SPECIFICATIONS

GOVERNMENT: Tartarian Technocracy
TYPE: Protean Aerospace Fighter
MODELS: Epsilon Indi Industrial PF-87G
DATE INTRODUCED: 2178 AD

DIMENSIONS:

(Fighter Mode):

LENGTH: 39 feet (12 meters)
WIDTH: 44.6 feet (13.6 meters)
HEIGHT: 10.5 feet (3.2 meters)

(Robot Mode):

LENGTH: 15.4 feet (4.7 meters)
WIDTH: 21.6 feet (6.6 meters)
HEIGHT: 30.2 feet (9.2 meters)

MATERIAL: Crystal Composite Alloy
POWER PLANT: 3x Tartarian Technologies TT-100NB Nuclear Battery
OUTPUT: 100 Megawatts each (300 megawatts)
ARMOR TYPE: Crystal Composite
ARMOR THICKNESS: 8 inches
DISPLACEMENT: 20 tons
CREW: 1 Pilot

PROPULSION:

             PRIMARY MANEUVER/COMBAT ENGINE (EITHER MODE):
             2x Tyche Industries TI-IE-06 Ion Engine (Level-03)
             SPEED: MACH 30 each (22,800 miles per hour each, 45,600 miles per hour total)

             SECONDARY MANEUVER/COMBAT ENGINE (ROBOT MODE):
             14x Tyche Industries TI-FR-300K Ion Engine (Level-03)
             SPEED: MACH 10 each (7600 miles per hour each, 106,400 miles per hour)

             PRIMARY (WALKER):
             1x Epsilon Indi Industrial EII-WE-48KW Walker Engine
             SPEED: 30 mph

WEAPONS:

             PRIMARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Diana Dynamics DD-RFIB-10 Rapid Fire Ion Blaster Cannons; Effective Range: 100 miles; Payload: unlimited with 100-megawatt nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 1 blast per second.

             SECONDARY (OFFENSIVE):
             2x Diana Dynamics DD-RFEMPAC-01 Rapid Fire Electromagnetic Particle Accelerator Cannons; Effective Range: 5 miles; Payload: unlimited with 10-megawatt nuclear battery clutch system; ROF: 1 blast per second.

             PRIMARY (ASSAULT):
            1x Isis Industries II-523-HVAC triple-barrel 52-millimeter hyper-velocity autocannon gunpod; Effective Range: 136.4 miles; Payload: 300-round autoloading mechanical tray; ROF: fires bursts of 3, 6, or 18 rounds and has a cyclic rate of up to 540 rounds per minute.

             PRIMARY (DEFENSIVE):
             1x Tyche Industrial TI-BA02 Beam Ax; Effective Range: contact; Payload: unlimited with 2-megawatt nuclear battery; ROF: as per the pilot, usually about one swing every two seconds.

              (WING MOUNTED, EACH WING)
               2x LaGrange Aerospace  LA-ML103 missile launcher; Missile Type: uses LaGrange MARK-76 medium-range missiles with 10lb, LADAR guided warhead; Effective Range: 282.9 miles; Payload: 12 missiles; ROF: 1, 2 or 3 missiles within two seconds.

              2x Norking MML-01 four-shot RPPG launcher; Missile Type: 3 inch Rocket Propelled Plasma Grenade; Effective Range: 900 feet; Payload: 24 RPPGs in an autoloading tubular launch rack; ROF: 1, 2, 3, or 4 RPPGs per salvo with a cyclic rate of 120 grenades per minute.


ELECTRONICS:
             1x Microwave Communications array with a 2000-mile range.
             1x Laser Radio Communications array with a 10,000-mile range.
            1x Gravitational/Antigravity Control Unit; Effect: Spacecraft type g-compensation unit modified to act as an inertia maneuvering system in place of vector control thrusters
             1x RADAR Sensor array with a 100-mile range.
             1x Passive EMS sensor array with a 5000-mile range.
             1x Multispectral video/optical array with a range of 100 miles.
             1x Transformation Unit

DEFENSE SYSTEMS:            
              1x Sophia Systems SS-5EEFF-40 Electron Element Force Field omnidirectional generator; Range: 20 feet from hull; Power Requirement: 40 megawatts; Output: absorbs up to 28,800 gigajoules, 28.8 terajoules of energy weapon damage (regenerates 4800 gigajoules per 4.8 seconds).

              30x Sophia Systems SS-AM4 4-shot 2-pound anti-missile bomblets; Effective Range: 200 yards; Payload: 40 bomblets each; ROF: 1-4 bomblets per discharge with a cyclic rate of 120 bomblets per minut.
                 
Description/Overview:
            The PF-87G "Junker" Protean Aerospace Fighter was little more than a copy of the Neo-Hebrew PF-04U CosmoCorsair. The Tartarian Technocracy knew they needed a ground attack fighter for planetary assault operations. They didn't want to use a dropship, so a Protean fighter was the best solution. Unlike the CosmoCorsair, the PF-87G was not designed with interplanetary engines, instead it used only planetary and surface-to-orbit capable ion drives allowing it to land on an Earth-like planet with comparible gravity, and then escape the gravity-well to acheive orbit for pickup from a larger spacecraft. The weapons of the PF-87G were all geared towards ground assault and were not very useful for space combat. As a result, these Protean Fighters only saw action on the Moon of Good Hope where they were badly outclassed by the PS-01-AUS-01 Armored Protean Fighters of the Neo-Hebrews. The Tartarian Technocracy used the PF-87G during the Ross 47 conflict and 2nd Interplanetary War despite its short comings.