Gilamar Skirata
The most important step is always the next one
- Intent: To create a new Flagship Starfighter for MandalMotors' sales
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- Manufacturer: MandalMotors
- Model: TSE-4 Mandalorian Brawler
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material:
Mandalorian Steel Armor Plating - Transparisteel
- Allusteel Hull
- Durasteel Frame
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Starfighter
- Length: 13 Meters
- Width: 10 Meters
- Height: 4 Meters
- Armament: Moderate
Repeating mass driver cannons - Flex-Tube Missile Launcer
- Ion cannon
[*]Defenses: High
[*]Squadron Count: 10
[*]Maneuverability Rating: Low
[*]Speed Rating: Low
[*]Hyperdrive Class: N/A
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Mandalorian Steel Armor Platting
- EMP Shielding
- Tripple Ion Engine Set Up
- Deflector Shield Generator (Ray/Energy Shield)
- Life Support systems
- S-Foil System
- Thick Mandalorian Steel platting provides ample protection against ballistic attacks
- EMP shielding protects systems from EMP blasts
- Mass Driver cannons provide a great way to bypass many standard ray-shielding
- With S-foils closed speed increases to slightly above average
- Because of its armor plating, despite having three ion engines its speed is still slower than other starfighters in its size class
- Lacks any sort of Hyperdrive making them reliant on other ships to move from system to system
- Handles like a bomber rather than a starfighter making it tough to handle interceptors and even other starfighters in its size class in a dogfight
- With S-foils closed Ion Cannon becomes inoperable
- With S-foils closed Mass Driver Cannon becomes inoperable
The TSE-4, dubbed the Mandalorian TIE to the dismay of MandalMotors due to its triple ion engine setup, is the newest starfighter to come out of MandalMotors' shipyards. Designed for a new generation of fighter pilots it was marketed as a side-grade rather than an upgrade to their Purudii-MK.II, which is a faster and more agile fighter. While they both share a Mandalorian Steel hull, the TSE-4 also sports armor plates along the hull, and wings. The TSE-4 by contrast is a slower, more heavily armored starfighter sporting mass-driver cannons rather than standard laser cannons designed to shred through ships that either have no shielding or have only ray shielding. During high-stress situations as a way to reduce the risk of overheating such the starfighter an S-Foil system was added. This also provided better stability in flight when deployed and a slight boost in speed when closed, however this added speed came with the cost of deactivated weapons. Both the mass-driver cannons and the ion cannon were disabled when the S-foils were locked shut. This feature made many on its design team wonder if they were making a strafing bomber or a starfighter and many pirates and mercenaries use it as such due to its flex tube missile launcher being the only available weapon with the S-foils locked. With its armor plating and ray shielding dropping the TSE-4 onto an enemy ship became a common way to deal impressive amounts of damage to small frigates and cruisers. For the first new starfigher developed since the war with the Sith Empire, MandalMotors hoped the TSE-4 would soon top the Purudii Mk.II in sales, despite the Purudii's popularity and the TSE-4's nickname.
