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Wraith Heavy Fighter

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The two man killing machine The Wraith heavy fighter is the result of the late republic's reluctance to commit to a federal navy. It is a large patrol fighter, designed to operate independently or in small groups. Optimal for smaller planetary defence forces. They are atmosphere capable, two seat strike fighters with a wide range of weapons. The standard design carries 4 heavy laser cannons, 2 Ion Cannonades, and 2 torpedo launch tubes with 8 torpedoes per tube. Though they are quite large and dense for a fighter, the Wraith should not be underestimated. they have mixed propulsion comprised of 1 high thrust central engines and 18 high efficiency cruising engines in clustered into 2 pylons. Through a rather ingenious mix of traditional and electric control systems, the cruising engines can have their thrust individually controlled and vectored to increase manoeuvrability. This, though expensive and time consuming to maintain, makes the Wraith a surprisingly manoeuvrable star-craft (...

M600 Python

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Gunner, HEAT, Imperialist! The Python was a capable main battle tank at the time of its 22nd century introduction. It was primarily used by the UNSC army and is still in the CMA's active reserve. It has good mobility, firepower, and protection and crew comfort for its 3 occupants. Its is reliable in most atmospheric environments and can be fitted with a kit for Exoatmospheric operations. Though this field installation is unpopular with crews as it requires the removal of the storage bins and increases the width of the tank considerably. The A and B variants are more or less concurrent. With the B's wider track preferred for use in the CMA's very sparsely developed area of operation. By contrast, the lighter and narrower A variant was preferred by the UNSC's Army units, deployed in the massive urban areas of the inner colonies. The tank was not particularly popular with the UNSC, who relatively quickly moved to the M700 Viper and the M808 scorpion shortly thereafter. The...

The Barn

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 Carrier, Custom, slightly used. The mercenary carrier Bastion or, as it is affectionately called by its crew "the barn", is a modified XR15 heavy freighter. The ship was originally built in the later years of the republic, some 4 decades prior to the start of the clone wars. The XR15 class of heavy freighter was built primarily for the "volatile and dangerous freight" market. The ship therefore has two distinct cargo holds. The first is of a conventional design accessed through 4 hatches on the top of the ship. This hold is used primarily for the storage of volatiles. It, like much of the ship, is well protected behind two hull thick layers. Thus minimizing the threat to the volatile cargo from pirate weapon's fire or simple collision with other star-ships or stellar objects. Between the inner and outer hull layers, accessed by a rear opening, is the dangerous freight hold. These are still well protected but, more importantly given their effect on living creatu...