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| image= [[File:Umbra.png|191px]]
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| image = Umbra.png
| name = ''Umbra''
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| name = Umbra
| manufacturer = [[New Age Systems Incorporated]]<ref name="TRO:Pp168+">''Technical Readout: Prototypes'', pp. 168–169: "RF-1 Umbra"</ref>
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| manufacturer = [[New Age Systems Incorporated]]
| model = RF-1<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| model = RF - I
| Class = Light aerospace fighter
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| Class = Light
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere (Advanced)<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| Tech Base = Inner Sphere (Advanced)
| production year = 3082
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| Introduced = [[Jihad]] era
| year reference = <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5320 MUL online entry for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
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| mass = 30
| mass = 30 tons<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| structural integrity = 10
| structural integrity = 10<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| frame = F-50/C-SX
| frame = [[F-50/C-SX]]<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| power plant = Hermes 240 Extralighi
| power plant = [[Hermes 240]] [[XL engine]]<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| Fuel = 400
| armor = [[Divine Shield-D Ferro-aluminum]]
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| armament = *1 Snub-Nose PPC w/Capacitor
| Fuel = 400<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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*2 ER Medium Lasers
| armament =  
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| communications system = COMSTAT 500 ATM
* 1x [[Snub-nose PPC]] with [[PPC capacitor]]<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| tracking & targeting system = Ringo Plant 88 Mk.2
* 2x [[ER medium laser]]s<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| heat sinks = 10 (20)
| communications system = [[COMSTAT 500 ATM]]<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| BV (1.0) = ???
| tracking & targeting system = [[Ringo Plant 88 Mk.2]]<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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| BV (2.0) = 1,319
| heat sinks = 10 [[double heat sink]]s<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
 
| BV (1.0) =  
 
| BV (2.0) = 1,319<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/><ref>''Record Sheets: Prototypes'', p. 85</ref>
 
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
The '''''Umbra''''' is an accumulation of items that resulted in something useful. The origins of the machine lie in the [[Spectral Series]] development program for the unmanned [[aerospace fighter]]s of the [[Word of Blake]]. As priorities changed, however, technicians were pushed to create a fighter for reservist use, though the Coalition forces of [[Devlin Stone]] had conquered [[Terra]] before the project was finished.<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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The Umbra is an accumulation of items arising something useful. The origins of the machine lie in the development program for the unmanned fighter of the Word of Blake. Since the priorities have changed, the technician created  a fighter for the reserve. The Coalitions forces of Devil Stone had conquered Terra before the project was finished.
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The engineers searched the former production sites for useful technologies and discover that the WoB had built several Umbras. The fighters were close to operational but the work wasn't finished. The available information give the technicans an imagination of the capabilities of the design.
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The armed forces of the newly formed Republic of the Sphere recognized the strengths of the design. The RAF had luck because the Wob had not enough time to destroy their research successfully. After a few short years the production of the design started on Terra.<ref name=TRO-P-p168>Technical Readout:Prototypes, p. 168</ref>
  
Stone's engineers searched former production sites for useful technologies and discovered that the Word had built several ''Umbras'', and while the fighters were close to operational, the work was not finished. The available information gave the technicians an idea of the capabilities of the design.<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
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==Armament==
  
The armed forces of the newly formed [[Republic of the Sphere]] recognized the strengths of the design. The [[Republic Armed Forces]] had lucked out because the Word of Blake hadn't had enough time to destroy their research successfully. As such, after a few short years, production of the design started on Terra.<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
 
  
==Weapons and Equipment==
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==Variants==
Initially, the design was created to be a clone of the successful ''[[Shade (Aerospace Fighter class)|Shade]]'' [[OmniFighter]]. Circumstances forced the Blakists to build the ''Umbra'' as a dogfighter, and as such the Word of Blake chose the combination of the [[snub-nose PPC]] with wing-mounted [[ER medium laser]]s to accomplish that goal. The 240-rated [[XL engine]] provides the machine with enough thrust for fighter interception and for ground support.<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
 
  
==Design Quirks==
 
The ''RF-I Umbra'' is subject to the following [[Design Quirks]]:<ref name="TRO:Pp168+"/>
 
* [[Easy to Maintain]]
 
* [[Modular Weapons]]
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Record Sheets: Prototypes]]''
 
* ''[[Technical Readout: Prototypes]]''
 
  
[[Category:Aerospace Fighter classes|Umbra]]
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*[[Technical Readout:Prototypes]]
[[Category:Light Aerospace Fighter classes|Umbra]]
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[[Category:Republic of the Sphere AeroSpace Fighters|Umbra]]
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[[Category:AeroSpace Fighters|{{PAGENAME}}]]

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