THE JUMPGATE DEFINITIVE GUIDE - Tripod

FIGHTER CRAFT
The Quantar have been in possession of fusion-powered, gravity-driven aerospace fighter craft
technology slightly longer than Octavius but still not as long as Solrain. They were the cofounders
of TRI with the Solrains, however, and so have been in possession of jump technology
for nearly as long as Solrain has. Quantar has, on the whole, achieved parity with their rivals in
fighter design.
The Quantar approach to fighter craft is speed and acceleration. All of their fighters, across the
board, match or beat the speed and acceleration of either their Solrain or Octavian counterparts.
One of the ways they keep weight down, however, is by utilizing small power plants in their
heavier craft. Thus, despite fairly large gun mounts very heavy weapons are not practical on
these vessels. Given how these ships maneuver, this is probably a blessing. On the whole, the
Quantar fleets are fairly evenly matched with their competitors, with the Quantar perhaps having
a slight advantage in the ability to disengage from combat more readily than Octavian craft can
(although they can’t flee nearly as well as the Intensity can.)
It should be noted that, like Octave Propulsion Labs and Tens & Piney, Cromforge Enterprises
(the main government aerospace contractor of the Fa’hil Memta) is working on an advanced
tactical fighter similar in concept to the “Falcon”. However, the Holy Armada has had about as
much success making the concept work as the Imperial Navy has (read: zero.) The project has
become a bit of an embarrassment for Cromforge and after hearing of the work OPL and the
Imperial Navy have begun in the area of gunships heavier than the Vulture, they began
scrambling funds into a similar venture. Also, unlike the Navy (which is rumored to be pushing for
a release of the Imperializer since the gun mounts on the Vulture seem to be made for that gun
right down to the hardpoint shaping) and the Solrain Defense Force (which is rumored to be
working on some form of particle weapon) the Holy Armada does not have an outstanding
weapons program, by all indications. Given that they have already released the Spitfire size 2 Ion
cannon, however, they may feel that they are well armed enough as is.
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