Pigeon Class Recovery Aerospace Fighter
Notes: I didn't use HeavyMetal Aero to design the Pigeon; I did however use info at this link as a basis for how I designed the
Pigeon:
http://mordel.net/barandgrill.php?redir ... ic&p=93369
And I'm not sure if a magnet would be an improvement of grappling hook.
Overview: The
Pigeon Class Recovery Aerospace Fighter was designed to launch a grappling hook Narc Pod at an aerospace fighter or aerodyne small craft or aerodyne DropShip to tow it to land along with other
Pigeons towing said unit.
Capabilities: The ten tons
Pigeon can fly a max acceleration of 10 Gs using its 80, has minimal armor, a small dual cockpit and a short range targeting & tracking system that makes launching its wire guided Narc Pod quite more easier, and one Wire Guided Narc Pod Grappling Hook Launcher mounted on its underneath fuselage half that launches exclusively one rereelable wire guided Narc Pod Grappling Hook that can hook onto the wing of an above mentioned unit that is being hijacked or out of fuel (pilot maneuvers Pigeon towards unit and gunner attempts to launch wire guided Narc Pod grappling hook at wing and then pilot rotates Pigeon 180 degrees again after hook latches onto wing and tows said unit).
Class/Model/Name:
Pigeon Class Recovery Aerospace Fighter
Tech: Inner Sphere / 3050
Vessel Type: Aerospace Fighter
Rules: Level 4 or perhaps Level 5, Custom design
Mass: 10 tons
Power Plant: 80 XXL Fusion
Safe Thrust: 10
Maximum Safe Thrust: 15
Over Thrust: 20
Armor Type: Standard
Targeting & Tracking: Short Range
Armament:
1 Wire Guided Narc Pod Grappling Hook Launcher
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Mass: 10 tons
Construction Options: Fractional Accounting
Equipment: Mass
Power Plant: 80 XXL Fusion 0.8333
Thrust: Safe Thrust: 10
Maximum Safe Thrust: 15
Overthrust: 20
Structural Integrity: 20 1.00
Total Heat Sinks: 10 Single .00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 144 2.00
Small Dual Cockpit & Attitude Thrusters: 2.15
Armor Type: Standard (11 total armor pts) .6875
Standard Scale Armor Pts
Location: L / R
Left/Right Nose: 1/1
Cockpit 1/1
Fuselage Top/Underneath 1 (1)
Left/Right Wings: 1 (1)/1 (1)
Left/Right Aft: 1/1
Weapons and Equipment Loc SRV MRV LRV ERV Heat Mass
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Wire Guided Narc Pod Grappling Hook Launcher & 1 Grappling Hook Pod
Fuselage (Underneath) 0 -- -- -- 2 3.1667
Cargo remaining tonnage
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TOTALS: Heat: 6 10.00
Tons Left: 0.00
Calculated Factors:
Total Cost: not yet calculated C-Bills
Battle Value: not yet calculated