F3A Shrike class heavy fighter
The United Worlds Commonwealth Le Royaume des Etoiles du Cygne
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The F3A Shrike class heavy fighter is currently the most numerous heavy fighter type in service with UWC forces. It was originally intended to replace the older TL9 fighters but budgetary concerns have limited the rate at which the F3 series have entered service.


General Data
Displacement: 50 tons Hull Armour: 30
Length: 22.4 meters Volume: 700 cubic meters
Price: MCr48.21676 Target Size: VS
Configuration: Cylinder AF Tech Level: 10
Mass: (Loaded/Empty) 749.5408/681.5795 tons
 
Engineering Data
Power Plant: 170Mw Fusion Power Plant (42.5Mw/hit), 1 month duration (0.7512Mw surplus)
G-Rating: 3 (25 Mw/G), No Contra-Grav Lifters
G Turns: 150, 3.125 cubic meters each
Maintenance: 26
 
Electronics
Computer: 2xTL10 St (0.3Mw each)
Commo: 300,000km Radio (10 hexes; 10Mw), 1,000AU Maser (∞, 0.6Mw)
Avionics: TL10 Avionics, TL10 Terrain Following Avionics
Sensors: 90,000km Passive EMS Fixed Array (3 hexes; 0.2Mw), 60,000km Active EMS (2 hexes; 65Mw), 3xRunning Lights (0.0001Mw ea.)
ECM/ECCM: None
Controls: Flight deck with 1xWorkstation
 
Armament
Offensive: 1xTL10 60Mj Laser Turret (Loc:1; Arcs: 1,2; 16.667Mw; 1 Crew), 5x0.5 displacement ton capacity AF Grapples for 5x0.5 displacement ton cylindrical missiles or recce drones

Short Medium Long Extreme
60Mj Laser Turret 1:1/6-19 2:1/6-19 4:1/3-9 8:1/2-5
-2 Difficulty Levels

Accommodations
Life Support: Extended (0.0608Mw), Gravitic Compensators (1G; 1.5188Mw)
Crew: 2 (1xElectronics/Manever, 1xEngineer/Gunner), an additional 3 crew for the fighter are assigned to the installation or vessel the fighter is based at.
Crew Accommodations: 1xBunk
Passenger Accommodations: None
Cargo: None
Air Locks: 2xHatches
Additional Fittings: None
 
Notes

No fuel purification equipment fitted. Fuel scoop capacity is 140 cubic meters per hour. Life support and gravitic compensation does not extend to fuel spaces.


DAMAGE TABLES
Area Surface Hits Internal Explosion Systems
1 1-3:Ant,4:Hatch LT PP-4H,LS-2H,
2-3 Ant 1:LT,2-17:Elec,18-20:Hold AEMS-1H,
4-5 Ant 1:LT,2-20:Hold ELS-1H,
6-7 1-12:Ant 1-18:Qtrs,19-20:Hold LT-1H,
8-9,12-13 Hold MD-(2h),
10 Qtrs SSR-(2h),
11 1:Hatch Hold All others-(1h)
14-15 1-8:Missile 1-4:Grapple,5-20:Hold
16-19 1-8:Eng,9-20:Hold
20 Eng
F3A Shrike class heavy fighter