THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod
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Premia<br />
Classification: Shuttle<br />
Power plant: Contender XPR (size 1)<br />
Engines: Travant Plus x 2 (size 2)<br />
Radar: Chime (24000 meter range) (size 1)<br />
Shields: Himelea (7800mm equivalent; see below) (size 2)<br />
Armor: 4500mm<br />
Capacitor: Jug (size 1)<br />
Laser Config: Medium Laser x 2, ER Laser x 2<br />
Ammo Config: Straker x 2<br />
Missiles (# x size): 2x1<br />
MODx: 3<br />
ECM: 1<br />
Speed (nor/ab/ff): 292/333/577 MPS<br />
Acceleration: 88.9 (laser), 82.9 (ammo) kN/kg<br />
Yaw/Pitch/Roll: 63/55/70 DPS<br />
Cargo: 4 m³<br />
Notes:<br />
The Premia is a merely adequate entry-level shuttle. While it possesses the same gun and<br />
missile mounts as the Apteryx, it is the only ship in the five systems that utilizes size 1<br />
microfusion reactors exclusively – to its detriment. Even when using the extremely overpriced<br />
Contender XPR system (which costs as much as a Centerfuge MK3) it can barely power 2<br />
Travant Plus engines with adequate power left for other systems. Mounting more powerful<br />
engines than Travant Plusses leaves the Premia with nearly no power at all. Thus, the Premia<br />
ends up being depressingly slow and unmaneuverable compared to the entry-level shuttles of<br />
other nations.<br />
It does, however, present two of the SDF’s combat doctrines to the new pilot: oversized shields<br />
and generous MODx slots. If a pilot is mad enough, he can actually install a Haven shield in the<br />
Premia, although it lacks the power for this with even Travant Plusses (making the Solrainmanufactured<br />
Himelea system the most desirable for Premias.) Also, it has as many MODx slots<br />
as most Light Fighters. These two factors introduce a Solrain pilot to his fleet’s greatest strengths<br />
very early on, and reinforces combat doctrines that will serve him well in real combat craft.<br />
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