Cerberus

Coldly the Cerberus domination fighter circled around the wreckage of the task force that had unluckily ran into it. The still glowing hulk of the corvettes, frigates and carriers were still spewing out anti-matter, radiation and whatever exotic particles were used to power inter-dimensional crafts of war. Large gaping holes in the armour of a destroyer attested to the power of the newly reverse-engineered and improved beam projectors sported by the Cerberus. The organic material were leaking out of rends and twist in the hull like spoiled meat out of a sausage casing. Should it stay or go the Cerberus seemed to ponder. As if to answer its question ripples in local space time started to appear as Superior alliance forces warped into the area. Like an angry pack of wolves the various forces started to ascend on him seeking blood for the death it had caused. Coldly the Cerberus turned towards its opponents and opened fire…

“That thing single handily destroyed a company of Tactical Aggressors, A lance of Strikers, countless Pistoleers and I don’t think it is even done yet!”

-Striker wing commander panicking at the destruction of his force by a Cerberus super fighter.

No more hiding in the dark! The burning sword of the Zaibatsu is ME!

-Transmission from a Cerberus fighter

Specs

Classification: Ultimate Space/Air Domination fighter

Superior Alliance nick name: Death incarnate, Reapers, Big trouble

Length: 40 meters

Shielding: Regenerating Ablative energy barrier

Armour: Nano-machine interlaced alloy, Kampfer crystal

Powerplant: ???

Top speed: ???

Weapons:

Ion Cannons x 3 (On the end of each wing blade), Gatling cannons x 3 (On each wing blade), Extra-large Beam projector x 3 (On Each wing blade, forms the projector core for the Tri-tuned beam projector system), Medium beam projectors x 3 (at the base of each wing blade), Missile launchers x 3 (On each wing blade), Missile array x 2, beam projector array x 2 (Consist of 4 closely packed medium beam projectors, on each blade wing on cockpit, can move in a 20 degree cone), Kunai strips x 3

Misc systems: FTL drive, cloaking device (only active when not in battle), Interdimensional drive, Transporter warp gate, Tri-tuned beam projector system

Special fire patterns for Tri-tuned beam projector

Charging up the beam systems for 4 seconds the Cerberus can then unleash a special attack. There is no cool down period so Cerberus fighters can use this weapon liberally.

1)Anti-armour beam

Used to punch thru heavily armoured foes if the regular non special blast prove to be inadequate.

2)Anti-swarm

Used to flood the skies with beam fire to wipe out swarms of unwanted pest.

3)Cross wave

Two slicing beams that can cut a capital ship never mind fighters.

Background

Created to counter ever increasing tougher enemies and even traitor forces, the Cerberus was seen as the finest fighter that the Zaibatsu could produce. The maelstrom that followed after the revelation of the Twilight Ascendency in the midst of the second round of battles in the “war of the ascendant” sent many of the forces into a panic. It was the Cerberus that was developed in secret that would be the trump card for the Zaibatsu that they desperately needed.

Weapons

Most prominent on the blade wings of the Cerberus were the Ion cannons. Developed to destabalise or destroy energy shields, hardlight shields or any other shielding technology that an enemy could possess. The cannons had to build a charge to fire out a coherent beam and cooling was an ever present problem. They could not be rapid fired but one blast was in most situations more than enough to leave an enemy defenceless. The big weapon of note was the reverse engineered beam projectors copied off Striker forces. Doing away with the mode fire select Zaibatsu projectors focused more on projecting a powerful coherent beam. If need be the three main projectors could focus the beams into an energy sphere and release three types of special attacks. On two oddly shaped bladelets on the head of the fighter were packed multiple beam projectors. This concentrated line of fire could take out most fighters in one volley. Added to this fearsomeness was the ability of the cockpit to move in a 20 degree cone in front of the fighter. The rest of the weapons added to the heavy punch that the Cerberus was able to deliver. The most dangerous of the Cerberus’ offensive capability was the ability to warp in offensive drones in an endless amount. This ability gave a single Cerberus the power projection of entire fleets, if the other native abilities of this fighter were not enough.

Defensive

Heavily armoured as it was armed the Cerberus was an extremely tough fighter to destroy. Equipped to fight other Ion cannon equipped enemies the Cerberus was heavily armoured in case its own shields were brought down.

Weakness

Fighters of this complexity were bound to be limited in production numbers. It was no surprise that Cerberus were more rarely encountered then “Great white” assault fortresses fielded by the Collective. Though this was of little relief to any forces facing Cerberus as one fighter was usually more than enough to win battles.