This is a naval variant of a fast interceptor. I call it the F-34, to go along with my F-29,F-30 and F-32 that I already posted to io.com. The craft has an extra heavy body and a tailhook. I decided that an extra heavy body was required to land on a carrier deck. Otherwise, the shock would do damage to the airframe. If there are better rules for this, someone please inform me. So: F-34 Aurora (pretty original name, eh?) Body: Extra Heavy Body, standard materials. 900 cubic feet. Radical Streamlining. Max Takeoff weight 81,000 lbs. The body is sealed for life support, and travels on the ground using retractable wheels. Tailhook. Wings: Waverider wing with variable sweep option (winglets extend for low speed work). The plane has canards and the frame is combat stressed to allow a reasonable G-loading. Propulsion and Power: Two AA-30K Turboramjet engines. 2D vectored thrust. No afterburner necessary(!). Fuel consumption 1500 gallons/hour. Refuelling probe is provided. Internal fuel tankage: 1562 gallons, wing fuel tankage (internal, not pods) 745.74 gallons. Fuel endurance at cruise speed 90 minutes. Crew: Ejection Seat, HUDWAC, Advanced Controls. Limited Lifesystem, NBC protection. Sensor Array: LADAR Sensor, Radar Detector/Locator, Long Range Missile Guidance/Air Search Radar (90 miles), ALLTV zero emission acquisition system, Automatic laser target designator, Targeting Computer (Complexity 3), Terrain following radar. Communications and Navigation: Autopilot; GPS; INS; IFF; Long Range Secure Radio. Defensive Countermeasures: Radical Stealth; Advanced IR Cloaking; IR Missile Jammer; Deceptive Radar Jammer, Medium Range; Flare Dispenser (15 flares); Chaff dispenser (15 packets); Automatic Fire suppression system; Armor: DR5 all locations. Offensive Capabilities: Gauss Minigun, 5000 rounds ammo; Energy Bank, disposable, good for 5000 shots; 6 internal weapons bays for MRAAM missiles. 6 MRAAM's included in loadout. Statistics: Cargo Space: 3 cu ft Loaded Mass: 35,151 lbs Cost: $84,741,088 Max Payload: 45,848 lbs (if we were to make this an Air Force plane, we could knock down the mass by making a heavy, or even medium body). Max Ground Speed: 296mph Stall Speed: 130 mph (w/ 30! down thrust from 2D vectoring) Ground SR: 4 Aerial Acceleration: 23.9 mph/sec. Ground Accel: 11.4 mph/sec Max Airspeed: Vectored: 2369 mph Flat Out: 2486mph Aerial Decceleration: 15mph/sec Aerial MR: 7.75g Aerial SR: 5 Size Mod: +5 Radar X-section: -2 IR Signature: +4 Acoustic Signature: +6 Well, there you have it. It's designed to get there...fast. But it's an expensive son of a bitch. Even more so than the EA-6B is now, so I imagine that a half squadron at most would be able to be afforded. One could probably scale down the concept, and certainly a lightweight, non-carrier borne version could exist. Wing hardpoints for fuel tanks could be added (blitzing the RCS, so much for stealth), or the AAM's could be taken out, and cruise missiles might be fitted. Four heavy LRSM's will fit in the weapons bay. I'd reccommend two Hv LRSM's and six SRAAM's. The LRSM is in the Vehicle's rules. The other missiles are ones I designed using the Robots rules: MRAAM: Cost: $350,000; Mass: 950 lbs; Vol: 19 cu ft. Range: 56 miles; Speed: 2000 yps; Burn Time: 49 secs Damage: 6Dx500 [12D] (proximity fused) Guidance: ARH/ARM Skill: 23 SRAAM: Cost: $39,700; Mass: 190 lbs; Vol: 3.75 cu ft. Range: 17 miles; Speed: 1500 yps; Burn Time: 20 secs Damage: 6Dx62 [12D] (proximity fused) Guidance: Passive Skill: 20