Combat Craft of the Widerstand

[Sarah McFarlen]

Database #030 - CTE-19000 "Roc"

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Type: Bomber
Model Number: 501763
Role: Light Bomber
National Origin: Open Design
Manufacturer: Varies. Open source design.
Status: In service.
Hull Cost: 6.338.420SC
Based: None.
Variants: Hawk (Obsolete), Griffin, Falcon, Eagle


Manufacturer's Summary

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Ironically labelled a 'civilian' bomber by its Libertonian designers, who also developed such classics as the 'Eagle' fighter, there is little civil about this piece of kit.

This ship is now being used by various civilian corporations that find themselves being pirated by gunboats and similar, who purchase this ship from construction yards or build it themselves after acquiring the rights to its patent. Also of note is the rather large amount of these ships found in the possession of criminal organisations such as the Xenos in Liberty and the Golden Chrysanthemums in Kusari space.

This may indicate that these groups are able to cannibalise the hulls of their Eagles and modify them to make them into bombers, or that they have more financial support for their military machines than lawmen would have previously imagined.

Seen all over Sirius, in the hands of corporations, criminals, Zoners and Freelancers, this bomber is a versatile piece of equipment, handy for those that all-too-often find themselves on the wrong end of big guns.

Sarah's Summary

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For a while the most common pirate vessel in the colonies, the Roc's still popular enough that you can, well... Throw a rock and pretty much be guaranteed to hit one. You'd think that strapping on all the additional shielding for the beefed up reactor would eat into the Eagle's maneuverability, and you'd be right. However the Roc's clever enough to at least offset that extra weight with additional thrusters on the weapon mounts, which, in addition to being about as easy to find replacements for as a raindrop in a thunderstorm, manage to put out enough power to tie the Roc with the 'mir for the title of most agile bomber in space. Assigning 'most agile bomber' is a bit like saying 'most energy efficient tank,' though. It's a nice bonus, but it's not really what we're here for. Still, as far as bombers go, you could do way worse. As an added bonus, it's corporate enough to have cup holders and reclining seats. Enjoy.

Core

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Core: CTE-B-806E
Core Capacity (Maximum): 38200
Core Output (Maximum): 1722u/s
Core Output (Actual): 1722u/s
Core Effectiveness: 100%
Time To Drain*: 18.09s

*Drain tests are carried out using 'Lacerator' EMP cannons.

Hull

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Armour Durability: 17400 Standard Units
Hold Capacity: 96SU
Equipment Hardpoints: Countermeasure, Cruise Disruptor/Bomber Torpedo, Cruise Disruptor/Bomber Torpedo, Mine
Weapon Hardpoints:

4 x Class 2
1 x Bomber Turret

Shield Battery Capacity: 85
Microrepair (Nanorobot) Capacity: 85

Maneuvering

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Impulse Speed: 80.13m/s
Cruise Speed: 350m/s
Max. Angular Speed: 1.0625rad/s
Angular Distance from 0-0.5s: 0.3016rad


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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