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==Description:==<br />
===Tech Room Description===<br />
The Rapier was the staple heavy Aerospace Fighter of the SLDF since its introduction but came from an unusual source, the toy manufacturer Bauer Enterprises. <br />
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Bauer's unexpected decision to enter the military aerospace market in 2590 was a complete surprise to everyone,since it was better-known for making remote-controlled aerospace models than the real deal. <br />
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However, their decision was based upon a new invention from one of their researchers, the veteran Dr. Lionel Rajan III, who developed a revolutionary neurocontrol device. <br />
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This device used overlapping wave signals to produce a three-dimensional image of what the toy was seeing in the operator's mind. <br />
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The SLDF was impressed with the this revolutionary targeting and tracking system, especially since the Reunification War still raging with no end in sight, and gave the toy company a chance. <br />
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A number of different prototypes, including a heavy Land-Air 'Mech, were rejected but it was the Rapier which won Bauer Enterprises its contract, with full production beginning in 2595.<br />
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Besides its revolutionary Bauer Scope 130Y, the craft boasted good maneuverability and protection compared to craft of similar mass, sporting twelve tons of Philter Mech myomer-weave armor plating. <br />
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It was widely deployed throughout the SLDF, with less advanced versions lacking the Scope 130Y used by the Lyran Commonwealth. <br />
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Though the factory on Tharkad was never attacked during the Succession Wars, the Rapier still suffered from loss of technological knowledge during that period, with downgraded versions <br />
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of the fighter produced throughout the Inner Sphere. Only ComStar and the Word of Blake are known to still field Star League-quality Rapiers. <br />
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Bauer Enterprises was poised to begin production of new models of the Rapier when a Blakist assault in late 3067 destroyed the Tharkad factory, though enough of the facility apparently survived to roll out a few of the new variant.<br />
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===Credits===<br />
*'''Eiswolf'''<br />
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===Designer's Comments===<br />
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==Performance:==<br />
===Statistics===<br />
{{Ship_box<br />
|name = Rapier RPR-100<br />
|type = Heavy<br />
|manufacturer = Bauer Enterprises<br />
|yaw_pitch_roll = 11.8 - 11.8 - 11.8<br />
|max_velocity = 63 - 63 - 126 (0)<br />
|max_ab_velocity = 94.5 - 94.5 - 189.0<br />
|max_ab_duration = 300<br />
|hitpoints = 1920<br />
|length = 29.29<br />
|width = 34.25<br />
|height = 3.37<br />
|gun_bank_1 = 2<br />
|gun_bank_2 = 1<br />
|missile_bank_1 = 1440<br />
|countermeasures = 25<br />
}}<br />
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===Armaments===<br />
*'''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Gun Mounts|Gun Mounts]]'''<br />
{| border=1 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse"<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| colspan=4 style="background:#351515;"| '''Default Statistics'''<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| style="width:40px" |Bank<br />
| style="width:60px" |Guns<br />
| style="width:60px" |Capacity<br />
| style="width:160px" |Standard Loadout<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| 1st<br />
| 2<br />
| 1440<br />
| PPC<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| 2nd<br />
| 1<br />
| 2880<br />
| AC 20<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| colspan=4| Compatible Primaries<br />
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| colspan=1 align="center"| 1st<br />
| colspan=3| ER PPC, PPC, L PLaser, X L PLaser, Bombast Laser, UAC 2, SN CapPPC, SN PPC, AC 2, LB 2-X AC, ER L Laser, L Laser, L AC 5, M Rifle, L AC 2, L CapPPC, L PPC, L Rifle, M PLaser, X M PLaser, ER M Laser, M Laser, S PLaser, X S PLaser, ER S Laser, S Laser, Magshot, TAG Laser, H MG, MG, L MG<br />
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| colspan=1 align="center"| 2nd<br />
| colspan=3| AC 20, LB 20-X AC, UAC 10, HVAC10, AC 10, HVAC5, L Gauss, LB 10-X AC, H CapPPC, H PPC, Thumper Cannon, RAC 5, Binary Laser, UAC 5, AC 5, LB 5-X AC, RAC 2, HVAC2, ER CapPPC, CapPPC, H Rifle, ER PPC, PPC, L PLaser, X L PLaser, Bombast Laser, UAC 2, SN CapPPC, SN PPC, AC 2, LB 2-X AC, ER L Laser, L Laser, L AC 5, M Rifle, L AC 2, L CapPPC, L PPC, L Rifle, M PLaser, X M PLaser, ER M Laser, M Laser, S PLaser, X S PLaser, ER S Laser, S Laser, Magshot, TAG Laser, H MG, MG, L MG<br />
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*'''[[Technical_Terms_and_Definitions#Missile Banks|Missile Banks]]'''<br />
{| border=1 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse"<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| colspan=3 style="background:#351515;"| '''Default Statistics'''<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| style="width:40px" |Bank<br />
| style="width:60px" |Capacity<br />
| style="width:160px" |Standard Loadout<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| 1st<br />
| 1440<br />
| LRM10<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| colspan=3| Compatible Secondaries<br />
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| colspan=3| ELRM5, LRM10, LRM10Inferno, MML9LR, MML9SR, MML7LR, MML7SR, SSRM6, MML5LR, MML5SR, MRM10, SRM6, SRM6Inferno, SSRM4, TB5, LRM5, LRM5Inferno, SRM4, SRM4Inferno, MML3LR, MML3SR, RL20, SSRM2, RL15, SRM2, SRM2Inferno, RL10, ScreenLauncher<br />
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==Modding Resources==<br />
:$POF File: RPR-100.pof<br />
:Texture list: RPR-100;landinggear;Rapier-deb<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery></gallery><br />
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===Veteran Comments===<br />
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==External links:==<br />
*[https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87385.0 Aerotech ALPHA v0.1 | Hard-light forums]<br />
*[http://www.mediafire.com/download/bkd572djozfld69/Aerotech.7z Download | Mediafire]</div>MatthTheGeek