Swift SW

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Swift SW

Description:

Tech Room Description

The Swift was created for use on Star League Aerospace Fighter carriers and originally scheduled to enter service in 2675, however various technical problems delayed the craft's deployment until 2682.

Even then, an infamous incident resulting in a Swift pilot being ejected from the craft without warning, followed by its subsequent crash-landing into the flight deck of the carrier Oliver Jones,

caused the SLDF to pull all new Swifts out of service while a six-month investigation looked into the problem.

In the end, no fault could be found, and the cause of the crash was listed as unforeseeable.

It would take a nearly flawless flight history and pilots' own experiences to finally erode any suspicion of the Swift's worthiness.

Once pilots were able to get into the Swift's cockpit, they found a compact recon and dogfighter packed with advanced aeronautic gear, which would be rivaled only by later Clan fighters.

The Shinobi 275-A, which takes up nearly sixty percent of the craft's airframe, gives it an impressive 10Gs of thrust that allows it to outrun almost any other craft, and it has the maneuverability to run

circles around any other Inner Sphere fighter. Its master computer, the B-TT7i, performed most of the complex functions needed to fly the craft, allowing pilots to focus on shooting down the enemy.

A voice synthesizer allowed the computer to give friendly warnings to the pilot, though to many they were more nagging than helpful.

The system earned the name Bitching Betty and Caletra was quick to make modifications to the B-TT7i once they learned pilots took drastic actions,

including shutting down the computer after launch, to silence it.

All of the equipment, however, left little room for armor and armaments, including only two tons of Ferro-Aluminum.

However the Swift's flight performance, as well as periodic electronic and software upgrades, led to a century of service as the principle light fighter of the SLDF, with some redeployed to ground bases for air-to-ground attack roles.

However, very few were sold to the armies of the Great Houses, and after the events of the Amaris Civil War and resulting Succession Wars the Swift practically disappeared from the

Inner Sphere, maintained only by ComStar with a manufacturing plant located on Terra's Asian continent. Close to a hundred joined Kerensky's Exodus Fleet, and would survive to serve as second-line fighters and

trainers for the Clans' OmniFighters.


Credits

  • Eiswolf


Designer's Comments

Performance:

Statistics

Name Swift SW-606
Type 25t Light
Manufacturer Caletra Fighters
Yaw, Pitch, Roll 10.5 - 10.5 - 10.5 s
Max Velocity 160.9 - 160.9 - 321.8 (0) ms-1
Max Afterburner Velocity 259.9 - 259.9 - 519.8 ms-1
Max Afterburner Duration 300 s
Hitpoints 360 pts
Length 13.52 m
Width 29.29 m
Height 3.75 m
Weaponry
Primary weapons
1st bank 1 guns
2nd bank 1 guns
Secondary weapons
1st bank capacity 1440
Countermeasures
Countermeasure capacity 25 countermeasures


Armaments

Default Statistics
Bank Guns Capacity Standard Loadout
1st 1 1440 M Laser
2nd 1 1440 S Laser
Compatible Primaries
1st 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
2nd S PLaser, X S PLaser, ER S Laser, S Laser, Magshot, TAG Laser, H MG, MG, L MG
Default Statistics
Bank Capacity Standard Loadout
1st 1440 Camera
Compatible Secondaries
Camera


Modding Resources

$POF File: SW-606.pof
Texture list: SW-606;landinggear;Swift-deb


Gallery


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