Starhawk interstellar fighter

This small space-superiority interstellar fighter is a fast, agile design intended for dogfights and strafing.

It is thin skinned but heavily protected by a defensive force screen.

Unusual for fighters, it has an engine room for repairs and a bunk for its crew to allow interstellar voyages.

The Starhawk’s 15m long streamlined hull masses 30 tons (SM +5).

Some fleet units that have gotten the TL 11 upgrades use this as their 30 ton fighter, offering a large increase in combat power over the previous Meteor, but mostly it is used as in fighter squadrons that are not tasked to fleets.

This is the more prestigious starfighter than the Hornet.

Front Hull System

• [1] Hardened Nanocomposite Armor.
• [2] Major Battery (fixed mount 20cm missile launcher).
• [3-4!] Major Batteries (fixed mount 10 MJ X-ray laser each).
• [5] Control Room (C7 computer, comm/sensor 5, and one control station).
• [6!] Light Force Screen (dDR 20).

Central Hull System

• [1] Hardened Nanocomposite Armor.
• [2] Tactical Array (comm/sensor 7).
• [3] Defensive ECM.
• [4!] Stardrive Engine (FTL-1.5).
• [5-6,core] habitat: 1 bunk+2 person Life-support.

Rear Hull System

• [1] Hardened Nanocomposite Armor.
• [2-4!] Super reactionless engines (10G acceleration each).
• [5] Engine Room (one workspace).
• [6,core] Super Fusion Reactor (four Power Points).

It has wings and gravitic compensators. Typical crew is a pilot and a sensor tech/engineer.