Republic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
- Intent: To recreate an Iconic starfighter for the modern era, with a twist.
- Image Source: The Rise of Skywalker - Official Style Guide - Hosted on Milnersblog.com.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable.
- Permissions: Not Applicable.
- Primary Source: Repurposed Canon Articles, X-wing Drone.
- Manufacturer: Republic Engineering Corporation - Coruscanti Shipwright; Centax II Surface Facilities, and Deep Space Installations.
- Affiliation: The Galactic Alliance, Closed-Market.
- Model: REC-TR01 TIE Training Drone.
- Production: Mass Production.
- Material:
- Durasteel Hull and Armour Plating (Ablative) with Secondary Turadium Armour Plating.
- Alusteel Skeletal Frame, with Laminanium Structural Plating.
- Heavily Reinforced Duraplast Hull Liner with Anti-Ionic Mesh (Faraday Cage.)
- Dallorian Alloy and Agrinium Panels (Where Appropriate.)
- Myoflex Heat Sinks.
- Glasteel Viewports.
- Various Starfighter Components.
- Classification: Starfighter Drone.
- Role: Target Practice.
- Length: 9.5 Metres.
- Width: 7.7 Metres.
- Height: 7.7 Metres.
- Armament: None.
- [4] Target Designation Lasers [Chin and Wing-mounted; Fixed Forward.]
- Defences: Average Rating.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Reinforced, and Ablative Armour and Hull Plating.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Deflector Shield (Ray, Particle and Concussion Barriers; Overlaid.)
- Reinforced [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Ionic Shielding.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Emergency Thrusters (Chemical Propellent and Lateral Thrusters.)
- Advanced [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] EWAR, Electronic Countermeasures, Chaff, Flare Launchers, Etc.
- Squadron Count: Average Rating.
- Twelve Starfighters per Squadron.
- Maneuverability Rating: 65 DPF - Very High Rating.
- Speed Rating: Very High Rating.
- MGLT: 110 MGLT
- Maximum Atmospheric Speed: 1,350 Km/H
- Primary Hyperdrive Rating: None.
- Secondary Hyperdrive Rating: None.
- Engine Unit(s): Starfighter - Class Ion Engines, with Integrated Repulsorlift Generator(s.)
- Primary Power Plant: Starfighter-Class Compact Fusion Reactor.
- Secondary Power Plant: Solar Ionization Conversion Module(s) with Retractable Agrinium Collection Arrays.
- Passengers:
- None.
- Crew Complement (Optimal): One Integrated Droid Brain.
- Crew Complement (Skeletal): One Integrated Droid Brain.
- Escape Craft: None.
- Cargo Capacity: 120 Kilograms - Remote Data Recording Hardware.
- Consumables: None.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Sensor and Targeting Systems.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Avionics Package and Navigation System.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Damage and Hazard Control Systems.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Communication Systems, with Encrypted Military Keys.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Shift and Relativistic Shielding.
- Standard [Starfighter-Class, Military-Grade] Integrated VTOL System.
- State of the Art Internal Systems:
- Integrated Droid Brain, with Remote Transceiver and Data Uplink.
- Holographic Terminal Interface(s.)
- State of the Art External Systems:
- AR-08 Damage Reduction Armour Component.
- Laminanium Structural Plating, External Regenerative Properties.
- State of the Art Countermeasures:
- Internalized Shield Generators, and Emitters.
- Internalized Fusion Reactor.
- Anti-Ordnance EM Probe(s.)
- Missile Deactivators.
- Animated Metal Sealant, with Automated Repair Drones.
- Swift and Nimble Training Drone - No Remote Control Required (Direct Oversight is Integrated, However.)
- Comprehensive Countermeasure Suite.
- Minor Regenerative Hull Properties - Seals and Reinforces Breaches over Time; Major Damage Requires Lengthy Repairs.
- Adaptable Tactics, with a Heuristic Droid Brain.
- No Armament - Targeting Lasers Only; Simulates Laser Cannons.
- Fixed Forward Firing Arc.
- No Warhead Carrying Capacity.
- Peripheral Cockpit Obstructions.
- Limited EMP and Ion Resistance; Proximity Dependent.
- Repulsorlift Jammers; Proximity Dependent.
- No Hyperdrive - Intersystems Use Only; Carrier Dependent.
While training in the simulators is a very viable and sound method of instruction for new pilots, there’s a sense of safety that’s accrued through consistent use. Green Cadets often get cocky when they finally get into the cockpit - believing themselves to be masters of the massive mechanical steed they’ve mounted. However, more often than not, those very same Pilots find themselves meeting their fiery end - as they crash, or get taken down by more experienced enemy combatants. To mitigate this grisly end, the Republic Engineering Corporation revived an old method of training - one that had very nefarious origins but was effective at producing capable Pilots.
Thus, the REC-TR01 TIE Training Drone was born. Utilizing the information gathered from their network of Corporate Spies, Republic Engineering managed to garner a myriad of visual schematics that were of notably Imperial design. While it was unfortunate that they couldn’t get their hands on the technical schematics, such visual aids would be enough for them to proceed into the various, subsequent phases of the project. When all was said and done, the Corporation was a proud producer of an automated Droid Starfighter. As it was intended to be a training drone, the REC-TR01 wasn’t equipped with any weapons. Instead, it was fitted with several targeting lasers that simulated the laser cannons that were seen on many Imperial Starfighters throughout the ages.
That system, once it achieved a target lock, would send a remote pulse to the Training Officer - and the Newbie - that their target was splashed; to use the Pilots vernacular.
Aside from the lack of weapons, the Training Drone was outfitted with the standard host of subsystems, regenerative hull tissue, and armour plating that were present on all of Republic Engineering’s Starfighters. The reasoning behind this was to invoke a feeling of reality during their live-fire combat simulations, as the Drones wouldn’t explode after being struck by an enemy’s weapon. It’d force the Newbie to think and act like a Pilot, rather than solely racking up points on some meaningless scoreboard. What made these Training Drones unique, however, was that they could be remotely overseen by the Training Officer - but operated independently… as if they were truly Imperial Pilots.
Should one of the Drones be destroyed through whatever means - with their last spark of operational life - they’d transmit the accumulated data to the Training Officer. While it would be wholly imperfect, it was - in many ways - a form of digital immortality. Through the experiences garnered from the death of their platforms, the later generations would learn to adapt to the tactics that Newbies used. Such a form of adaptive learning would even allow Veteran Pilots to test their mettle against these training drones and keep their edge without endangering themselves - or their Starfighter.
Thus, with such unarmed Drones in their arsenal - any Starfighter Corps would find their Pilots sharper, and more confident behind their Fighters’ controls.
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