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Revision as of 19:47, 17 July 2011
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| Nightshade | |
| Production information | |
| Manufacturer | Yelm Weapons Meers-Skobel Defense Corporation |
| Mission | Reconnaissance/ Electronic Warfare |
| Type | VTOL |
| Cost | 1,222,222 C-bills |
| Technical specifications | |
| Mass | 25 tons |
| Armor | FiberTech Light |
| Engine | GM 210 |
| Speed | 228 km/h |
| Crew | ??? |
| Armament | |
| BV (1.0) | ??? |
| BV (2.0) | 471[1] |
Description
The Nightshade is a light VTOL designed specifically in 2597 to provide an aerial platform for the Guardian ECM Suite. The first craft to carry the system, the Nightshade was highly unpopular with pilots due to the inadequate two tons of FiberTech Light armor and single weapon it carried, the cost of its high speed and the weight of the Guardian suite. [2]
With the Guardian entering the realms of LosTech and the destruction of Yelm's main factory by a Lyran Commonwealth orbital bombardment in the early Succession Wars, the VTOL was relegated to second line militias and warehouses such as ComStar's Terran stockpiles. Production of the design was finally revived by the Word of Blake, where modern technology had given it an expanded role in the Blakists Protectorate Militia during the Jihad. [3]
Armament
Added almost as an after thought, the Nightshade carries a single nose mounted Randal Medium Laser. While a sturdy dependable weapon, made highly accurate by being linked to track the movement of the pilot's helmet, it adds negligible firepower to a battle.
Variants
- Succession War - After the Guardian system became LosTech, the most common field refit was to strip the system out to create an impromptu and cramped two-person passenger bay.[3]
- Royal - The upgraded model used by the SLDF Royal units, the standard engine was replaced with a Extra-Light version and armor switched to more advanced Ferro-Fibrous plate, the weight saving allowing VTOL to carry an extra ton of armor and the medium laser to be replaced with a Large Pulse Laser.[4] BV (2.0)= 631[5]
- Light PPC (MSDC) - Contracted by the Word of Blake to investigate updated versions of numerous classic SLDF designs, the Terran based Meers-Skobel Defense Corporation's version is slightly slower by carries a more useful equipment and weapons load. Clad in two and half tons of FiberTech Light Plus Ferro-Fibrous armor, the modern Nightshade retains the Guardian ECM but adds a C3i Computer, carrying a single Moscovia Light PPC for protection. [6]
- Light AC - Rumored to have appeared along the Word of Blake Protectorate/Capellan Confederation border, this variant apparently serves as an artillery spotter and supposedly mounts a Light Autocannon/2 and TAG. [7]
VTOL Gallery
Nightshade VTOL
Nightshade in Combat
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