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Affiliation: Open-Market
Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
Model: Scurrg H-7 Heavy Bomber
Modularity: Bomb/Torpedo Loadout
Production: Minor-production
Material: Alusteel, desh-terenthium alloy, transparisteel, matrix veneer
Classification: Heavy Bomber
Length: 23 meters
Height: 8 meters
Width: 4 meters
Armament: 16
+ Two Heavy Laser Cannons
+ Automated top-mounted twin laser cannon turret
+ Two Baradium Bomb chutes (24 bomb payload, twelve for each chute)
+ Two Torpedo Tubes (8 torpedo magazine, four for each tube)
Defenses: 16
+ Multiple layers of armor
+ Advanced twin layer shielding system
Squadron Count: 6 bombers each
Special Features:
+ Chaff deployer
+ Standard life support systems
+ Standard Navigation computer
+ Standard comm and sensor arrays
+ Advanced targeting system for all weapon systems
Maneuverability Rating: 7
Speed Rating: 7
Hyperdrive: Class 2, with a backup Class 10
Strengths:
+ Heavy Hitter - Designed to inflict an enormous amount of damage, with all the weapon systems to do it with
+ Tough Nut - Has multiple layers of armor and a twin layer shielding system, so it can take a series of hits and keep on going to its target
Weaknesses:
+ Pondering - This thing will not be winning any races, even against other bombers.
+ Big Target - Because it can maneuver as well as a wraid in a sandstorm, this thing will be taking hits as it heads towards its target, no ifs ands or buts about it.
+ Big Boom - If, by some chance, an enemy attack hits the bomb bay, it would be recommended not to be anywhere near one of these as the explosion might consume the ship and every ship within a several meter radius
Description:
When Aurora Industries bought and assimilated Nubia Stardrives, it acquired several of their iconic ship designs, but little was done with them. Aurora focused on updating and creating modern versions of Nubia's other system firsts, but Taeli finally decided the time had come to begin working on the ship designs they had purchased. The first of that would be the Scurrg H-7 Heavy Bomber, an updated and modern version of the old Scurrg H-6 Bomber.
The Scurrg H-7 is designed to be a bomber that can hit a target exceptionally hard and take several hits before being destroyed. In terms of weapons, the H-7 is equipped with two heavy laser cannons, an automated top-mounted twin laser turret, two bomb bays that each have a twelve bomb magazine for a total of twenty-four, and two torpedo tubes each having a four torpedo magazine for a total of eight. The H-7 also comes equipped with a chaff deployer to stop any enemy missiles from getting a lock on it.
Other systems of note on the H-7 are the advanced twin layer shielding system employs, along with its multiple layers of armor, to allow it a great deal of durability in a mission. The H-7 also has an advanced targeting system that is tied in with all its weapon systems to allow more precise attack runs on targets.
The H-7 does have some drawbacks. Due to the heavy amount of weaponry and armoring, the ship is incredibly slow even compared to other bombers. Also because of this, the maneuverability of the H-7 suffers accordingly, meaning this ship will be taking hits from enemies if not protected by escorting fighter craft. The last major weakness is that if an enemy attack gets through the shielding and armor of the ship and it hits the bomb bay, the resulting explosion will immediately destroy the ship and quite probably everything around in a several meter radius.
Development Thread: If necessary (fully expecting it, but wanted to post it and get number from a judge)
Who Can Use This: Anyone who purchases one or more
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