Ingenium
Factory & Codex
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a starfighter that hamper the movements of opposing ships.
- Canon Link: Not Applicable
- Image Source: EC Henry
- Permissions:
- Arceneau Trading Company [ Open-Market ] - Solarium Glasteel
- Lucerne Labs [ Closed-Market - Permission ] Stormflash Ion Encumbrance System
- Primary Source: Not Applicable
- Manufacturer: Federal Cooperative - [ Built in Anaxes, Hosnian Prime and Raithal ]
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Model: Stormflash Starfighter
- Production: Mass Production
- Material:
- Solarium Glasteel Canopy
- Titanium Plating
- Alusteel Cockpit Structure
- Alusteel Wings
- Alusteel Hull
- Plasteel Laser Cannon Barrel
- Ultrachome Engine Casing
- Stormflash Ferroeramic Casing
- Classification: Strike Starfighter
- Length: 13 meters
- Width: 8 meters
- Height: 4 meters
- Armament: Average
- 1 x Light Laser Cannon - [ Anti-Starfighter ]
- 2 x Stormflash Mass Driver Cannons - [ Tracking / Anti-Shields ]
- 2 x Interdiction Missiles - [ Slowdown Effect ]
- Defenses: Average
- Titanium Plating
- Deflector Shield
- Location Scrambler - [ Communication Tracing Countermeasure ]
- Squadron Count: Average
- Maneuverability Rating: Average
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: Yes
- Hyperdrive Class: 1.0
- Main Hull
- Ventral
- Cockpit
- Comm Unit Encryptor - [ Communication Privacy ]
- Location Scrambler - [ Tracing Countermeasure ]
- Ventral
- Stormflash Ion Encumbrance System - [ Weapon System ]
- Slowdown — The Stormflash has been equipped with missile launchers that carry long-range interdiction missiles which can cause an enemy ship to be significantly slowed down when a missile detonates near enough to the target. This can be used to try and prevent a ship from escaping into hyperspace or help cause an enemy fleet to lose their formation.
- Tagging — The eponymous weapon system of the Stormflash-class fires ion tags at a target which serve as homing beacons, making it easier for friendly craft to track and coordinate against enemy targets.
- Shield Shredder — The ordnance of the Stormflash mass driver cannons decrease the stability of shields. A large number of ion tags can be localized in an area to increase the probability of a shield break.
- Encrypted Communication — The Stormflash was equipped with a Comm Unit Encryptor which provides a moderate layer of encryption to protect the pilot's communication from interception.
- Difficult to Trace — The Stormflash was equipped with a location scrambler that increases the difficulty of triangulating the location of this ship through its communication activity.
- Forward Firing Arc — The Stormflash's single light laser cannon and mass driver cannons are fixed and forward-facing, which forces this starfighter to get behind or before enemy targets to afflict some damage.
- Lightly Armed — While the Stormflash has been equipped with some sophisticated equipment, this starfighter lacks the weaponry necessary to cause direct damage on capital ships. It needs to rely on it's single light laser cannon to fend off other starfighters.
- Cannon Malfunction — The light laser cannon was not known to operate well in dirty conditions, sometimes evem jamming in combat. This starfighter is not well-suited to engage in combat in locations beyond high altitudes and outer space.
- Stormflash Ion Encumbrance System
- Limited Damage — The Stormflash mass driver cannons cannot cause any serious physical damage on a target.
Limited Effect — The ion tags are active for roughly a minute before they run out of power.
- Limited Damage — The Stormflash mass driver cannons cannot cause any serious physical damage on a target.
- Electromagnetic Vulnerability— The Stormflash can experience electronic disturbances from electromagnetic pulses, either from Ion Cannons or from natural phenomena.
The Stormflash was developed in 850 ABY on Hosnian Prime. The Federal Cooperative wanted to create a starfighter that could work together with other ships to either disrupt the enemy movements or outright deny them the opportunity to retreat and force an engagement. To this end the ship was equipped with interdiction missiles and the recently-developed Stormflash Ion Encumbrance System, which the class would take its name from. The Stormflash was notably rushed production, using in fact a discontinued hulls of a line of high-altitude speeders, instead of developing a new hullfor the class. Additionally, the ship sourced it's laser cannons from a newly-founded cooperative in the Mid Rim, whose cannons have performed inconsistently. Despite the rushed development and it's questionable weapon, the Stormflash has found its way in some patrol fleets, especially along the sectors of the Expansion Region and Mid Rim.
