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| image = [[Image:Picaroon.jpg|191px]]
 
| image = [[Image:Picaroon.jpg|191px]]
| name = ''Picaroon''
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| name = Picaroon
| manufacturer = [[Gutierrez Aerospace]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 42-43, "CSR-F100 ''Picaroon''"</ref>
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| manufacturer = [[Gutierrez Aerospace]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+">''Technical Readout: 3145 Free Worlds League'', p. 52-43, "CSR-F100 ''Picaroon''"</ref>
 
| production year = 3097
 
| production year = 3097
 
| year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/6517/MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/6517/MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| model = CSR-F100<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| model = CSR-F100<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
| Class = Light aerospace fighter<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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| Class = Medium<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| Cost = ???
 
| Cost = ???
| mass = 35 tons<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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| mass = 35<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| structural integrity = 8<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| structural integrity = 8<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| frame = [[P Standard]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| frame = [[P Standard]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
| power plant = [[Magna 210]] [[XL engine]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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| power plant = [[Magna 210 XL]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| Fuel = 400 - 5 Tons<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| Fuel = 400 - 5 Tons<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
| armor = [[Durallex Aviator Ferro-Aluminum]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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| armor = [[Durallex Aviator]] [[Ferro-Aluminum]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| armament = 1x [[Heavy PPC]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| armament = 1x [[Heavy PPC]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| communications system = [[Telestar H-9]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
| communications system = [[Telestar H-9]]<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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| BV (2.0) = 1,290<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged'', p. 261</ref>
 
| BV (2.0) = 1,290<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3145 Unabridged'', p. 261</ref>
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''''Picaroon''''' was the first attempt made by the [[Regulan Fiefs]] to domestically produce an [[aerospace fighter]]; while the original requirements are unknown, the finished design suggests an attempt to build something to counter the increasing use of [[pocket WarShip]]s by other states and nations.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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The '''''Picaroon''''' was the first attempt made by the [[Regulan Fiefs]] to domestically produce an [[Aerospace Fighter]]; while the original requirements are unknown, the finished design suggests an attempt to build something to counter the increasing use of [[Pocket WarShip]]s by other states and nations.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
  
The ''Picaroon'' was manufactured on [[Ellsworth]] by [[Gutierrez Aerospace]] using a P Standard frame as the base of the fighter; power was provided by a [[Magna 210]] [[extralight fusion engine]] and the frame was sheathed in 12.5 tons of [[Durallex Aviator]] [[ferro-aluminum]] armor, making the ''Picaroon'' both fast and heavily armored; that very protection would often prove deceptive, leading pilots to overestimate how well-protected they actually were. Isolated ''Picaroons'' could be overwhelmed, but groups of ''Picaroons'' acting as pack hunters could defeat much larger targets.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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The ''Picaroon'' was manufactured on [[Ellsworth]] by Guitierrez Aerospace using a P Standard frame as the base of the fighter; power was provided by a Magna 210 [[Fusion Engine - XL|extra-light fusion engine]] and the frame was sheathed in twelve and a half tons of Durallex Aviator armor, making the ''Picaroon'' both fast and heavily armored; that very protection would often prove deceptive, leading pilots to overestimate how well-protected they actually were. Isolated ''Picaroons'' could be overwhelmed but groups of ''Picaroons'' acting as pack hunters could defeat much larger targets.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
  
 
==Weapons and Equipment==
 
==Weapons and Equipment==
The ''Picaroon'' is equipped with a single weapon system, a powerful [[Magna Supernova]] [[heavy PPC]], mounted in the fighter's nose.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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The ''Picaroon'' is equipped with a single weapon system, a powerful Magna Supernova [[Heavy Particle Projection Cannon]], mounted in the fighter's nose.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
  
 
==Variants==
 
==Variants==
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==Design Quirks==
 
==Design Quirks==
The ''Picaroon'' has the following [[Design Quirk]]s:<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
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The ''Picaroon'' is subject to the following [[Design Quirk]]s.<ref name="TRO:3145FWLp42+"/>
 
* [[Atmospheric Flight Instability]]
 
* [[Atmospheric Flight Instability]]
 
* [[Easy to Maintain]]
 
* [[Easy to Maintain]]

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