Orbital Fighter v1.0 (TL 08)        
    Copyright 1996 by Onno Meyer.

        If people put military targets into orbit, other people will try to get
    them down again. This single-seat orbital vehicle is used where endurance
    is no problem and ECM makes drones a bad idea.
        To kill hard, mil-spec targets, the fighter carries twin HVKK launchers
    (var|18|cr|6d*30(3)|40|4,500|5 sec.|0|1/4|5+5). For missile defense, it has
    a gauss MG (ver|imp|5d|5|12|1,000|2 mi.|20|5,000|0.1 KWh). The fighter has
    thermographs (13.5 miles against nominal targets), a ladar (22.5 miles) and
    an ALLTV, but the fighter will rely heavily on ground tracking stations.
        The fighter is a TL08 vehicle [Mar. 96 errata sheet] with the chemical
    rocket from Robots.
    
    Structure:  600 cf advanced XL body (HT 250), max. load N/A, seal, vertol
        lift, advanced controls and a 5 cf full-traverse miniturret (DR 75A).
    Propulsion:  10t chemical rocket (DR 5, HT 25) with 3,000 gallons fuel (DR
        5, HT 400, fire on 11) for 18 minutes at full power.
    Power:  500 KWh rechargeable power cell (DR 5, HT 6).
    Accomodations:  One roomy seat, no windows.
    Crew Requirements:  Pilot.
    Armor:  300 points advanced ablative armor, F6/150A B5/30A R5/30A L5/30A
        T5/30A U5/30A.
    Cargo:  None, but 9.6 cf waste space.
    Accessories:  9 decoy dischargers, compact fire extinguisher, improved IR
        cloaking, laser sensors, 24h limited lifesystem, radar locator, light
        deceptive jammer (jam 6, DR 3, HT 4, electronics), radical stealth, two
        advanced long-range thermographs (scan 21, DR 3, HT 10, electronics),
        adv. medium ladar with rangefinder (scan 21, DR 3, HT 10, electronics),
        ALLTV (+5, DR 3, HT 4, electronics), HUDWAC with virtual panorama and
        pupil scanner, optical genius miniTC (C4, DR 3, HT 3, in the turret),
        optical genius minicomp (C4, DR 3, HT 4, electronics), INS (DR 3, HT 6,
        electronics), GPS, two secure tactical radios, two IFF, two lasercoms.
        Programs: Database (1.4 GB maps & recognition guides), datalink, sensor
        operation (C4, skill 15 or +4), tactical vehicle operation (skill 13),
        2*targeting (C4, +5).
    Weaponry:  Autostabilized gauss machine gun (DR 5, HT 10) with 5,000 darts
        in a universal turret mount and two fixed HVKK launchers (DR 5, HT 15)
        with 5 OH missiles and 5 ARH/ARM missiles.
    
    Statistics:  Cost $3,500,000, design mass 9.875 tons, current payload 250
        lbs., loaded mass 10 tons, size modifier +4, radar signature -4 (-10 if
        jamming), IR signature +6 (-2 if coasting), acoustic signature N/A.
    
    Ground, Water and Air Performance:  None.
    Space Performance:  Acceleration 1 to 4 G, delta-V 19.5 km/s.