PTS HERO

     Craft:  Polnar Technical FS-19.2 "Hero"
     Type:  Space Superiority Fighter, archaic
     Scale:  Starfighter
     Length:  12 meters
     Skill:  Archaic Starship Piloting, Hero
     Cost:  7,000 credits (2.5 Million credits +, in mint
condition)
     Crew:  3
     Passengers: None 
     Cargo Capacity:  5 kg
     Consumables:  1 week
     Hyperdrive Multiplier:  None
     Hyper Backup:  No
     Nav Computer:  No
     Maneuverability:  2D+2
     Space:  3
     Atmosphere:  225; 650 KPH
     Hull:  2D
     Shields:  None
     Sensors:
          Passive: 10/0D 
          Scan:  20/1D
          Search:  40/1D+2
          Focus:  2/2D
     Weapons:  
     1 High powered repeating rail gun.
          Scale: Starfighter 
          Fire Arc:  Turret
          Crew:  1
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  2D+1
          Space Range:  1/4/8
          Atmosphere Range:  100/400/800
          Damage: 3D
     2 Medium Meson Cannons (fire linked)
          Scale:  Starfighter
          Fire Arc:  Front
          Crew:  Pilot
          Skill:  Starship Gunnery
          Fire Control:  1D
          Space Range:  1/3/5
          Atmosphere Range:  100/300/500
          Damage: 1D+2

     The Hero was one of the most powerful fighter craft in the
universe for many years.  The primary weapon of the Hero, the Rail
Gun, was a vast improvement over the other projectile weapons of
the time.  Throwing depleted uranium/cadmium projectiles at high
velocity, the Rail Gun could slash through the armor of most other
ships with ease.  The Hero could carry up to forty of these
projectiles, a much higher load than that of ships carrying pin
torpedoes, the only more powerful weapon fielded by starfighters of
the time.  The Barium cannons, while weak, were capable of
penetration the then new shield technology that protected the
capital ships of the time.  (Note:  Barium cannons, while much
weaker than Ion cannons, operate under similar principles, and can
bypass energy shield, and in some cases, Barium Cannons have been
modified to the extent that they can penetrate particle shields as
well.  They still can't get much longer range or more powerful
output though).
     Though the Hero has long been obsolete, there are still those
that enjoy it's look and feel, and many wealthy spacecraft
aficionados will have a Hero or two in their starfighter
collections.  Those Heros that have seen active use over the
millennia are considerably less valuable, and are sometimes used
for light atmospheric work in isolated corners of the galaxy.