Cyclone

In 2058 Project Muddy Waters gave BAe a pre-production engine design. It was an improvement to the standard EmDrive and EgDrive. The drive consisted of a ring aerofoil that combined the best of the two drive systems. Feedback from space pilots was that an craft designed for atmospheric operation was less efficient in a vacuum than  dedicated scraft. BAe developed the Cyclone with a vast amount of feedback from operational RSF pilots and their engineering crew.

This new ring aerofoil engine was essentially tipped on its side with the engine providing the maximum amount of thrust and manoeuvrability with forward facing weapons and sensors. The new craft was designed to fulfil both the offensive and defensive role required by the RSF.

Design

The initial design was a four winged X shaped craft. Each wing had an EmDrive at the tip providing the best movement potential. To these wings additional weapons and sensor systems were added. Eventually these four wings merged in to one circular airfoil encompassing the craft.

Offensive Systems

There are two versions of the Cyclone; the standard strike fighter and the heavier gunstar.

the gunstar version mounts four, high-speed, 200 degree traverse turrets, one to each wing tip. Each turret mounts twin coil guns capable of firing 30mm kinetic penetrators at extreme speeds. the kinetic round has an extremely high energy potential due to high impact velocities. The turret mounts enable the Cyclone-G to make high-speed strafing runs past enemy capital ships.

"Just two of these Cyclone-Gs took out a US destroyer that had been captured by Caliphate insurgents. One run past saw that big lump of armour sliding towards the Martian landscape!"

Other Features


Environmental Data

  • Atmospheric Density
        • Vacuum only limited atmospheric flight.
  • Temperature Range
        • -160 - +180 c
  • Toxic Environment Protection
        • Magneto-Gamma field system and polythelmic skin enables operation in a wide range of hazardous environments. Including highly aqueous and extreme heat, cold and pH environments. Excellent abrasive and high force/energy resistance.

Structure

  • Substructure
    • Titanium/Nanocarbon composites
  • Hull
        • Ring carbon polymer flash coating
        • Kevlar/polymer honeycomb plating
        • Diamond whisker sensor windows and cockpit glass
        • Polythelmic polymer and skin regeneration
  • Internal Damage Repair
        • Nanofoam breach sealant system
        • Outer skin regeneration system
  • Diameter
        • 12m

Propulsion

  • Main Drive
        • BAe RA-1 electrogravitic propulsion system
  • Secondary Drive
        • RR Millipede Manoeuvering System EM panels
  • Range
        • 100000km
        • Space range limited by the pilot's endurance
  • Acceleration
        • 42g
    • Manoeuvring
          • Electrogravitic fluctuations
          • RR Millipede Manoeuvring System
    • Faster than Light
          • None
    • Rotational Speeds
          • X 360 rotational time 0.2s
          • Y 360 rotational time 0.2s
          • Z 360 rotational time 0.2s

    Energetics

    • Primary
          • Sunburst Fusion TokomakPower Plant
    • Secondary
          • Opal pack energetic hull wafers

    Offensive Systems

    • Fixed
      • 3 x Aries plasma pellet launchers
      • 3 x BAe Stomper 40mm Railgun 
    • Turrets
      • 12 x 2 Dragonfire-3 Point Defence/Anti Missile and targeting laser system mounted in 60mm turrets. These turrets can all lock on to the same target increasing the destructive potential.
    • Tertiary
      • 6 external rotary missile launching systems each capable of carrying 8 Sting High IQ multi-warhead missiles
        • 10 - 100KT thermonuclear
        • Molecular acid
        • Biohazard delivery
        • EMP area burst
        • Blitz multi-missile fragmentation
        • Havoc carbon strand net

    Defensive Systems

    • Primary
          • BAe EG-4 Shield system
    • Secondary
          • Stealth system
    • Tertiary
          • Whitethorn-2 ECM/ECCM defensive suite

    Detection Systems

    • Primary
          • Outreach 7 multiwave/particle scanner
          • 60000km range
    • Secondary
          • Passive analysis unit 24A
          • Power source dependant
    • Tertiary
          • Visual comparison system

    Informatics

    • Crew
          • Single crew;
            • Pilot
          • Linked-in wetware control system
    • Primary
          • TAA-21 Tactical Analysis Array
          • AI level 5 capable of fully automated flight and remote control
    • Secondary
          • Active spatial awareness processor
          • AI level 8 pilots resource kit

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