By Geomax
Designed by Chance Vought and first introduced in 1935, the Vought F3U Raider has become the premiere carrier based fighter-bomber of Lucifer-5 USA's Naval Space Corps. With a bulky astronium-petrinium torch drive providing 6Gs of thrust, it can outfly most comparable designs, and a mix of 4 20mm AN/M2 autocannon and a 40mm M1 cannon allow it to pack a serious punch against most spaceborne targets. An internal bomb bay can carry up to one ton of payload, sufficient for tactical astronium bombs.
The Vought F3U Raider uses an SM+4 streamlined hull.
Systems Table
Front Hull | System |
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[1] - [4] | Major Weapons Battery: 4 2cm VRF Fixed Conventional Guns (sAcc -13, Range C, Rcl 3, dDam 3d (2) cr) |
[5] | Major Weapons Battery: 4cm RF Fixed Conventional Gun (sAcc -13, Range C, Rcl 3, dDam 6d (2) cr) |
[6] | Cargo Hold (0.5 tons, SM-1 bay doors) |
core | Control Room (1 station, no computer, C/S -1) |
Center Hull | System |
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[1] | Cargo Hold (0.5 tons, SM-1 bay doors) |
[2] - [core] | Power Plant - Fission Reactor (6 power points, 25 yrs Fuel) |
Rear Hull | System |
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[1] - [6] | Hot Reactionless Drive (6G) |
Spacecraft Table
TL | Spacecraft | dST/HP | Hnd/SR | HT | Move | LWt. | Load | SM | Occ | dDR | Range | Cost |
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6^ | Vought F3U Raider | 15 | -1/3 | 13 | 6G/c | 10 | 3 | +4 | 1 | 0 | - | $680k |
6,100 mph atmosphere flight speed