Well, the stripped down GT-version is really aimed to fly under the PEPPER Radar. It's got a light self-defense armament (2xhardpoints and a gun, with limited options in more basic fire control software), and none of the EW goodies - only the IDAR remains because it's partly structural, kinda unique, and can be justified on safety grounds as improving visibility and awareness rather than actually being a weapon. It goes fast and looks like a fighter jet - it's aimed at people who want something to get around in that goes fast, has some braggable numbers and looks like a fighter jet, rather than to be useful as an actual weapon.(It's a fair strategy to adopt - not building actual weapons as such, but a sports/performance machine that can defend itself if needs be). It can still be destructive in the wrong hands, but nowhere near as dangerous as the E-model.
The Full-Fat E version is like buying a rifle in Ireland. That's the sort of thing that requires background checks and application forms and good character references to buy along with proper storage and security procedures to keep it from being stolen by undesirables. It's probably out of reach for all but a few individuals... most of whom can either build better themselves, or would have no interest. The hardpoints are fully enabled for anti-radiation missiles and the like, and it comes with the full sensor and computer package -and the ability to do some pretty dangerous things to convention communications and radar tracking in the wrong hands. Tricking a traffic controller into putting two starliners on a collision course would be trivial...
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The Full-Fat E version is like buying a rifle in Ireland. That's the sort of thing that requires background checks and application forms and good character references to buy along with proper storage and security procedures to keep it from being stolen by undesirables. It's probably out of reach for all but a few individuals... most of whom can either build better themselves, or would have no interest. The hardpoints are fully enabled for anti-radiation missiles and the like, and it comes with the full sensor and computer package -and the ability to do some pretty dangerous things to convention communications and radar tracking in the wrong hands. Tricking a traffic controller into putting two starliners on a collision course would be trivial...
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?