SENJIN SENTOKITAI
The Senjin sentokitai, or combat airframe, is the primary transorbital fighter craft of the Imperial Jade Navy. Designed and built by Ingeneria Felicia, it mounts two repeating Noroi cannons for use against small-to-medium sized targets and can carry two IdaiTech Atlatl MTM missiles for precision strikes. Relying on simple fission-based thrust across one main and several subsidiary nacelles allows the Senjin to operate in both atmospheric and space conditions.
It also boasts Hardlight Profile Modifiers which allow it to extend its wingspan and alter its profile without significant weight change, meaning it can perform much more efficiently in atmosphere and can then reduce its power requirements and profile in space. It also has a limited VTOL capacity in atmosphere, but ideally assumes a tail-sitting position for planetside launches. The increased demands of operating in atmosphere mean that the Senjin cannot mount a Faster-Than-Light drive, and must rely on supporting capital ships for inter-system transport. Equipped with a powerful PL-1 Fire Control Processor, it is capable of identifying targets and generating battlefield data, and can communicate with larger suites aboard capital ships to create a realtime contextual data overlay of the conflict zone. It has a series of stealth features to decrease detection range and a series of electronic and physical countermeasures provide defense from incoming enemy fire. |