Observer R&D 8: Interceptor module
Model: Observer interceptor moduleType: speed, maneuverability, and targeting module
Scale: Star fighter
Length: 10 meters
Systems: combat predictor, 2 forward sensor prongs, 4 maneuvering ion fins, Heavy laser canon enhancement to the medium laser canons, 2 large engines and two more smaller ones. (Total of 6 engines now)
Additions made to the Modular fighter
Normal Speed: 110 MGLT
Adjusted speed: 150 MGLT
hot (running in the red)- 175 mglt
Manuvering- Normal : 75 DPF
Adjusted: 163 DPF
Ranged targeting system- allows for firing from greater distances and improves ability to
Hit targets that are within normal ranged distance.
The Observer moduals take off where the hyper space ring left off. The Device latches onto the outer hull of the Jedi class start fighter the Aethersprite-7. The module extension adds speed to the fighter crafts capabilities.
It has four additional engines added to the modular fighter. Two larger ones mounted next to the cockpit and two smaller ones placed on each wing to aid in high speed turns, one of them fires more then the other to help improve turn speeds. The ship can run safely at 150 MGLT. Though it has been clocked running in the red at 175 MGLT.
To help to make this a maneuverable craft even at high speeds the module integrates a unique impulse system. The exhaust let off by the large engines pushes them to the point that they could over load. The fins then help by draining off excess ionic energy. But when needed they can also take in enough Ionic energy to create ionic energy thrusters that makes the ship highly acrobatic at all speeds. Depending on how the fins are angled the fighter can bank, turn, dive, spin, ect. on a dime.
Heavy laser canon enhancements to the medium laser canons are included. By linking into the existing system the module does not need to implement an entirely new weapons system that would be more expensive and space consuming.
Two heavy sensor prongs are located in the front of the ship. They extend the foward long range sensors increasing sensor range for passive scanning and firing accuracy.
Lastly the combat predictor is added to the ship and linked to the extended and improved sensors. Allowing for greater accuracy when targeting an opponent. In addition a pilot can use the predictor to help plot out enemy maneuvers that a pilot may not see ahead of time, allowing a pilot to narrowly avoid an unfamiliar maneuver that could have other wise cost him his life. Making this modulized fighter almost precognitive in its ability to avoid dangerous situations.
The fighter is a difficult one to manage at high speeds and only a person with the utmost training or jedi like reflexes could get the most out of a fighter this fast and maneuverable.
PICTURE OF THE MODULE FIGHTER
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Comments
#15 4:00am 22/10/03
*sigh*
Vonta, the point is, if you want to use a combat predictor in your tech, feel free. There's nothing stopping you from developing such a tech, or implementing something like it in your ship. What is the problem right now is that you are saying that you have an Imperial combat predictor, which appears to have been tested once and then scrapped, rendering it impossible to obtain.
Go ahead and add an algorithmic combat predictor to your ship; I doubt anyone will really care. I don't know how you're going to calculate the edge you get with it, but that's something you will have to figure out.
#14 3:04am 22/10/03
Now I have two cuts from [u]Spectre of the Past[/u] from the excerpts I have supplied.
("You only gave it two passes to study the targets' flight patterns," Ardiff reminded him. "[b]With more data, it could have better anticipated their movements[/b].")
The next is from the Book [u]Hard Merchandise[/u].
([b]The more confrontations[/b] that you have with him [b]the bigger the operational data base he has to extrapolate from about what your next moves[/b] are going to be)
The stated functions are in fact the same on the bounty hunters system as it is on the imperial system. So even if it is not out right called a 'combat predictor' becuase of the fact that they both perform the same functions they can still both be defined as combat predictors.
And it has been stated that you are a pain in the ass Drayson but you never seem to change either.
#13 2:58am 22/10/03
Vonta, it's been pointed out to you on several occasions that "Emperial" is not a word. And you still do it.
Prove that there were other combat predictors. i.e., a quote saying "He had a combat predictor."
#12 2:32am 22/10/03
Drayson take your comments about spelling and what not that you use to try and make your self look superior and shut up already.
The point is that other people then the empire had the combat predictor technology. The empire does not hold exclusivity in the realm of such technology. If you argue the point that I cannot use the imperial combat predictor then I well simply replace them with a Combat predictor. Becuase of the fact that they do, in fact, exist out side of the empire.
and no. An algorith does not make a machine but and algorith combined with: "state of the art equipment" does make a machine. And that is all that the Imperial combat predictor is, a combination of algoriths with state of the art equipment.
So do not try to confuse the point.
#11 2:20am 22/10/03
Vonta... did that post have a point? You quoted information (which I knew) about the Predictor, and you gave some quote relating to Hard Merchandise.
"He's got some sort of predictive algorithms wired to his gear that I've never encountered before."
Go look up algorith; it does not translate as "machine". It's a mathmatical process. From the sound of your quote, your Bounty Hunter has a handful of answers stored to predict common moves.
Lastly, there is no such thing as an "Emperial Predictor".
The word you are looking for is IMPERIAL.
#10 2:03am 22/10/03
"Pellaeon has a cloaking device and the Computerized Combat Predictor installed aboard the Chimaera for trials. The Predictor is touted as the most practical way to use the cloaking device, but the trials prove it to be largely ineffective. Faced with the fact that the Empire is no longer a force to be reckoned with, Pellaeon realizes it's time to consider a treaty with the New Republic. (SP; whether this was a new invention, or an upgrade of the predictor mentioned in SWN, isn't specified.) "
SWN: Lucas, George. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker. New York: Del Rey, 1976.
[url=http://jsarek.freeservers.com/admirals.htm]jsarek.freeservers.com/admirals.htm[/url]
There was infact a working proto-type on the Chemera. One that was developed over years. Meaning that the prototype was present in other computer systems that were not the Chemera. So plans could be found around the empire.
The following is an excerpt from spectre of the past.
[quote](Pellaeon grimaced. One. Out of eight targets, the Chimaerahad been able to hit exactly one. And that great feat had required five hundred shots to achieve.
So that was that. The wonderful Computerized Combat Predictor, touted by its creators and sponsors as the best approach to practical use of the cloaking shield, had been put to the test. And to be fair, it had probably done better than simple random shooting.
But it hadn't done enough better. Not nearly enough.
"Inform Adversary Commander that the exercise is over," Pellaeon told the comm officer. "Target Three may reactivate its systems; all ships are to return to the Chimaera. I want their reports filed within the next two hours."
"Yes, sir."
"I'm sure they'll be able to improve it, Admiral," Ardiff said at Pellaeon's side. "This was just the first field test. Surely they'll be able to improve it."
"How?" Pellaeon retorted. "Train the Predictor to be omniscient? Or simply teach it how to read our enemies' minds?"
"You only gave it two passes to study the targets' flight patterns," Ardiff reminded him. "With more data, it could have better anticipated their movements."
Pellaeon snorted gently. "It's a nice theory, Captain, and under certain controlled situations it might even work. But combat is hardly a controlled situation. There are far too many variables and unknowns, especially considering the hundreds of alien species and combat styles we have to contend with. I knew from the beginning that this Predictor idea was probably futile. But it had to be tried."
"Well, then, we just have to go back to mark zero," Ardiff said. "Come up with something else. There have to be practical uses for this cloaking shield device."
"Of course there are," Pellaeon agreed heavily. "Grand Admiral Thrawn devised three of them himself. But there's no one left in the Empire with his military genius."
He sighed. "No, Captain. It's over. It's all over. And we've lost.") [/quote]
Now there are other such combat predictors on the market even if it were not in fact emperial in nature.
In the Book [u]Hard Merchandise[/u], from the bounty hunters triligy series. There is another ship that was vaunted to have a combat predictor capability.
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Osss-10
hailed as the "new breed" of bounty hunter after the dissolution of the True Guild and the Guild Reform Committee, this individual was equipped with state-of-the-art hardware. Many believed that Osss-10 had corporate or other forms of sponsorship, in order to afford the equipment he used. However, Osss-10 was outsmarted by Boba Fett, who was piloting N'dru Suhlak's Z-95 Headhunter, during Fett's search for the load shifter droid owned by Kuat of Kuat. (HM)[/quote]
- The star wars encyclopedia
[quote]("I've never seen this Osss-10 guy face to face, don't know where he comes from, but i've already had some real unpleasant encounters with him. Somebody with a lot of credits must be bankrolling him: He's got all of the state of the art equipment, plus he's a real genius at programing his on board computers. He's got some sort of predictive algorithms wired to his gear that I've never encountered before. The more confrontations that you have with him the bigger the operational data base he has to extrapolate from about what your next moves are going to be-just like he did right now. If he gets any smarter he's going to be able to know what I'm going to do before I know!") [/quote]
An excerpt from Hard Merchandies as to the capabilities of the Osss-10's prediction systems.
Now I have two cuts from [u]Spectre of the Past[/u] from the excerpts I have supplied.
("You only gave it two passes to study the targets' flight patterns," Ardiff reminded him. "[b]With more data, it could have better anticipated their movements[/b].")
The next is from the Book [u]Hard Merchandise[/u].
([b]The more confrontations[/b] that you have with him [b]the bigger the operational data base he has to extrapolate from about what your next moves[/b] are going to be)
Both use a system that predicts the moves of your opponent based on collected data. One comes from the empire the other comes from a bounty hunter's space craft. Thus proving that there were other combat predictors then the one developed by Pellaeon's empire. And that there are more then was more then just a single combat predictor developed in the SWU. So the empire cannot claim exclusivity to this tech.
So if I am not allowed to use an [b]EMPERIAL[/b] combat predictor then I would like to leave out the emperial and just say that it has a combat predictor then. Seeing as they are avalible to the universe at large although they are somewhat expensive as stated in the book [u]Hard Merchandise[/u].
Kas, so she is in fact allowed to come into another persons thread demanding that you...
"Take off the Imperial Combat Predictor. That's Imperial technology, and last time I checked you weren't the Empire."
-Drayson
Managing to be rude and overbearing all at the same time. I know for a fact if I did something like this several of your peers on staff would give me a citation and come just short of banning me for over stepping my bounds. Only staff are allowed to be so bossy you people make that clear daily.
#9 11:26pm 21/10/03
[quote] The only Predictor ever developed was deployed to the Star Destroyer Chimaera, Palleon's own flagship. Explain, please, how you managed to get it.[/quote]
Unless Drayson is blatantly lying about the Predictor, the above phrase would void out anyone but those with ultra solid IC connections, ultra solid as in, being the Empire, or the company that manufactured the item.
Yes, Drayson's statement t'was a bit harsh, but you included a tech in your ship that a remnant of the Empire had only one of based off of an IC connection to over a year and a half old OOC wise - I'll bet you good money that fewer than 50% of current TRF members would be able to recall what you are talking about in relation to TRA, etc. The fact that only one of these was constructed in the EU makes it pretty doggon impossible for anyone at all to build it, even more so for someone's who's claim is that he used to own a few imperial planets.
I'm not saying that your IC history and connections are null and void, I'm just saying that when using such an old connection to such an absolutely rare tech you have to be a lot more specific about how you obtained the item.
#8 5:51pm 21/10/03
Computer Combat Predictor
this starship weapons system, developed by Imperial engineers in the decade after the death of Admiral Thrawn, was designed to assist a cloaked starship. At its most advanced design, a cloaking device hid a starship from outside view, but also left the starship blind as to its surroundings. Thus, if it was discovered while cloaked, a starship was unable to safely maneuver, let alone anticipate an attack. The Predictor was developed to assist in predicting the attack of incoming starfighters, interfacing with the weapons systems to fire autoamtically in a set pattern. Supreme Commander Pellaeon tested the initial version of the Predictor ten years after Thrawn's death, and found the system still lacking any true accuracy.
-The star wars encyclopedia
All right then Kas, but also in the previous thread, Carrier support cruiser R&D, you asked me to justify the use of imperial technology. TNA had taken several former imperial worlds that gained it use of imperial technologies developed by the Empire. This was a the far future in the SWU so that is more then feasible. The technologies (Be it schematics for the tech or the actual ship/device itself), such as the combat predictor, strike class cruisers, ISD I and II, Positronic droid, Super-class SD's, the Aegis line of cruisers, etc. Of witch became public or at least had information about them stored at installations that fell into the hands of varies different induvidual groups and governments over the years that found the tech.
Now, TNA had access to several imperial worlds. Not just one. I have access to every thing that the Alliance knew.
Further more you and the rest of the Mods approved my use of the device several times before now without question. TNO is not the same empire that pellion served in they are a future group. So the emperial tech is not totally exclusive to future emperials that follow the same tangent as pelleons empire. Other groups like TNA gained the same use of technologies as purely empirial groups like TNO.
Now drayson came in making a sweeping order, a [b]command[/b] as it were, as if she were a mod. That is what I am irritated about here kas. I thought that only mods were allowed to be so blatant in reguard to making commands? Seeing as they are the only ones with the real power to do anything about it.
She can suggest but not be so gun-ho as if she was in charge around here or as if she were a staff member or mod.
#7 3:31pm 21/10/03
Drayson is correct, just because you capture a key imperial world doesn't mean you have access to *all* their top secret techs.
#6 5:27am 21/10/03
[quote]There is your IC connection for the double-blind cloak in any Observer R&D's.[/quote]
[quote]Well, I guess that satisfies the requirement.[/quote]
Very well. Where is the IC connection to use the Predictor? The cloak is not the same thing as the Predictor. In fact, the Imperial Predictor was not created until well after the Thrawn Trilogy.
And if you're going to try and press this point:
[quote]TRF history takes a different tangent then the original SWU so hence the different history.
This NR had a different history then the original. If you want Drayson I well pull the thread in which TNA took wayland. Basically the history IC here is history[/quote].
If TRF history is so radically different, then you are using a technology that doesn't even exist. Cool!
The only Predictor ever developed was deployed to the Star Destroyer [i]Chimaera[/i], Palleon's own flagship. Explain, please, how you managed to get it.
You didn't find it on Wayland, or the Almanian moons.
#5 4:54am 21/10/03
Are you just to plain lazy to read the link or what drayson?
I have permission from kass in that previous thread, hence I do not need to get permission now.
Esspecially from someone that has no official say in this R&D.
And whom, I might add, is not welcome in this thread.
And I have used this tech in other R&Ds. Thus further proving the validity of what I am saying.
That is, I all ready have permission.
#4 4:48am 21/10/03
If you're going to say something, at least make it readable. That was quite a pain to try and work through.
Thanks.
And explain where you got the technology for the Predictor. It's not like you can claim "Oh, we captured this planet, therefor we have all your technology."
Come on.
#3 3:52am 21/10/03
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As stated in the above link I have access to imperial technologies becuae of the Almanian moons that held the TNA tech information last round.
You tried this route in that thread as well.
[quote]Last round was last round yes. But the history left over from last round remains even if the ships that we had build last round do not.
As I said, the Alderaanian guard were left untouched by the TRE last round so all that they knew IC when they were affiliated with TNA remained intact this round along with the IC group.[/quote]
myself
[quote]Well, I guess that satisfies the requirement.[/quote]
Kass
[quote]Mount Tantiss was obliterated by the New Republic. There was nothing left of it except 6 datacards...[/quote]
Drayson
[quote]TRF history takes a different tangent then the original SWU so hence the different history.
This NR had a different history then the original. If you want Drayson I well pull the thread in which TNA took wayland. Basically the history IC here is history.[/quote]
myself.
[quote]I know, just sayin'.[/quote]
Drayson
I have permission to use this tech now just as I made clear that had permission to do so then. It is also included in my Cloak module tech BTW. So unless you are one of the mods stay out of my R&D threads becuase you have absolutely no say in what I can and cannot do and your input is most un-welcome.
#2 3:39am 21/10/03
Take off the Imperial Combat Predictor. That's Imperial technology, and last time I checked you weren't the Empire.
#1 3:17am 21/10/03
I would also like to know wether or not the Observers qualifiy for the Soft cap that is allowing many groups to have well over the stated 10 R&D's.
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