STATISTICS
| Mass: 50 tons | Movement Type: Conventional SweptF Aerodyne |
| Power Plant: TME 210 Internal Combustion | Armor Type: TME 3000 Dynaslab |
| Comm Systems: TME Vox Et Deus | Cruising Accel/Airspeed: 3G, 1080 kph |
| Targeting/Tracking Systems:
TME 3000 Fokker |
Maximum Accel/Airspeed: 4.5G, 1620 kph |
| Airframe: TME AirPatrol 57 | |
| Armament: 2 TME/BTSTS-LLRM:3000 "Gentle Breeze" Long Range Missile 5-Racks 1 TME/BTSTS-LGSRM:3049 "Accurate One-Two" Streak Short Range Missile 2-Rack 2 TME/BTSTS-CPF:3000/a "Chemical Torch Pill" Flame Pill Cannon 2 TME/BTSTS-MG:3000 "Chatterbox" Machine Guns |
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OVERVIEW
The TME-97 Hellstorm is a heavy conventional air fighter for atmospheric operations, well armed for its size.
CAPABILITIES
It mounts a long-range missile five-rack on each wing for engagement and harassing fire over extended distances. Double Streak short-range guided missile two-racks along the fore of the fuselage, often loaded with both standard and Inferno ammunition, act as its primary assault weaponry. Twin machine guns in the nose act as light anti-aircraft and anti-"soft target" weaponry. Twin vehicle flamers mounted above the Streak missile racks deserve special note. Rather than firing a stream of ignited napalm (which would not work in the high winds of airborne combat), it fires a flamer bolt consisting of a brittle plastic shell surrounding a core of white phosphorus. When the bolt hits something, the plastic shell splinters and the white phosphorus ignites, engulfing the target in flames similar to a standard flamer hit.
DEPLOYMENT
The Hellstorm is popular in defensive air forces for its use in ground-attack roles.
VARIANTS
The Nazgūl is popular as an 'attrition fighter,' used in squadrons to attack large DropShips and even small WarShips. However, some pilots and commanders have complained that the Nazgūls's large lasers have insufficient range. The TME-11-A Nazgūls mounts extended range lasers, but this can cause serious heat spikes if all four are fired at once.
TME-97 Hellstorm Heavy Conventional Fighter |
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| 35 tons | Conventional Fighter | Safe Thrust: 6 (1080kph) | Max Thrust: 9 (1620kph) |
| Engine: 210 ICE | Engine Mass: 14 t | Cockpit Mass: 3 t | No Heat Sinks |
| Fuel Capacity: 30 (320) | Structure Integ: 6 | Armor Mass: 2t | Armor Points: 32 |
ARMOR (Aerotech) |
EQUIPMENT |
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| LRM-5 | Left Wing | ||
| Nose: | 6 |
12 LRM-5 shots | Left Wing |
| Left/Right Wing: | 6 / 6 |
LRM-5 | Right Wing |
| Fuselage: | 8 |
12 LRM-5 shots | Right Wing |
| Cockpit: | 2 |
2 Streak SRM-2 | Nose |
| Engine: | 4 |
24 standard Streak SRM-2 shots | Nose |
ARMOR (Aerotech 2) |
24 Inferno Streak SRM-2 shots | Nose | |
| Nose: | 10 |
2 Machine Guns | Nose |
| Left/Right Wing: | 8 / 8 |
200 Machine Gun shots | Nose |
| Rear: | 6 |
2 Vehicle Flamers | Nose |
| 30 Vehicle Flamer shots | Nose | ||