Unreviewed STAAV-36 Birdcatcher

[Rara Gowisi]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: a new APC for the WSR/Resistance
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Si Tech
• Affiliation: The Resistance, Wild Space Rebellion, Si Tech, Rebel Factions
• Market Status: Closed Market
• Model: Si Tech Anti-Air Vehicle Model 36 "Birdcatcher"
• Modularity: No
• Production: Minor
• Material:
  • Reinforced Durasteel
  • Impervium
  • Seigurium
  • Various electronics
  • Reinforced Duraplast
  • Vardium Steel

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: APC/IFV
• Role: AA Vehicle
• Size: Average
• Armaments: Very High
  • Turret:
    • Rotating Dual Barrel Flak Cannons
    • Rotating Barrel Dual Chainlasers
    • Twin Tusk Missile Pods
    • Rear Mortar
• Defenses: Very High
  • Several Layers of Armor
    • Layer I - ERA Plating
    • Layer II - Impervium Plating
    • Layer III - Seigurium Plating
    • Layer IV - Vardium Steel Plating
    • Layer V - Reinforced Durasteel Plating
    • Layer VI - Reinforced Duraplast Shell
  • Heavy Shielding
    • Particle Shield Generator
    • Ray Shield Generator
    • Ion Shield Generator
  • Deflector Shield Generator
  • Galaxy Guard Shield Booster
  • Frosties Smoke Launcher
  • Faraday Cage Inner Shell
  • Heavily Reinforced Tires
  • Tactical Sensor Jammer
  • Missile Deactivation Transmitter
  • Heavy Duty Combat De-ionizer
• Maneuverability Rating: High
• Speed Rating: Low - Very High
• Propulsion: Wheels
• Minimum Crew: 1
• Optimal Crew: 3
  • Driver
  • Gunner
  • Mechanic/Radio Operator
• Passenger Capacity: 5
• Cargo Capacity: Large

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Scanning Package: The Birdcatcher comes with the standard array of Si Tech vehicle sensors. Infrared, Night Vision, Biometric Scanners are all included. It was then upgraded with a long range radar, and fast tracking lock on systems, allowing the Birdcatcher to not only acquire incoming air treats from far outside of an enemy's engagement range, but also keep up with even the fastest of starfighters.
• Long Range Jammer: Following the battle of Mahporeem, Si Tech invested in long range jamming tech, designed specifically to target starfighter equipped Missile Deactivation Transmitters, allowing it's heavy missile pods to be much more effective against incoming threats. The jammer can also act as a deterrent for strafing runs, or mess with enemy targetting systems, allowing bombing runs to be less effective against friendly targets.
• Sealed System: So long as the ramp is closed, the Birdcather is a sealed vessel, making gas attacks or any form of biological warfare ineffective against the Birdcatcher, so long as the seal stays shut. The Birdcatchers has also been imbued by jedi to act as a shield against any mental attacks for anyone inside, allowing the unit inside to push forward without risk of fear based routs.

STRENGTHS

• Get in, Get out Alive: The Birdcatcher was specialty designed with a single purpose in mind. Protect the pack. Capable of speeds up to 70 miles an hour, and with a combo of heavy shields and armor, the Birdcatcher is designed for survivability in mind.
• Mixed Turret: The main firepower of the Birdcatcher is it's mixed turret. Using the rotary system of the Superfang, the four barrels were changed out. Two now functioning as the typical chainlaser, while two of which are mass driver fed flak cannons. The hyper-fast rotary system is designed to fire off near six thousand rounds a minute, overwhelming any starfighter shield system with a mixture of flak rounds and particle bolts, which can be switched out for ion bolts if needed. This, mixed with the twin long range missile pods, allow the Birdcatcher to live up to it's name.
• Bubble Shield: The Lynx comes with a massive one way deflector shield generator. This is deployable beyond the length of the vehicle, making it so that unloading or loading under fire is able to be done, while also being able to fire back without worry.
• Forward Scout: Birdcatcher comes with a deployable set of probe droids that are designed to act as forward scouts for the vehicle and squad inside.

WEAKNESSES

• Locked in Place: The Deflector Shield, while powerful, does force the Birdcatcher to stay in place so long as it's active, unable to be activated while the Birdcatcher is in motion.
• Specialized: The Birdcatcher, while fully capable of fuflilling it's role, struggles against ground based targets. While pointing a chainlaser/flak cannon hybrid will do well against infantry at a distance, it struggles against even foot soldiers at close ranges, and is straight up ineffective against armored vehicles beyond lightly equipped scout vehicles.

DESCRIPTION
Following several battles involving heavy air cover by imperial forces, Si Tech invested heavy into ground based anti-air systems. The result was the Birdcatcher, an evolution of both the Lynx and Leviathan, a specially made anti-starfighter vehicle that can engage even heavy bombers from beyond visual range with it's twin missile pods, and it's twin hybrid turrets to throw out an unholy amount of firepower.