An advanced two seat heavy fighter designed for both missile and gun attacks capable of target interception as well as conventional dogfights.

Credits:
The PERYTON (named for a little-known heraldic beastie with the head, antlers, forelegs and body of a stag, and the wings, legs--as hind-quarters--talons and tail of an eagle) is a heavy air superiority fighter/bomber of an original design, made to fit-in with its other stablemates from the Archon Chancellery. Of course, all the actual modifications are the products of you wonderful folk here on SimplePlanes--I have neither the capacity nor the knowledge to do those myself. I would specifically like to thank Seme4ka for the wonderful micro-missiles that are the basis of my Fang and Talon missiles batteries, dfsjoe for the weightless mega-fuel tank that I have reinterpreted as the Umbra Reactor, and Spefyjerbf for many amazing weapons systems--including the mini bombs that form the basis of the Nova Bomb-Rifle.

Background Story:
Around the middle of the fifth cycle of the XIX Dynasty, the High Command commissioned the Archon Chancellery to design and build a more advanced version of the already successful SKY FURY fighter/bomber. Initially designated as a heavy air superiority/strike fighter, the PERYTON was to be a large, two-person aircraft designed with the air-to-air combat role in mind. The Chancellery responded to this specification by offering a modified lifting body concept, incorporating the SERAPHIM multi-wing architecture together with a blended wing/body design. The Chancellery included the now standard CONSTELLATION integrated engine system, powered by the UMBRA dark energy reactor giving the new plane virtually unlimited range together with VTOL and high mach dash capabilities. The resulting aircraft was reasonably fast and maneuverable--especially for a plane of its size and weight--and quite heavily armed as well. The PERYTON was also the first of the Chancellery's production aircraft to utilize the variable wing geometry pioneered by the PHOENIX experimental scramjet. Additionally, the PERYTON features several advanced weapons systems, chief among which is the AQUARIUS 15-inch naval gun armed with thirty 50-ton armor piercing shells. Other weapons include: sixteen FANG air-to-air missiles and twelve TALON air-to-ground missiles; a pair of weapons pods at each wing root, each containing two STAR BURST and two STAR FIRE laser weapons systems; the canards have an array of six SHOCK BEAM heavy disintegrator cannons while the main wingtips feature six BLUE STAR long range laser cannons, both sets of which can be spread vertically by altering the wing geometry; and a pair of seven shot SAGITTARIUS Rocket Pods.

Activation Groups:
1 - Engages the CONSTELLATION integrated engine system, which includes an enhanced gyro-stabilization unit (on whenever AG-1 is active), the QUANTUM DRIVE indirect thrust/boost engine (VTOL bar up), and the anti-gravity GRAVITON VTOL motor (VTOL bar down).
2 - Activates the PHOENIX variable wing geometry system and the associated weapons, spreading the aircraft's wingtips (Trim bar, up or down) to increase the field of fire for the SHOCK BEAM Pulse Cannons and BLUE STAR long range Laser Cannons.
3 - Engages the forward AQUARIUS spinal mount, a 15-inch naval gun equipped with thirty 50-ton armor piercing shells.
4 - Activates the FANG advanced AA missile system (Interceptor based).
5 - Activates the TALON advanced AG missile system (Cleaver based).
6 - Activates the STAR FIRE dual beam laser cannons and the STAR BURST stern-chaser pulse cannons.
7 - Deploys and activates the SAGITTARIUS Rocket Pods.
8 - disconnects the main UMBRA reactor, deactivating all active sensors (shown by extinguishing the various engine and running lights).