F-29D Strigon

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The is a USR ground attack craft.

Description
The Strigon is the successor to the long serving Vampire, being a heavily redesigned and modified iteration. The Vampire has been so heavily modified it, it contains few parts in common with the original.

The Strigon is fast, rapid aircraft, perfect for aerial interception of targets and protection of larger and slower aircraft. The Strigon is designed for maximum speed and agility in atmosphere, with reasonable shielding and heavy weapons. The Strigon carries two fore heavy plasma cannon, one carried on each boom, and two weapon pods on each boom, then on the central pod it carries a heavy needle cannon, capable of annihilating opposing fighters, and a directed electromagnetic pulse beam, referred to as a stasis cannon, which fires a low yield EM beam capable of disabling shielding on most fighters, and slowing down or outright stopping unshielded aircraft dead in the air. This allows it to take on larger aircraft very effectively, though the stasis beam is ineffectual in exoatmospheric conditions. It possess good agility and speed in atmospheric conditions, tough behaves much closer to jet propelled aircraft that repulsor engined aircraft. The Strigon, unlike its predecessor, lacks anti-gravity generators, preventing it from hovering on the spot, but allows for increased speed.

The Strigon is used by the USR to gain aerial supremacy, being more effective than Seraph fighters or Banshee GSA in atmospheric conditions. It can also be seen escorting dropships, bombers and warships in atmosphere, or covering slow attack aircraft in ground operations.

Notable Squadrons

 * Malakhim Squadron