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DAI "Defender" Mk.-4

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Auto Credit Based on DogeZ's Space Conflict (CHALLENGE) (Finished)

Medium Multirole space/air fighter made for Space Conflict challange. More description soon.

Controls: 1. Turn on/off main engines; 2. Turn on/off secondary engines, and angle control with VTOL; 7. Turn on/off RCS.

Exiled story and ship description: Deus Arms Incorporated was arms dealers corporation with own little private army and space research program. Main task of this program was to locate the meteors and comets wich will be close enough to invesigate them. They search for new elements and connections and, eventually, they found one suspicious space object drifting at small speed and must past in half au from their homeplanet. DAI succesfully launched unmanned intercept mission and managed to redirect object on the stable planet orbit. That object was fragment from some unknown alien spaceship or station. There was no interesting materials in interior or cover, but DAI found some fuel tanks(in moderate conditions even with some fuel) and something like medium spaceship(wrecked). They took fuel samples on planet surface and builded orbital researching base around alien base/ship fragment. There was only a metter of time when other corporations or goverment agencys will try to investigate or even capture orbital base, so DAI started working on base defenses and among turrets and long-range radars there was two projects of spacefighters. "Defender Mk.1" was designed and constructed on land and "Guardian I" was builded on orbital base, based on alien spaceship remains. Guardian was orbital/outer space fighter/interceptor not suited for atmospheric dogfightes. Defender - atmospheric and suborbital multirole fighter plane capable to take off from land, sea carriers and launched form space bases. Both of them used new turbofan/rocket engines feeded by new syntetic fuel. This fuel, synthesized from alien samples appears to be "pandora's box". DAI scietnists was in such hurry to copy that fuel so they forgot to check it for foreign organisms. This microorganisms was so tiny, so they can easy breach any protection suit and filters which DAI had. When they find out the danger of this alien virus there almost every DAI member infected through skin to skin contacts like handshake. Corporation managed to build reservation really fast and placed every infected man, women and child under their control. Virus spreading was stopped but every time when it was almost cured it starts to mutate and gain new symptoms. Virus almost killed imminity to other viruses and fertility of infected. But grant the increased regeneration. Victims was highly irritable, but with better reaction. Middle lifespan was increased to almost 200 years. But all that time you must live in the protective suit. Planet population was afraid of these process, they think that in the end this virus would kill eweryone on planet. On united nations consillium they decided to exile all infected from their planet. DAI rebuild all their orbital stations in one mothership. Called it "Spero" and launched into space, with hope to find virus source and/or cure from it.

DAI "Defender" Mk.-4 was developed for 2-nd's DAI Fleet 2-nd Attack Group from older versions to help Explorers-Mk.3 on their missions. It is multirole fighter capable for gaining air superiority and hostile air defenses suppression. Unlike Mk.1 it can fight in outer space and on orbits. Armament: two kinetic autocannons, two pulse anergy machinegans and two energy canons. Also it have four small pods under each wing and one for heavy weapons. Alone it is old mediocre starplane, but when it is in his strike group it can be devastating to his enemys.

Pros & Cons:

- Old, even older then Explorer.
- Not so good for space battles.
- Manned.
- Due to old energy core can't carry any middle and heavy energy/gauss weapon. Almost all of ship core power goes on shields and lifesupport.

+ Can be suited for almost any tasks.
+ Exiles have a good expirience on protection so it have nice shields and EMP, mass destration weapon protection.
+ Is part of well formed, trained and
harmonious strike group with great expiriance.
+ Can carry any DAI heavy weapons on long pad exept energy and gauss.

General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.031
  • Wing Loading 90.8lbs/ft2 (443.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 350.0ft2 (32.5m2)
  • Drag Points 5033

Parts

  • Number of Parts 153
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 853