. If you have questions, please feel free to respond to this thread once we are underway.

 

[Jairus Starvald]

Standard defense, armament, slighly upped speed and maneuverability, but it's limited instead of mass.

Only thing I got is this line:

In addition, adding in the necessary components to make it so the ship wouldn't get jammed was also costly.

If you change that to 'wouldn't get jammed easily', this will be good to go. Because complete immunity to jamming isn't inherently balanced for PVP reasons, if you mention it's just really difficult to accomplish, that will serve your goals pretty well.

 

[Kamon Vondiranach]

[member="Tai Fa"]
Done.

 

[Jairus Starvald]

Awesome. Pending Factory Mentor Review.

 

[Ellie Mors]

Approved.