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Archangel - Attack Craft

Typical Application
Short range attack and destroy craft, specifically designed for maximum impact raiding.
Crew Single pilot

Environmental Data
Atmospheric Density 0 to 3 Atmos
Temperature Range -80 to +150°C
Toxic Environment Protection Can be fitted with anti-acid hull film coating

Structure
Substructure Aluminuim/Titanium Composite
Hull FibrePolymer
Internal Aluminuim/Titanium Composite
Damage Repair None

Propulsion
Main sub-light drive Liquid fuel matter drives with oxygen extraction for atmospheric flight
Range 25,000 km
Acceleration 8g
Max Speed in Atmosphere (1 Atmos) Mach 10
Manoeuvring Main drive venting and airfoils
X 360 rotational time 3 s
Y 360 rotational time 8 s
Z 360 rotational time 5 s
Faster than Light None

Energetics
Primary Fuel cells
Secondary Main drive piggyback power exchangers

Weaponry
Primary 8 HolySword wireguided antimatter missiles (40 KT Warheads)
Secondary Four Wartech Corp Alpha-1 Ruby-Argon Pulse Lasers (Energetics driven)

Detection Systems
Primary SacredEye Optical analysis and scanning unit array
Range Source power dependent
Secondary Signal laser targeting system
Range 80km

Informatics
Primary Tailor made GeAs Diagnostics unit
Processors 1
AI Level 1 (Systems diagnostics only)

Other Features
Signal Beam communications system enabling communication in high interference environments.

Design
Designed by Culex's foreigner enlightenment department specifically to work with the RS series of Holy Darkness Emitter Vessels.
The Archangel attack craft is effectively an extensively redesigned Culex Angel IV attack craft. Most of its navigational systems and scanning being completely replaced and the Angel IV standard lance missiles being replaced by more the powerful HolySword system.


Manufacture
Initially some four hundred were manufactured at Culex's Denali Manufacturing Complex up to the time it was severely damaged by Stortvy Trade Alliance sponsored Thiri mercenaries.
The design templates were luckily recovered and are still in use to this day...

ESN Phoenix - Star Fighter

Typical Application
General function short range star-fighter. Uses include Fleet escort and attack, space to surface and space station attack sorties although primarily designed for fighter on fighter dogfight applications.
Crew Single pilot craft.

Environmental Data
Atmospheric Density 0 - 3 Atmos
Temperature Range -60 to +150°C
Toxic Environment Protection Polythelmic hull overlay possible for increased toxic environment protection. Normal configuration will function in mid PH environments.

Structure
Substructure Ke72 (Aluostin) - Ultra light/strong synthetic alloy.
Hull Ke72.(Aloustin) - Honeycombed plating.
Internal Ke72 (Aloustin).
Damage Repair Tehromfoam breach sealant system (this is then dissolved and damaged Ke72 replaced by service droidlets in hanger after mission.)
Propulsion
Main sub-light drive 2 RR-Proxima HOS-FV (Hydrogen Oxygen Deuterium - Fusion Valence) drives with HOSRIS (Hydrogen Oxygen Slush Rapid Ignition System) enhancements
Secondary sub-light drive None.
Range 100,000 km
Acceleration 21 G
Max Speed in 1 Atmosphere Mach 15
Manoeuvring Drive venting and rotation.
X 360 Rotational Time 0.3s
Y 360 Rotational Time 0.5s
Z 360 Rotational Time 0.3s
Faster than Light None.

Energetics
Primary Rechargeable Energetic Cell lattice incorporated in secondary hull.
Secondary Drive piggyback power exchangers.

Weaponry
Primary TAO Mk1-Photonic Lance or Wartech T32 Tunnelling Laser. (Energetics Driven)
Secondary Dual point-focused Ionic disrupters. (Energetics driven)
Tertiary Two TAO Wildfire Accelerated Fusion induction pellet launchers. (Four shots each).

Defensive Systems
Primary EDoD EM-12 shield system.
Secondary 24 'FictionFlock' - holographic micropod that when ejected emit false 'sensor hard' images of the fighter.
Tertiary 4 'Deathcloak' KE72 -NB Molecular Acid burst bombs that can be launched at pursing fighters. Acid has been engineered not to bind to Ke72 and all exposed surfaces on the phoenix are either Ke72 or microcoated with it.

Detection Systems
Primary NKE (NewKine Energetics company). Outreach 7 Multiwave/particle scanner.
Range 50,000 km
Secondary NKE Passive Analysis Unit 32E
Range Source power dependent
Tertiary Ionic disrupters can be recalibrated as high penatration directional probes.
Range 10,000 km

Informatics
Primary Intex TAA-12 -Tactical Analysis Array enhanced by TAO.
Processors 3
AI Level 5 Capable of fully automatic flight and remote control.
Secondary TAO Biomerged active spatial awareness processor.
Processors 8
AI Level N/A (Resource kit for pilot).

Design
Designed from scratch by a TAO (Technology Alliance Organisation) team at a Culexian installation on an unknown island near the culexian mainland.
Design information is only available to Level 3 cleared members of the Consortium of Shadows.


Manufacture
Believed to be mainly manufactured at the Culex Denali complex and the Culexian manufacturing city ships attached to some of their fleets. Although recent speculation abounds that Phoenix fighters may be one of the Culexian craft being manufactured at the government city size K7 GigaPlant on the Moon.
Exact numbers are hard to estimate as Phoenix are used on a wide variety of Culexian capital ships and installations (over 1.2 million are thought to be deployed on Gladiator class Warships alone). Conservative statistical estimates based on them being one of the core starfighters in the Culexian armoury range between 7 and 10 million fighters.

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