Cruk Tuk
Character
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: A plentiful starfighter option for the Elysium Empire
- Image Source: Artstation, edited by
Heath Valhoun
(changed from initial image given) - Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: The Katitik Hive Industries
- Affiliation: Elysium Empire
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Variable Elysium Starfighter, VES.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, starship components
- Classification: starfighter
- Length: 12 meters
- Width: 5 meters
- Height: 5 meters
- Armament: Low
- Sko Heavy Bomblet Generator or EIX.1 Ion Cannon or two Laser cannons
- Defenses: Very Low
- Squadron Count: | Extreme: 24
- Maneuverability Rating: Average,
- Speed Rating: Average
- Hyperdrive: None
- All Standard features for a droid starfighter (no hyperdrive or shielding)
- Feature droid brains, though not of the same quality individually as those used in the Saberdroid Starfighters they are still designed to feature on the fly computation. But instead of the more complex processing being done locally, the Saberdroids have excess parts which perform intercommunication much like the saberdroids to increase their cooperative capabilities and obtain a boost from command stations, in order to retain fast strategic decision making.
- Able to be built with either EIX.1 Ion Cannon, two Laser cannons, or Sko Heavy Bomblet Generator
- Easily and cheaply produced en masse
- Droid brain allows faster reaction times, and lack of organic parts allows much higher inertia tolerance.
- Option of EIX.1 Ion Cannon, Sko Heavy Bomblet Generator or two front Laser cannons
- Once released possess little adaptability having only a bomblet generator, two laser cannons or the ION cannon.
- Essentially no defensive measures, just a durasteel structure.
- Droid brains rely more heavily on inter-communication with other droids and command stations whether on ships, space stations, starships, or other locations.
The VES are a relatively unadvanced design. They possess only two notable features, the ability to choose between three options when being constructed, and how easy they are to make in very large quantities. They are primarily made of a dursteel shell that and equipped with a weak droid brain that mostly relies on being connected with other VES and a command station or ship in order to allow greater coordination than traditional starfighters, though with less VES or lack of a command station they are noticeably less intelligent. They do not have any cargo capacity or consumables, as they are meant to be used in mass and expected that some, or even many, may get destroyed in the battle. They are great for overwhelming an enemy with pure numbers, as while lightly armed, enough of anything shooting at an enemy can pose a threat. Their variability allows the producers to determine what is most needed, be it bomblets, ion weapons, or lasers and from there determine which they will be constructed. This is not changeable post construction however due to the way its designed, and they do not possess a mass based slugthrower or missile variation, which would require such methods to be used by a different ship.
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