Post by Bolt on Mar 21, 2019 21:41:27 GMT -5
The Arrow  (The Arrow from Star Citizen) Name • Arrow Class Medium FighterClassification • Medium Fighter Origin • Vinsion Dynamics Specifications Size • Small - Height: 4.0m - Width: 12.0m - Length: 16.0m Appearance • The Arrow is a sleek, and aerodynamic ship. The main body of the Arrow is shaped accordingly, keeping a consistent and sharp shape slowly flaring out the further back on the craft you go. Its nose arcs downwards very slightly, however, the rest of the ship is more or less flat. Its single engine is flanked by twin stabilizers that arc up on the diagonal. When being carried, it's wings and rear stabilizers fold up. Seating only a single pilot, the Arrow opts for agility and superior ray shielding instead of cargo space. Function The Arrow is designed to outmaneuver any hostile it's presented with. It's sleek and short design allows, with enough skill, for any pilot to almost always put themselves in the superior position in a dogfight. The Arrow does NOT come equipped with a hyperdrive, most often relying on carriers, though the use of hyperdrive rings is not uncommon. The Arrow comes equipped with a variety of weapons for different types of engagements. Its primary weapon is a Wasp Rotary Cannon, mounted underneath the cockpit. The Wasp is designed to obliterate shielding and armor on targets, opting for target saturation over raw power. Despite the small, low powered rounds it fires, its blazing fast ROF will cripple any ship that lingers in its path. On top of the ship, a Guardian Class Twin Repeating Laser is mounted. This point defense turret alternates fire on its two barrels, keeping heat down. The Guardian was added as another line of defense that slips past the countermeasures deployed by the Arrow. The Guardian has very good tracking and accuracy, though due to its position, it's unable to fire on missiles approaching from below the ship. Another weakness of the Guardian is that its actual damage isn't very high, so large numbers of missiles or heavily armored torpedos will slip by the system before they can be destroyed. Should an Arrow find itself in a knife fight, the Guardian will fire upon the hostile, though it's effectiveness is questionable at best. Missile Racks: Two missile racks, each carrying two missiles are mounted underneath both wings of the Arrow. Often each wing would have 2 IR heat-seeking blast missiles and 2 Radar Led "Fire and Forget" missiles carrying warheads with shaped charges. In addition to the weapons describes, the Arrow comes equipped with two types of countermeasure. Chaff to throw off radar led or radar targeting locks, and Flares to deal with heat-seeking missiles. |
