Combat Craft of the Widerstand

[Sarah McFarlen]

Database #011 - BYC "Marauder"

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Type: Heavy Fighter
Model Number: 500505
Role: Space Superiority Fighter/Testbed
National Origin: Early Colonies.
Manufacturer: Varies. Usually owners.
Status: In service.
Hull Cost: 1.783.590SC
Based: None.
Variants: Many. Way too many.



Manufacturer's Summary

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An ancient testament to frugal ship design, the Marauder has been in production in one fashion or another for centuries. The simple design is unmatched in simplicity and maintenance, in many cases leaving environmental support to what the pilot can haul into his cockpit, in turn vastly increasing its demand amongst gearheads looking for a vessel which can be reliably tinkered without overwhelming fear of catastrophic failure. In fact, most 'standard' vessels of the class are simply hand downs which have undergone similar process.

One of the few true examples of a vessel that can reliably be purchased by virtually anyone with the credits in hand, the Marauder remains a rare, but not entirely uncommon, vessel to chance upon in the far reaches of space and tradelanes alike by pilots of all stripes.

Sarah's Summary

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Wow, this is an old one. Some of my first hands-on tinkering was with a Marauder, and boy is it reflected in the design. Reliable as they come, a Marauder'll keep going with one fuel intake valve miswired, and another one half-clogged. Trust me, I've been there. The Marauder's intentionally basic design makes it easy to swap out parts and keep them flying, but they tend to have such wildly differing internal setups that any sort of design consistency across the range just goes right out the window. Generally, there's a fairly massive (if outdated) core hiding out the back, with enough energy to power a brace of similarly low-tech, but no less effective for it, weaponry. It's a great testbed, but I'd be hesitant taking one up against the Military.

Core

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Core: Varies (The testbed at Bruchsal's got an old RM-HF-740D, but you'll find most anything that'll fit in these things has been fitted at one point or another).
Typical Core Capacity (Maximum): 11400
Typical Core Output (Maximum): 1160u/s
Typical Core Output (Actual): 1160u/s
Core Effectiveness: 100%
Time To Drain*: 5.56s

*Drain tests are carried out using full Luger-type weaponry.

Hull

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Armour Durability: 7900 Standard Units
Hold Capacity: 50SU
Equipment Hardpoints: Countermeasure, Cruise Disruptor/Torpedo, Mine
Weapon Hardpoints:

4 x Class 7
1 x Class 9
1 x Missile Pod
1 x Heavy Fighter Turret

Shield Battery Capacity: 46
Microrepair (Nanorobot) Capacity: 46

Maneuvering

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Impulse Speed: 80.13m/s
Cruise Speed: 350m/s
Max. Angular Speed: 1.3250rad/s
Angular Distance from 0-0.5s: 0.4313rad


End report.

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Reporting Engineer:

Sarah McFarlen

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"This is really sort of a personal project of mine."

- James Arland, on single-handedly engaging an enemy regiment.

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