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Originally Posted by Langy
If you design it as an SM+5, 30 ton spacecraft, you get something like this:
Front
[1] Armor
[2] Control Room (Ejectable)
[3] Medium Battery (the 20mm gatling gun, plus 480 rounds)
[4] Tactical Sensors
[5] Defensive ECM
[6] Defensive ECM
Center
[1] Armor
[2] Medium Battery (internal missile/bomb loadout)
[3] External Hardpoint (capable of holding up to 5 tons)
[4] External Hardpoint (capable of holding up to 5 tons)
[5] Fuel Tank (Jet Fuel)
[6] Fuel Tank (Jet Fuel)
[Core] Fuel Tank (Jet Fuel)
Rear
[1] Armor
[2] Fuel Tank (Jet Fuel)
[3] Fuel Tank (Jet Fuel)
[4] Jet Engine (1/3 G)
[5] Jet Engine (1/3 G)
[6] Jet Engine (1/3 G)
[Core] Fuel Tank (Jet Fuel)
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-- Are you sure you're using SM+5 values for the components? A SM+5 Fuel Tank is 1.5 tons for example. And Jet Engines are 1G at SM+5. A case could be made for TL7 fuel efficiencies in many cases though :)
-- Most modern aircraft DR is below the resolution of Spaceships. You can physically punch through the skin of most TL8 aircraft. But lets assume some Light Alloy or something on the front at least.
-- All of the external hardpoints can be dealt with using one External Clamp module. Not sure why you used a Medium Battery instead of a Hangar Bay or something to reflect internal stores.
-- Jet Engines in Spaceships are efficient, but its never stated if thats endurance at max speed or not. Six hours endurance at some sort of cruise doesn't seem to outlandish in the design below.
Generic Air Dominance Fighter (TL8)
This is an example of an atmospheric fighter.
It uses an streamlined 30 ton (SM+5) hull that is 45 feet long.
Front Hull System
[1] Light Alloy Armor (dDR 1).
[2] Tactical Array (comm/sensor 4).
[3] Control Room (C2 computers, comm/sensor 2, and one control station).
[4] Defensive ECM.
[5] Major Battery (fixed 1cm rapid-fire conventional gun).
[6] Fuel Tank (1.5 tons of jet fuel).
Central Hull System
[1] External Clamp.
[2-6] Hangar Bays (five tons total capacity).
[core] Fuel Tank (1.5 tons jet fuel).
Rear Hull System
[1-5] Fuel Tanks (1.5 tons jet fuel each).
[6] Jet Engine (1G acceleration, 6 hours endurance).
It has a winged hull.
The vessel is operated by a single pilot.
TL Spacecraft dST/HP Hnd/SR HT Move LWt. Load SM Occ dDR Range Cost
PILOTING/TL8 (High-Performance Aircraft)
8 Fighter 20 3/4 12 10/1,250 30 5.1 +5 1SV 1/0/0 15,000 $1.363M
Top air speed is 2,500 mph.