Hughes P21-J Devastator
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An old double-decker design, the devastator is quick, fast, and pushes high Gs. A design like that should be small, no question about it, so we reduced it's size to 6, adding the difference in wing armor. Double deckers have wing redundancy. We also switched Speed and G values on all models.
There are three variants of the Devastator currently produced by DeBruin.
Hughes P21-J Mk II Devastator
We have also included an old Devastator model, the MkII of '35, which has a nice weapon mix, at the cost of some acceleration.
Hughes P21-J Mk IV P Devastator
The Pursuit model, Mk IV P, is considered the 'standard' model, and is described in the rulebook.
Hughes P21-J Mk IV F Devastator
The most interesting variant is the Mk IV F, or fighter, that trades G for firepower. Wing stress from the extra weapons also reduced their durability. Significantly heavier and more sluggish than a normal Devastator, it is based on Whitney's Neglect, the famous craft frown by Jonathan "Ghengis" Kahn. DeBruin started making such conversions on demand, as other customers sought to emulate the famous pirate, and the model became so popular that it is now considered a standard model.
| Name | Mk II ['35) | Mk IV P | Mk IV F |
| Base Target Number | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Speed | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| G-rating | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Acceleration | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Gun 1 | 50 | 60 | |
| Gun 2 | 50 | ||
| Gun 3 | 40 | ||
| Gun 4 | |||
| Gun 5 | 40 | ||
| Gun 6 | 40 | 60 | |
| Gun 7 | 40 | 60 | |
| Gun 8 | 40 | ||
| Armor: | 300 | 300 | 250 |
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50/50/50 | 50/50/50 | 40/50/40 |
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50/50/50 | 50/50/50 | 40/40/40 |
| Free Weight | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Design
Included here is l as a list of the relevant Special Characteristics of the plane, a design complexity, and a price calculated from these values.
| Mk II | Mk IV F | Mk IV P | ||||
| Base Complexity | 16 | 15 | 17 | |||
| Cramped Cockpit | -1 | - | -1 | |||
| Difficult to Bail | -1 | -1 | -1 | |||
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| Total | 14 | 14 | 15 | |||
| Cost | $8.000 | $8.200 | $8.200 | |||