Fighters
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Fighters
UGTO
Mars, Sol system (GNN) – In record time, the UGTO Trade Council has voted to approve a much needed upgrade to the venerable UGTO Fleet Fighter corp. Among these much-needed changes in policy, the UGTO has decided to introduce four new designs of Starfighter and commit a massive fleet wide overhaul of its existing craft.
“The A-32 Panther is an excellent craft,” said Fleet Analysis Chief Admiral O’Connor “and it has served the UGTO well. However, the galaxy is not the same place it was five years ago. The rag-tag Farstars have solidified into a solid nation, the ICC. There is also the new threat of the K’Luth Empire, which posses technology unheard of until recently. To better combat these foes we are announcing the following upgrades.”
A-34 Panther
Admiral O’Connor then proceeded to outline a timetable of upgrades to the venerable Panther, including the reinforcement of it’s hull design, the inclusion of point defense foiling targeting scramblers, the addition of the new Phoenix Missile to it’s standard armament, and it’s re-designation as the A-34 Panther Assault Fighter. Unfortunately the time it will take to implement these upgrades is large.
B-27 Strata-Bomber
Admiral O’Connor continued, “Additionally, we have recognized the need for our fleet ships to be able to lend support to our extensive ground actions throughout our space. Towards this end we have created the B-27 Strata-Bomber. She will assist us greatly by allowing us to deliver annihilation to planets from afar.”
I-19 Hornet
“Finally, we shall be pushing for a more well rounded star-fighter fleet,” Admiral O’Connor continued. “So, I am proud to announce the I-19 Hornet Interceptor. Able to achieve tremendous speeds and armed with the new Amplified Coil Beam, this craft is capable and ready to hunt down other fighters and prevent enemy missiles and bombs from reaching their target. When combined with our Panthers and Strata-Bombers, the Hornet can achieve complete space or atmospheric superiority.”
ICC
Exathra, CD-36*15693 (ICCNN) - Today Exthra Military Concepts Designs, Corporation has unveiled three new lines of starfighter craft and system upgrades to the veteran F-29.
Chief Design Engineer Dr. Joshua Gideon stated, "These new fighter craft will be a great asset to the Confederation fleets. With the performance and structural upgrades to the veteran Steelhead series and the addition of the Gamma interceptor and Annihilator bomber to the fleet we shall see unsurpassed naval superiority."
F-29 Steelhead
The F-29 Steelhead has received extensive structural reinforcement and with targeting and weapons system upgrades takes its role as the premier Assault Class fighter craft for the ICC Navy.
XB-11 Annihilator
The XB-11 Annihilator is the first class of long range fighter craft designed for the expressed purpose of planet liberation. With far larger fuel capacity than that of the Steelhead coupled with her load out of planetary siege weaponry, this vessel will allow fleet commanders to surgically attack enemy planets from safe distances without exposing the carrier fleet.
FI-8 Gamma
The FI-8 Gamma interceptor is the first fleet defensive fighter craft. With greater speed and agility the Gamma's primary roles are to hunt down enemy fighters and intercept enemy bombs and missiles before they can reach their targets.
K'Luth
Earth, Sol System (GNN) - The United Galactic Trade Organization government has recently released to the general public pictures taken by a recent deep probe mission to the Groombridge 34 system which shows the K'luth testing several new small fighter class craft.
In the news briefing earlier Captain Richard Forman of UGTO Intelligence stated, "Several weeks ago we sent several deep reconnaissance probes into K’luth occupied space. Late last week we received telemetry and imagery back from one of the probes sent into the Groombridge 34 system. We lost contact shortly after receiving the initial data…”
Larva
“As you can see here from this first image…”
“The base K’luth Larva fighter remains largely unchanged, though scans indicate a denser hull. There appears to be a change in the weapon load out though at this time we can not confirm that analysis.”
Wasp
“Looking at image two…”
“We see here the hull plating has been stretched and the anterior plating holds obtrusive weapons load out ports that we can only assume to be bomb pylons of some sort. The military has named this new unit the Wasp bomber. Additional information is still lacking at this time as to the units abilities.”
Stinger
“This last image was missed during the initial review of the telemetry data from the probes. It's smaller and faster than the other vessels and it appears to be coated with a sensor absorbing material that makes it hard to detect until the unit is in close proximity to the sensor ship. We believe one of these craft is what destroyed our probe. Considering the flight vector and speed, we can only surmise this to be some sort of fighter-to-fighter interceptor craft. We have designated this new contact as: Stinger.”
