THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

Raptor
Classification: Bomber
Power plant: Centerfuge MK5, TRIP-1 for railguns (size 5)
Engines: Dream x 1 (size 5)
Radar: Knocker (35000 meter range) (size 2)
Shield: Haven (15400mm equivalent) (size 2)
Armor: 20700mm
Capacitor: Keytso (lasers), Alembic (railguns) (size 4)
Laser Config: Heavy Laser x 5, FeatherFire x 4/Spitfire x 1
Ammo Config: Hitman x 4/Barrak x 1
Missiles (# x size): 2x8, 2x6, 2x4, 2x2
MODx: 5
ECM: 2
Speed (nor/ab/ff): 402/458/793 MPS
Acceleration: 54.6 (lasers), 51.2 (ion), 49.3 (railguns) kN/kg
Yaw/Pitch/Roll: 50/60/50 DPS
Cargo: 12 m³
Notes:
The Raptor is a ship designed with exclusively one purpose in mind: delivering massive amounts
of ordinance to a specific target. It is barely able to combat one-on-one anything larger than a
medium fighter (even though it does carry an appreciable amount of gun firepower.) However, in
an attack on freighters, gate infestations and theorized larger targets (like the upcoming corvettes
and the theorized conflux hive-bases) it is invaluable for the sheer amount of missile ordinance it
can deliver to the battlefield. It is also useful in a support role as a missile artillery platform in fleet
battles; this ship can carry the largest missile payload of any aerospace craft known to any nation
(with four Morningstars, 2 HellRazors and 2 basic anti-fighter missiles it carries enough raw
ordinance to kill a small wing of fighters with missiles alone.) In either role, however, it absolutely
must be escorted by light or medium fighters to ensure the ordinance reaches its destination. The
Raptor is a ponderous beast, and the superstructure required to safely carry and launch so many
heavy missiles makes it a large target from any angle (and gives it the slowest acceleration of any
combat ship on record – even a Vulture out-accelerates a Raptor). Pilots of Raptors must be
vigilant for attacks from any vector, and work with their escorts to ensure their survival. If they are
properly guarded however, the Raptor is an invaluable asset to fleet operations and is Octavius’
only true option for destroying hardened targets. (And it isn’t exactly unarmed in guns either –
although it does chain-fire them, 5 Injustices will ruin anyone’s day!)
As a final, recent note, Octavian High Command has confirmed that many of the design elements
of the new Light and Medium Fighters are being tested on the Raptor in an attempt to make it
move faster than a cargo vessel. We can only hope for success.
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