Eidolon
==The Base Jet
Eidolon (Taking it's name from a 'hero' within a recent subfiction of the Supers) was the second spacecraft born out of an aborted project by SHIELD to try adapt the RF-155-E series to their own needs. After Taylor Hebert and Theresa Richter, three uprated spacecrafted were designed and proposed, and construction on Eidolon begun before the administrator of the project was promoted to another office. When the plug got pulled, the empty shell was delivered from Haephestus. The program showed enough merit for a long-range, cruising and adaptable platform that Great Justice funded it's completion.
Like 'Becky' it's a fairly standard spaceframe, with the same enhanced engines and propulsion package, stripping out the primary armament, instead offering the option of fitting up to three Valkyrie-style FAST packs. Only three were ever built- adapted from Valkyrie packs rather than being specifically designed, but, on paper, Eidolon could've been adapted to just about any mission role, given the right packs and interface software.
On paper
== Quirks.
Well, there's the usual Asagiri useability issues. It's a design philosphy that rewards mastery, at the expense of a cliff-like learning curve new pilots.
In combat simulations against drones and mock battles against other fighter craft Eidolon performed far below expectations. Despite multiple attempts and modifications, it struggled to deliver power to both the main engines and all three FAST packs, in spite of the main systems being, on paper, more than capable of delivering the demands of its systems, and ultimate fell short of the performance goals of Great Justice, being mothballed for the trouble.
Maybe it just needed worthy opponents.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
==The Base Jet
Eidolon (Taking it's name from a 'hero' within a recent subfiction of the Supers) was the second spacecraft born out of an aborted project by SHIELD to try adapt the RF-155-E series to their own needs. After Taylor Hebert and Theresa Richter, three uprated spacecrafted were designed and proposed, and construction on Eidolon begun before the administrator of the project was promoted to another office. When the plug got pulled, the empty shell was delivered from Haephestus. The program showed enough merit for a long-range, cruising and adaptable platform that Great Justice funded it's completion.
Like 'Becky' it's a fairly standard spaceframe, with the same enhanced engines and propulsion package, stripping out the primary armament, instead offering the option of fitting up to three Valkyrie-style FAST packs. Only three were ever built- adapted from Valkyrie packs rather than being specifically designed, but, on paper, Eidolon could've been adapted to just about any mission role, given the right packs and interface software.
On paper
== Quirks.
Well, there's the usual Asagiri useability issues. It's a design philosphy that rewards mastery, at the expense of a cliff-like learning curve new pilots.
In combat simulations against drones and mock battles against other fighter craft Eidolon performed far below expectations. Despite multiple attempts and modifications, it struggled to deliver power to both the main engines and all three FAST packs, in spite of the main systems being, on paper, more than capable of delivering the demands of its systems, and ultimate fell short of the performance goals of Great Justice, being mothballed for the trouble.
Maybe it just needed worthy opponents.
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________________________________
--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?