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Character
- SJ Stylet -
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Affiliation - Open market.
Manufacturer - Outlaw tech factories.
Modularity - No.
Production - Semi-unique.
Material - Link-steel fuselage and wings.
Classification - Droid starfighterhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Droid_starfighter/Legends.
Length - 15 meters.
Height - 3.75 meters.
Width - 7.5 meters.
Armament -
- 3x heavy blaster cannon.
- 2x concussion missile launcher, 4 missile magazine.
- 1x pilot droid brain or remote control link.
Maneuverability Rating - 3.
Speed Rating - 1.
Hyperdrive Class - N/A.
Strengths -
- Extremely fast.
- Slender profile, making it difficult to hit.
- Limited armor protection.
- Poor deflector shields.
- Lacks hyperspace capability.
- Remote control configured units are susceptible to jamming.
The SJ Stylet droid starfighter is a fast, slender combat spacecraft which has become a mainstay of fringer elements and small criminal groups the Galaxy over.
Developed by an unknown manufacturer some time during the Four Hundred Year Darkness caused by the Gulag Plague, the exact origins of the Stylet remain unknown. Some researchers have theorized that it was originally a Kort design, offered for export to struggling governments as a means of bolstering planetary defenses without having to commit increasingly scarce manpower. The Kort themselves have been unable to confirm this theory, despite their uncommonly good local records of the period in question.
Whatever the source of the Stylet's design, the type became common hundreds of years ago. Though long since phased out by most large-scale operators, the Stylet has taken on something of a second life.
Of particular note, it appears that at some point in the past, production tooling and blueprints for the Stylet fell into the hands of outlaw tech groups. New examples continue to be produced today off antique production lines, moved from shadowport to shadowport over the centuries. They tend to be used by fringers, criminal elements, or even more legitimate factions with less than scrupulous procurement policies.
SJ Stylets are slender, blade-winged starfighters, 15 meters in length and designed around a single, powerful sublight engine; due to their light construction, they are capable of incredible acceleration. Most examples do not include a hyperdrive, however, making them dependent on support vessels and nearby bases.
Stylets are typically armed with a trio of heavy repeating blaster cannons, as well as a pair of concussion missile launchers, each with a 4 missile magazine. They are often equipped with rudimentary deflector screens. Stylets also have a link-steel fuselage and wing structures, this material being cheap and easy to procure at wholesale prices due to its use in the building of large structures; it does not make outstanding armor, however.
Finally, Stylets are not meant to be flown by organic pilots. Equipped with a droid brain, they fly themselves; their combat performance in this configuration is not outstanding, being about on par with Confederate droid fighters from the Clone Wars, such as the tri-fighter. The quality of these droid brains can vary, however, as different production lines use different components. Alternatively, Stylets can be flown remotely by organics, using a slave rig and a simulator cockpit on a nearby ship or base; this configuration is generally considered more effective than droid control, but is vulnerable to jamming.
Intent - This fighter would be available for anyone to use. It would also be a combat vehicle for my upcoming droid character.
