Name: Abaven AKA The Noble Beast, as in the nickname given to it when it first saw service by the natives during the brief Bados invasion.
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Faction: Alus, its used both by the standard army and in some cases, the Alus Air Force. It's also see's service under the Eldararian's, Patrians and others in Alus circle of allies once design was sold for use.
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Height/Length: 25 feet long, Sixteen feet high.
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Physical Appearance:
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Weight: 16 tons
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Power Systems:
Mana Crystal: One of the few things the people of Alus managed to 'recreate' that once belonged to the Nalga, is their crystal tech. Mana Crystals are made of various substances that can only be found on Alus to create specialized crystals that give off incredible amount of power. They have long 'shelf' life and can be modified to various sizes. They're used from anything to powering the might of a warship, to powering a house.
The shelf life depends on how much energy is put into them. Generally, the larger the crystal, the more power they can hold within themselves. As a rule, it also depends on the type of energy pumped into them, as they amplify it a larger degree. Though they still give off little energy.
In addition to all this, they are also very environmental friendly, giving off no pollution or harmful effects to ones natural environment. Because of all these factors, its a very popular resource for trade with other races.
Repulsorlift: The Abaven uses this system to get up and too the ground without the use of a rotor as the more primitive counter part. This added with thrusters are its main method of flight.It's a highly aerodynamic Gunship, capable of hovering, strafing and turning on a dime at high speeds.
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Type: Gunship.
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Abilities:
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Speed: About mach 3 going full tilt.
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Defensive Systems:
Larium Armor: Larium is light weight but relatively powerful material used for various armor. Usually used for ships and other machines of war. It's also easily molded in the earlier stages, making it perfect for quickly erecting barriers and the like in a hurry if for example a quick base of operations needed to be established.
The strength depends on a number of factors: Denseness, age, and any other material thrown in. A unique aspect Larium is the fact it becomes more powerful with age. The maximum strength of pure Larium is usually used on star ships. Though because it takes such a long time(usually sixty years) this isn't practical unless the process is sped up.
For the Abaven, it doesn't use 'pure' Larium. The armor itself is capable of taking shots from a modern tank just fine.
Shield Generator: It comes with a shield as well. The shield is capable of taking heavier enemy fire power, however is saving grace or call to fame is the fact its highly energy resistant. It's far weaker to kinetic force then energy attacks. When brought down, it takes at least fifteen minutes before the shields can be put back up.
It's main purpose besides another layer of defense is protecting the pilot from such things as radiation or poison.
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Crew: One, two for the co-pilot gunner
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Levels: N/A
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Equipment:
HUD Display: The Pilot has a relatively 'user-friendly' Heads Up Display. It list allies, enemies and terrain. In addition it comes with standard features, such as communications and setting way points.
'Flat' AI: There's two types of AI on Alus. 'Smart' AI are capable of far higher levels of intelligence and capable of learning like a normal being would. 'Flat' AI are restricted to what they were designed for; such as monitoring air traffic, doing more tedious factory work and the like.
In this case, a Flat AI is used to do misc functions to free up the pilot to focus on important task that are immediate. It can also be used to act as a replacement Co-Pilot if need be.
Sensors: It comes with sensors, capable of picking up cloaked enemies or friendlies. This can be be effected by EMP. The sensors have a range of 300 meters.
Night Vision: Self-explanatory. During night operations, its important the crew are able to see where its going.
Life Support: Because not every planet is exactly friendly for health, the Abaven has systems installed to let the pilot survive in otherwise hostile environments, such places as little or no air.
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Weapon Systems:
Banshee Missiles:
"You don't need defeat all the enemies to win. You just need to break their morale. A panicked, scattered enemy is about effective as a well armed mob."
The Banshee Missiles are a concept created by Luthor Vancias, an Arlain immigrant back before their race became a larger minority on Alus.
It does two things. The first is the fact that upon impact it creates a bright flash of light, which can blind foes. In addition to that there is a very loud and almost eerie wailing sound the weapon makes which is painful for those with normal hearing, and in the case with those enhanced hearing can seriously hurt them.
Both the 'flash' and the loud wailing can be shut off, via the settings inside the Abaven. However, when both of these are active and hitting targets, it does indeed work on as a good morale breaking weapon. The flash disorts the target, the noise unerves them or some cases, painfully distracts and the explosion of course, kills.
Banshee's are used both on grounded targets and air, with limited homing abilities. They were made to mulch through armored targets so they can crack even tough armor given enough time.
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Maximum Effective Sixteen Miles. They cruise at a speed of around Mach ten.
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Rate Of Fire: It can fire two Banshee Missiles per twenty five seconds.
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Payload: Effectively unlimited as they are energy based missiles, but needs to be recharged.
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Bottle Neck Gun: The standard 'close' range weapon for the Abaven is the gun just under the nuzzle. This fires blast of red energy used for moderately armed targets.
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Maximum Effective Range: six Miles.
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Rate Of Fire: 3000 'rounds' per minute.
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Payload: Unlimited, but does have a serious problem over heating with continued fire, in which case it shuts off to prevent exploding.
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Havoc Missle:
These are more traditional missiles, though limited since they are more expensive to make and like normal, have limited ammo. They are commonly used to destroy large mass of troops, armor or parts of enemy bases. They are fondly nicknamed 'Little Betty' and a title most enemies don't take seriously until they are on the other end of these things.
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Maximum Effective Range: Twenty Five miles. On impact, they have a blast radius of three hundred and fifty feet in all directions. As such they aren't to be used where friendlies are nearby.
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Payload: The Abaven only carries two at a time on average. They are some times used on large ships in more numbers however.
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Rate Of Fire: They can be fired about one per half a minute
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History: The Abaven was created about forty years ago with Alus First Contact with a hostile alien race known as Bados. They had rather impressive technology in addition to be powerful Physics naturally. This combination made them dangerous and Alus more then a bit alarmed.
When the Bados attacked a peaceful undeveloped planet unprovoked and without reason, it made Alus decide to lay down the hammer and move into action. During the conflict, they found themselves needing more of a close combat support aircraft capable of destroying enemy troops and armor. This was how the Abaven came to be, the end result of tech ideas being bounced from the various races on Alus. It's a combination of Alusarian, Eldarian, and Arlain design.
It did its job well enough and impressed the army enough to make it a standard unit of Alus. It's also has had a few of Alus' allies interested in buying the Abaven design for their own use once the conflict resolved itself.
The Abaven is good as its job: destroying enemy armor or grounded/airborne infantry but its by no means perfect. One of main weaknesses of the Abaven(and Gunships in general) is that fighters can typically take it apart due to range and overwhelming speed advantage. And while it can function in space, its much out of its element, but instead of a fish out of water, its more akin to a land shark.
