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Eternal Guardian-Class Nuclear Bomber
design by Lewis Roberts
The Eternal Guardian-Class is a massive aircraft. Its
immense size is dicated by its power supply, a nuclear reactor.
It can stay airborne for over 1 month at a time. It was originally
designed as part of a nuclear deterent. It would be constantly
flying, this way it would avoid being caught on the ground by a
suprise attack. Upon recieving orders it could enter enemy
airspace and deliver its nuclear payload. It would deal with
enemy air defenses, with tactical nuclear weapons that would take
out entire enemy air fields, and SAM sites.
Many
TEDs in the Wilds have found
other uses for such a massive weapon. It can be used as a
propaganda weapon, constantly flying over rebellous provences and
broadcasting propaganda, or jamming alternative viewpoints. Some
Eternal Guardians have been equipped with video
broadcasting suites, to increase the effectivness of the
propaganda. It can also be used for its original purpose, to
bomb something into the stone age.
The plane was designed with
Fire Fusion & Steel.
Eternal Guardian-Class Nuclear Bomber
General Data
- Price: 49.44 MCr 49.44
- Size: 30000m3
- Mass: 500 tonnes
- Power: 105 Mw fission power plant. 50 propellers produce 100 tons of thrust.
- Maint:
Controls:Enhanced Electronic Controls, TL-8 all-weather flight avionics.
2 Flight Computers.
Coomunications:3000 km Radio
Sensor:1000 km Radar, LA IE Scope
Electronic Countermeasures:1500 km Radio jammer, 250 km radar jammer,
100 decoys in 2 dispensers. The type can be determined at launch.
Life Support:Extended Life Support, 3 Sall Staterooms
Cargo:10.2 tonnes
Crew:11 (Three shifts of Pilot, Co-pilot and Sensor operator, Flight Engineer
and Bombardier. Off duty flight crew act as gunners in times of combat)
Fire Control Imaging Radar and Ballistic Computers (-2 Diff Mods)
Aramanment:5 tonnes of missles in internal bays. 35 tonnes of bombs in internal
bays. 5 turrets with 7mm rotary autoguns (see TNE rulebook). The autoguns
are equiped with point defense computers. This allows them to attempt
to shoot down incoming missles.
Ammo:Each autogun has 2500 rounds
Maxiumum Speed: 665 kph
Cruising Speed: 499 kph
NOE Speed: NA
Travel Move: 1996
Combat Move: 92
Agility: 5
Fuel Consumption: 20 tonnes of radioactives per 37 day period.
Internal Fuel Capacity: 20 tonnes of radioactives
Endurance: 37 days
Range: 477,124 km
Takeoff Roll: 5031 m
Landing Roll: 2414 m
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