2 Medium Ion Cannons (fire separatedly)
Skill: Starfighter gunnery
Damage: 3D (starfighter scale)
Notes:
Until shields blown counts as a starfighter scale for purposes of damage
resistance. Due to lightweight (whole craft weights less than 250 kilos)
and extreme fragility of the unit, all damage in case of even minor
collision doubles. This way, it's too speedy and scary for almost
anyone, it's usually purchased only by cocky and speedy youth, and
bounty-hunters, though those use it for purposes of underwater movement only,
this craft is well-suited for flying combat missions, but all military and
smuggling persons/organizations prefer to use starfighters to handle tasks
it's suited for. This model is highly distriburted on water worlds, thought
you always can find one to buy no matter where you are. (Seinar Fleet
Systems spent about $1.000.000.000 credits in design and about twice the
same for distributing network... And they want at least those money back!)
Also, you may not engage shield while underwater or it will overload
shield generator in 1D rounds and shield system will require complete
replacement (30% price, heroic rep. craft repair roll, or done at local
Seinar Repair Center for 70% price). It can exceed alititude range due to
high speed, but above of 50 meters repulsorlift shut-off takes place and
bike makes a standard parabola figure. Due to high speed, all movement
difficulty is down by four grades (i.e. very difficult becomes very
easy). This is not true while moving in conditions of highly obstructed area
(forest, piked mountains, etc.) Still, movement at more than half-speed over
rough terrain produces kinda uncomfortable feel of shaking, lowering fire
control by 1D. Moving at half-speed eliminates difficulty bonuses, thought.
Craft utilizes modular design. It's got two hardpoints, on which can be
mounted any two of the weapons shown above. Also, instead of weapons, it can
be fitted with additional engines, increasing maneuverability by 1D, speed by
1.5 times, and any collision damage by 4 times. It can be fitted (instead of
the weapon) with one or two additional shield generator(s), giving an additi-
onal of 1D of shields per generator.
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