Firebird
Sarna News
- Bad 'Mechs - Thresher Mk II
- HEXTECH Wave 9 Review - Winding Rivers, Tall Walls, and Underground Tunnels
- Hired Steel and Making MechWarrior 5: Clans Cinematics with Constantin & Bernhard of TMC
- Your BattleTech News Round-Up For December, 2024
- Community Outreach - Caterwauling On CamoSpecs With Matt "00Dawg" Frederiksen
- Read more →
| |
| Firebird | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Mujika Aerospace Technologies[1] |
| Production Year | 2400[2] |
| Model | FR-1 |
| Class | Light aerospace fighter |
| Tech Base | Inner Sphere (Primitive) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 45 tons |
| Structural Integrity | 5 |
| Frame | Mujika Aerospace Type 4 |
| Power Plant | Rawlings 165-F |
| Armor | Mujika AeroPlate |
| Fuel | 240 |
| Armament | |
| Communications System | Endicott Type 20 |
| Tracking & Targeting System | Dwyerson Mark IX |
| Heat Sinks | 10 single heat sinks |
| BV (2.0) | 403[1] |
Description[edit]
The Firebird was built on Capella as an early, Age of War-era aerospace fighter design. Underpowered and lightly-armored, it did not fulfill the expectations of the CCAF. Though it carried enough fuel to achieve good velocity in space it was not very maneuverable, with its low speed and sluggish handling in atmospheric flight combined with its weak rear armor and lack of aft-mounted weapons made it easy prey for even the lightest conventional fighters. Notably, two of them were lost to a Bullfrog.[1]
With the rapid development of aerospace technologies, the Firebird quickly became obsolete and was taken out of CCAF service and scrapped in 2420. The Taurian Concordat used some units captured during the Rim War but retired the last of them in 2437.[1]
Weapons and Equipment[edit]
Realizing their design could not handle dogfights, the developers equipped it with long-range weapons to stay as far away from enemies as possible. Two Zeus LRM-10 launchers mounted in the wings and an Imperator-D AC/2 in the nose, each with one ton of ammunition, met those requirements and gave it a potent punch for hit-and-run strikes.[1]
Variants[edit]
Due to its short service life, no variants were known to exist.