Athiesism
30-09-2005, 15:20
Every year, the Merkari Government sponsors an annual Weapons Show at the main spaceport of Merkar, NeoTerra. Interested, you make a trip there to see what they have in store.
After paying the entrance fee, you arrive at the show and recieve a brochure. The Talon-class fighter demonstration is in a few minutes, and you are interested.
Taking a seat, you watch as a short, fat man takes the podium in front of you, his back to a wide window.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Edgar Short, CEO of Cartanae Aerospace! I welcome you to a display of the premier space superiority fighter in the galaxy, the Talon!"
Pressing a button on the podium, he turns his head to view a small craft exit a docking bay. As it turns and comes into view, you notice its sleek lines. Soaring past, it shakes the room violently. An old lady screams. Ignoring it, the speaker laughs and continues. "First, I'll demonstrate the amazing maneuverability of the Talon." Decelerating quickly, the space fighter took position in the middle of your field of view. Suddenly, it flipped backward at amazing speed. "The Talon is capable of maneuvering at over 500 degrees per second, absolutely essential in space combat!" After several aerobatic manuevers, it lines up on a bright yellow spaceship-shaped target that came into view. "This is an enemy space fighter!" The yellow object fires off a few lasers at the crowd, doing no damage to the plastic-glass windows but causing the old lady to scream again. "Don't worry, the Talon is equipped with the best targeting system this side of the galaxy! The STX-6 prioritizes, locates, tracks, and calculates a targeting solution all in less than point twelve seconds." By the time he was done talking, a stream of light had already flown from the fighter, obliterating the target.
"Now my favorite part." One of the starport's defensive missile batteries let loose, firing four of its weapons straight at the Talon. "The Talon is equipped with a full NAI decoy suite, rendering it invulnerable to any missile weapons fired at it!" One of the missiles recieved a anitmissile laser hit directly on its seeker head, sending it carreening of course. The next began to loose track of its target as flares and chaff were released, distracting it from its target. But two missiles remained, and they remained on an intercept course despite frantic evasive manuevers by the pilot. The speaker looked visibly worried. The jammers weren't working. At the last minute, the Talon emitted a holographic image of itself to its left, causing one missile to be distracted. The other continued on its course, impacting in a massive fireball. The Cartenae aerospace rep cringed.
"Well... uh... Well, there it is!" The Talon had survived. "Well... It's all part of the show of course! This is a great time to talk about the amazing armor capabilites of our fighter! Surrouned by a foot of Karmaline, it is impervious to kinetic energy projectives traveling at anyting slower than a fifth of the speed of light! It surrounds any projectiles on both sides with high-friction material, stopping them cold or pushing them away and off-course! Against energy weapons, it distributes all heat or chemical impacts evenly across the hull, dissipating them until they become harmless!"
"I hope you enjoyed our short demonstration! Look for the Merkar Storefront- your source for the best military equipment this side of the galaxy!"
After paying the entrance fee, you arrive at the show and recieve a brochure. The Talon-class fighter demonstration is in a few minutes, and you are interested.
Taking a seat, you watch as a short, fat man takes the podium in front of you, his back to a wide window.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Edgar Short, CEO of Cartanae Aerospace! I welcome you to a display of the premier space superiority fighter in the galaxy, the Talon!"
Pressing a button on the podium, he turns his head to view a small craft exit a docking bay. As it turns and comes into view, you notice its sleek lines. Soaring past, it shakes the room violently. An old lady screams. Ignoring it, the speaker laughs and continues. "First, I'll demonstrate the amazing maneuverability of the Talon." Decelerating quickly, the space fighter took position in the middle of your field of view. Suddenly, it flipped backward at amazing speed. "The Talon is capable of maneuvering at over 500 degrees per second, absolutely essential in space combat!" After several aerobatic manuevers, it lines up on a bright yellow spaceship-shaped target that came into view. "This is an enemy space fighter!" The yellow object fires off a few lasers at the crowd, doing no damage to the plastic-glass windows but causing the old lady to scream again. "Don't worry, the Talon is equipped with the best targeting system this side of the galaxy! The STX-6 prioritizes, locates, tracks, and calculates a targeting solution all in less than point twelve seconds." By the time he was done talking, a stream of light had already flown from the fighter, obliterating the target.
"Now my favorite part." One of the starport's defensive missile batteries let loose, firing four of its weapons straight at the Talon. "The Talon is equipped with a full NAI decoy suite, rendering it invulnerable to any missile weapons fired at it!" One of the missiles recieved a anitmissile laser hit directly on its seeker head, sending it carreening of course. The next began to loose track of its target as flares and chaff were released, distracting it from its target. But two missiles remained, and they remained on an intercept course despite frantic evasive manuevers by the pilot. The speaker looked visibly worried. The jammers weren't working. At the last minute, the Talon emitted a holographic image of itself to its left, causing one missile to be distracted. The other continued on its course, impacting in a massive fireball. The Cartenae aerospace rep cringed.
"Well... uh... Well, there it is!" The Talon had survived. "Well... It's all part of the show of course! This is a great time to talk about the amazing armor capabilites of our fighter! Surrouned by a foot of Karmaline, it is impervious to kinetic energy projectives traveling at anyting slower than a fifth of the speed of light! It surrounds any projectiles on both sides with high-friction material, stopping them cold or pushing them away and off-course! Against energy weapons, it distributes all heat or chemical impacts evenly across the hull, dissipating them until they become harmless!"
"I hope you enjoyed our short demonstration! Look for the Merkar Storefront- your source for the best military equipment this side of the galaxy!"