Raptor

“Careful kid these things look like birds of prey and they are.”

-Striker wing commander offering some advice to a subordinate about Zaibatsu Raptors

Specs

Classification: Space superiority fighter

Superior Alliance nick name: Raps, Birds

Length: 25 meters

Shielding: Regenerating Ablative energy barrier

Armour: Nano-machine interlaced alloy

Powerplant: ???

Top speed: ???

Weapons:

Kunai x 20, Anti-captial ship charge cannon x 1, gatling cannon x 1, missile hardpoints x 13, Medium bore antimatter cannons x 6, Large bore antimatter cannons x 8

Misc systems: FTL drive, cloaking device (only active when not in battle)

Background

The premier Zaibatsu space superiority fighter, they are encountered when the fighting gets intense and automated Kunais won’t cut it. Able to perform impossible maneuvers this fighter is not so easily matched. By mounting the bottom drive section on a swivel base apart from the top part of the fighter, this fighter can go in one direction and turn around its axis and fire behind it without losing any speed. All three dimensions and all three rotational axis have been separated into their components for maneuvering and this allows for the Raptor to out maneuver a large majority of its foes. The Raptor relies more on precision strikes, maneuverability and pilot skill then out right fire power or brute force. Considered lightly armed and armored this space fighter can still stand toe to toe with more heavily equipped opponents, which speaks to the fighter’s superb handling as well as pilot qualifications.