| Standard delta-x: 16 anti aircraft missle complament |
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| Delta-X |
| Enhanced Fusion packs for assaults on capital ships |
| Fusion missle payload for assaults on ground targets |
| Delta-x's are the newest fighter to date.Used in service to the ISA he delta-x can best be described as a whitestar class fighter. It was created shortly after the failed Drakh attack on earth by a classified source, as support for the furies class hyperion. The abilities of delta make it a match even for the nial. built along the same lines as the whitestar it incorporates a gravimetric wave engine design ridding it of any need for thrusters and allowing for omni directional propulsion like the whitestar.. It also incorporates the whitestar AI system, and a tractor beam into it's design. The pilots are even trained to fight in packs like whitestars to overwhelm the enemy, and can even with the help of the AI perform skin dancing maneuvers. the remaining systems are either new or EA designs. Of the old designs are the weapons systems which use standard EA tech, like the particle\laser, the fusion missles and the cutting laser, all of which are seen on thethunderbolt. the last thing is the standard grappling claw, which is nothing special in it's design. The first of the new systems is the micro gravitic reactor, which is designed along the lines of the whitestars reactor. But the system is designed more to supply the fighter with enough power to run all systems at full power for an extended period than to increase weapons output. Although the increased power output does allow the particle\laser to be used more freely. It can be fired for about the same length of time as the excalibur's main weapon, only without the fighter suffering the power build up to it's other systems, only the particle laser suffers the 15 second build up, leaving the rest of the systems including the pulse cannons unaffected. Another difference in the ship is the ability to hold 16 anti aicraft missle's instead of the 10 fusion missles the thunderbolt carries. It also holds a larger version of the thunderbolts fusion missle for planetary attacks on ground targets, and sometimes even capital ships, although the particle\laser is usually used in that instance. the next toy on the list is a omni directional countermeasures system which launches disks to intercept fire from enemy fighters. The disks are not as simple as one might think they are, the fighters AI is connected to them and can issue move orders to them. These orders are needed because the disks also act as mobile mines, they dont just intercept the fire but they absorb it into a fuel cell, which then can detonate itself with enough power to destroy a fighter, or at the very least cripple them. The unit is also fitted with a small engine to allow movement on it's own, but for the most part they lock onto the field put out by the wave engine and ride that around the battle field, and with multiple delta's cruising in and out of range providing a wave to ride, it can be pretty impossible for enemy fighters to avoid destruction. The last system which is still in the testing stages and has yet to be fitted to the delta is a pair of auto repair units, which lay dormant behind the canopy until damage is inflicted upon the fighter, they then spring into action and aid the built in repair systems allowing more power to be routed to weapons or life support. Outfitted with the tech it currently has the delta is a devastaing fighter, with defensive and offensive abilities that rival the dreaded nial. |
Class: Delta-X Type: Heavy Fighter/Interceptor Length: 8 Meters Mass: 38 Metric Tons Power: 2 Fusion batteries Micro Gravitic Reactor Duration: 24 Hours Accel: 2.0 Km/s Crew: 1 Pilot Personalized AI Agility: Class A Weapon: 4 Linked Unidirectional 40mm Pulse Cannons Anti Fighter Missles [16 Points] Fusion missles [8 Points] Defense: 5.4 centimeter re-enforced armor 1 Grappling Claw 1 Tractor Beam 1 Cutting Laser Gravitic/Magnetic Countermeasure Projectiles |