Defender

As described, the Defender has engine problems. The mass allocated to Acceleration is more than enough to give the craft an acceleration of 3. This introduces an upgraded-engine model (also described in the book), with it's full acceleration potential realized.

There is also a Red Fox Industries version of the Defender. Personally, I think the rear fuselage of the Defender should have no armor at all; just look at that tail mount. And take a look at those wings, they are huge. Thus, I have moved some armor from the back of the fuselage to the front of the wings, and added the extra armor to the wings as well. This gives the defender more wing than fuselage armor.

Name Defender PR-II Defender (Red Fox)

Base Target Number 7 7

Speed 3 3

G-rating 4 4

Acceleration 3 2

Gun 3 30 30

Gun 4 30 30

Gun 5 30 30

Gun 6 50 50

Gun 7 50 50

Gun 8 30 30

Armor 140 160

Front
20/30/20 40/30/40

Rear
20/30/20 20/10/20

Free Weight 20 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.

Basic Refit Red Fox

Base Complexity 15 16 17

Inferior Engine -1 -1 -

Inferior Weapons (all) -2 -2 -1

Reduced Visibility -1 -1 -1

Bargain +2 +2 -

Total 13 14 15

Cost $5.000 $5.500 $8.800