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| image = [[Image:SAI.JPG|191px]]
 
| image = [[Image:SAI.JPG|191px]]
| name = ''Sai''
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| name = Sai  
 
| manufacturer = [[Wakazashi Enterprises]]
 
| manufacturer = [[Wakazashi Enterprises]]
| model = S-3<ref name=TR3039p236>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 236: "S-3 Sai"</ref>
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| model = S-3
| Class = Light aerospace fighter
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| Class = Medium
 
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere
 
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere
| Cost = 2,111,280 [[C-bill]]s<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 247</ref>
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| Cost = 2,111,280<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', 247</ref>
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| Introduced = 3040s<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 236 S-3 Sai - Introduction Year.</ref>
 
| production year = 3045
 
| production year = 3045
| year reference = <ref name=MUL>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/2771/sai-s-3 MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
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| year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/2771/sai-s-3 MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
 
| mass = 40 tons
 
| mass = 40 tons
 
| structural integrity = 8
 
| structural integrity = 8
| frame = [[Wakazashi I]]
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| frame = Wakazashi I
| power plant = [[Shinobi 240]] [[fusion engine]]
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| power plant = [[Shinobi 240]] engine
 
| Fuel = 400 - 5 tons
 
| Fuel = 400 - 5 tons
| armament =  
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| armament = 1 x [[Large Laser]] <br/> 4 x [[Medium Laser|Medium Lasers]]
* 1x [[large laser]]  
 
* 4x [[medium laser]]
 
 
| communications system = [[Neil 4000]]
 
| communications system = [[Neil 4000]]
 
| tracking & targeting system = [[Chichester ASR-26]]
 
| tracking & targeting system = [[Chichester ASR-26]]
| armor = [[Shinobi Standard]]
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| armor = Shinobi Standard  
| heat sinks = 14 [[double heat sink]]s
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| heat sinks = 14
 
| BV (1.0) = 843<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 245</ref>
 
| BV (1.0) = 843<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 245</ref>
| BV (2.0) = 959<ref name=TR3039p236/><ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 391</ref><ref name=MUL/>
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| BV (2.0) = 959<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 236 S-3 Sai - Battlevalue 2.</ref>
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<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 391</ref>
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''S-3 ''Sai''''' was created for the [[Draconis Combine]] as a new light [[aerospace fighter]] to replace the aging and ill-reputed ''[[Sholagar]]'' light fighter. Originally developed by the now defunct [[Mangon Aeronautics]] in the early 3030s, the ''Sai'' design was discovered by [[Wakazashi Enterprises]] after the company takeover in [[3045]]. The project was pushed into limited production, producing 30 fighters for field tests. The Draconis Combine High Command put the prototypes to use, deploying them against [[House Davion]] in raids. On these raids, the ''Sai'' got to test its mettle against House Davion's ''[[Sparrowhawk]]'' and [[House Steiner]]'s ''[[Seydlitz]]'' designs.
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===Development===
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The '''''Sai''''' was created for the [[Draconis Combine]] as a new Light Aerospace Fighter to replace the aging ''[[Sholagar]]'' Light Fighter. Originally developed by the defunct Mangon Aeronautics in the early 3030s, the Sai design was discovered by Wakazashi Enterprises after the company takeover in [[3045]]. The project was pushed into limited production, producing 30 fighters for field tests. However, the [[Schuyler]] plant begun retooling in [[3048]], to utilize newly recovered Star League technology.  The Draconis Combine High Command put the prototypes to use, deploying them against [[House Davion]] in raids. On these raids, the ''Sai'' got to test its mettle against House Davion's ''[[Sparrowhawk]]'' and Steiner's ''[[Seydlitz]]'' designs.
  
The [[Schuyler]] plant began retooling in [[3048]], taking advantage of newly recovered Star League technology in the S-4X model. The fighter is noted for being the first in the [[thirty-first century]] to mount an [[extralight fusion engine]]. Unfortunately, shortly after production began, the [[Clan Invasion]] took place and the ''Sai'' plant on Schuyler fell into the hands of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] in June [[3050]].<ref name=TR3039p236/><ref>''Invading Clans'', p. 66</ref>
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After refitting the plant, production began for a Star League tech-enhanced version of the S-3, called the S-4X. The fighter is noted for being the first in the 31st Century to mount an Extra-Light Fusion engine. Shortly after production began, the [[Clan Invasion]] took place and the ''Sai'' plant on Schuyler fell into the hands of [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 236 S-3 Sai - History and update.</ref>
  
The Smoke Jaguars discovered the blueprints for the ''Sai'' and upgraded it with Clan technology, designating the new design the S-4C and deploying it to several second line Clusters. In [[3056]] the first Inner Sphere [[OmniFighter]], the S-40 ''Sai'', entered extremely limited production at an unknown location. At the beginning of [[3059]] fewer than fifty of these prototype OmniFighters existed in the entire Combine. The S-40 ''Sai'' was viewed as a morale-boosting production, a flawed one at that, and in [[3062]] the MIK-O ''[[Tatsu]]'' was released with many of the older ''Sai'' flaws corrected.<ref>''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', pp. 66, 85, 109: Two flights and one wing noted as being prototype OmniFighters, the rest were captured Clan OmniFighters</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3067 Revised'', p. 150</ref><ref name=MUL/>
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===Clans Era and Beyond===
 
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The [[Clan Smoke Jaguar|Smoke Jaguars]] discovered the blueprints for the ''Sai'' and upgraded it with Clan technology, designating the new design the S-4C, deploying it to several second line Clusters. It wasn't until [[3059]], when [[Operation Bulldog]] reclaimed the planet that the Combine reclaimed the means to produce the ''Sai'' again. However, unable to continue production of the Clan tech enhanced fighter, their engineers redesigned it into the S-4.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 236 S-3 Sai - Background information from TRO:3039 on Sai.</ref>
On 10 August [[3059]], wave three of [[Operation Bulldog]] landed on Schuyler. Three days later the Smoke Jaguars retreated off world, leaving the Combine with the planet and the ability to produce the ''Sai'' again. However, unable to continue production of the Clan-tech enhanced fighter, Wakazashi engineers redesigned it as the S-4 in [[3061]].<ref>''The Dragons Roars.'', p. 50</ref><ref name=TR3039p236/><ref name=MUL/>
 
 
 
The ''Sai'' would continue to be improved upon, with the S-7 launching in [[3065]] and the S-8 in [[3069]]<ref name=TR3039p236/><ref name=MUL/>
 
  
 
==Weapons and Equipment==
 
==Weapons and Equipment==
The original S-3 was armed with a nose-mounted [[Diverse Optics Type 30]] [[large laser]] and a pair of [[Diverse Optics Type 20]] [[medium laser]]s mounted in each wing. The [[Shinobi 240]] [[fusion engine]] allows the craft to reach a maximum thrust rate of 12, with five tons of fuel. The fighter is protected by seven and a half tons of [[standard armor]].<ref name=TR3039p236/>
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The original S-3 was armed with a nose-mounted Diverse Optics Type 30 Large Laser. For secondary armaments the craft has a pair of Diverse Optics Type 20 Medium Lasers mounted in each wing. The Shinobi 240 Fusion Engine allows the aircraft to reach a maximum thrust rate of 12, with 5 tons of fuel. The fighter is protected by 7.5 tons of standard armor.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3039'', p. 236 S-3 Sai - Stats.</ref>
  
 
==Variants==
 
==Variants==
*; S-4 : Based on the S-4C after recapture [[Schuyler]] from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]], the S-4 is a virtual copy of the Clan tech based version. Its main weapon is a nose-mounted Inner Sphere version of the [[ER PPC]], but the wing weapons were changed to single [[SRM-4]]s enhanced with the [[Artemis IV FCS]], fed by 50 rounds of ammo. The [[double heat sink]] count is retained at 14. BV (1.0)= 1,075;<ref name=COp126>''Combat Operations'', p. 126</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 66</ref>  BV (2.0) = 1,005<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 392</ref>
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*;S-4 : Based on the S-4C after recapture of the planet from Jaguars. The S-4 is a virtual copy of the Clan tech based version. Main weapon is a nose-mounted Inner Sphere version of the Extended Range PPC. However, the wing weapons are now single SRM 4 enhanced with the Artemis IV Fire Control System, with 50 rounds of ammo for them. The Double Heat sink count is retained at 14. BV (1.0)= 1,075<ref name=CO>''Combat Operations'', p. 126</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 66</ref>; BV (2.0) = 1,005<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 392</ref>
  
*; S-4C : Created by [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] after the capture of the plant on [[Schuyler]] during the [[Clan Invasion]]. This ''Sai'' features a Clan [[ER PPC]] as its main weapon, with four [[Streak SRM-4]]s in place of the lasers, split between each wings and supplied with 50 rounds. The fighter is also given 14 [[double heat sink]]s to cope with the heat. BV (1.0) = 1,762;<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 249</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 67</ref> BV (2.0) = 1,778<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 393</ref>
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*;S-4C : Created by Clan Smoke Jaguar after the capture of the plant during the Clan Invasion. The ''Sai'' features a Clan [[ER PPC]] as its main weapon. In the place of the lasers, four [[Streak SRM 4|Streak 4-tubed SRMs launcher]] are split between each wings with 50 rounds. The fighter is also given 14 [[Double Heat Sink|double heat sinks]] to cope with the heat. BV (1.0) = 1,762<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 249</ref><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 67</ref>, BV (2.0) = 1,778<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 393</ref>
  
*; S-4X : The original [[Star League]]-tech enhancement of the ''Sai'', this design included an [[ER large laser]], with a single [[medium pulse laser]] mounted in each wing. The craft is protected by eight tons of [[ferro-aluminum]] armor, and features 21 [[single heat sink]]s and an [[extralight engine]] version of the [[240 Shinobi]] [[fusion engine]]. BV (1.0) = 842; BV (2.0) = 830<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 394</ref>
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*;S-4X : The original Star League tech enhancement of the ''Sai'', this design included an [[Extended Range Large Laser]], with a single [[Medium Pulse Laser]] mounted in each wing. The craft is protected by 8 tons of ferro-aluminum armor.  The fighter features 21 single heatsinks and Extra-Light Engine version of the 240 Shinobi Fusion engine. BV (1.0) = 842, BV (2.0) = 830<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 394</ref>
  
*; S-4O : The [[OmniFighter]] version of the ''Sai''. Little else is known about it.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3067 Revised'', p. 150</ref><ref name=MUL/>
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*;S-7 : During the 3060s, the Wakazashi created the S-7 variant. Taking advantage of the development of new weapons. The S-7 became known as an escort and is used on border worlds of the Combine.  The nose-mounted ER PPC is swapped for a pair of [[ER Medium Laser|Extended Range Medium Lasers]] and the wing weapons are changed out for [[MRM 10|MRM 10 Launcher]]s with 48 rounds of ammunition. The Fuel for the variant was increased up to 6 tons. BV (1.0) = 1,016<ref name=CO/><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 68</ref>; BV (2.0) = 834<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 395</ref>
  
*; S-7 : During the 3060s, the Wakazashi created the S-7 variant, taking advantage of the development of new weapons technologies. The S-7 became known as an escort and is used on border worlds of the Combine. The original nose-mounted [[ER PPC]] is swapped for a pair of [[ER medium laser]]s, and the wing weapons are changed out for [[MRM-10]] launchers, fed with 48 rounds of ammunition. The fuel capacity for this variant was also increased, up to six tons. BV (1.0) = 1,016<ref name=COp126/><ref>''AeroTech 2 Record Sheets'', p. 68</ref>; BV (2.0) = 834<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 395</ref>
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*;S-8 : Introduced just prior to the [[Jihad]], the S-8 has a revised weapons layout. A pair of new [[LPPC|Light PPCs]] are placed in nose, while each wing weapon slots are give pair of [[ER Medium Laser|ER Medium Lasers]]. The fighter armor is changed out for 9 tons of [[Ferro-Aluminum|ferro-aluminum armor]]. BV (2.0) = 952<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 252, "S-8 Sai includes BV".</ref>, BV (2.0) = 1,304<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 396</ref>
 
 
*; S-8 : Introduced just prior to the [[Jihad]], the S-8 has a revised weapons layout. A pair of new [[light PPC]]s are placed in nose, while each wing is given a pair of [[ER medium laser]]s. The fighter's armor is changed out for nine tons of [[ferro-aluminum]] armor. BV (1.0) = 952;<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039'', p. 252</ref> BV (2.0) = 1,304<ref>''Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged'', p. 396</ref>
 
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
Image:SAI.JPG|Original ''Sai'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3039|TRO:3039]]''
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
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*''[[AeroTech 2 Record Sheets]]''
* ''[[Combat Operations]]''
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*''[[Combat Operations]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3039]]''
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*''[[Record Sheets: 3039]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged]]''
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*''[[Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
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*''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
  
  
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