PTS Hero


Craft: Polnar Technical FS-19.2 "Hero"
Type: Space superiority fighter, archaic
Scale: Starfighter
Length: 12 meters
Skill: Archaic starship piloting; Hero
Cost: 7,000 credits (2.5 Million credits +, in mint condition)
Crew: 3
Passengers: None
Cargo Capacity: 5 kg
Consumables: 1 week
Hyperdrive Multiplier: None
Hyper Backup: No
Nav Computer: No
Maneuverability: 2D+2
Space: 3
Atmosphere: 225; 650 kph
Hull: 2D
Shields: None
Sensors:
Passive: 10/0D
Scan: 20/1D
Search: 40/1D+2
Focus: 2/2D
Weapons:
1 High powered repeating rail gun
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Turret
Crew: 1
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+1
Space Range: 1/4/8
Atmosphere Range: 100/400/800m
Damage: 3D
2 Medium meson cannons (fire linked)
Scale: Starfighter
Fire Arc: Front
Crew: Pilot
Skill: Starship gunnery
Fire Control: 1D
Space Range: 1/3/5
Atmosphere Range: 100/300/500m
Damage: 1D+2

The Hero was one of the most powerful fighter craft in the universe for many years. The primary weapon of the Hero, the rail gun, was a vast improvement over the other projectile weapons of the time. Throwing depleted uranium/cadmium projectiles at high velocity, the rail gun could slash through the armor of most other ships with ease. The Hero could carry up to forty of these projectiles, a much higher load than that of ships carrying pin torpedoes, the only more powerful weapon fielded by starfighters of the time. The Meson cannons, while weak, were capable of penetration the then new shield technology that protected the capital ships of the time. (Note: Meson cannons, while much weaker than Ion cannons, operate under similar principles, and can bypass energy shield, and in some cases, Meson Cannons have been modified to the extent that they can penetrate particle shields as well. They still can't get much longer range or more powerful output though).

Though the Hero has long been obsolete, there are still those that enjoy it's look and feel, and many wealthy spacecraft aficionados will have a Hero or two in their starfighter collections. Those Heros that have seen active use over the millennia are considerably less valuable, and are sometimes used for light atmospheric work in isolated corners of the galaxy.
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