Talon Shrike

The Esperia Talon Shrike is a variant of the basic Talon strike craft with smaller weapons and more missiles. The Talon Shrike trades in its Size 3 weapons for Size 1 guns, but has been modified with an internal missile bay carrying 24x Size 3 missiles. Using its maneuverability and directional Phalanx shields, the Talon Shrike delivers its missile payload quickly on-target before evading pursuit.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Features

Weapons: Even though the ship has a pair of Size 2 guns hard-points, the vehicle is famous for its missile capability. With two internal racks, each holding up to twelve Size 3 missiles, the Shrike is capable of unleashing devastating volleys of hard-hitting projectiles against its enemies.
Shielding: The Talon is famous for it unique "Phalanx" shields which offers powerful protection from a focused direction, making it ideal for devastating hit-and-run attacks typical of the Tevarin offensive strategy.
Cockpit: Even though the cockpit has been significantly modified for Human use, it is still quite different in may ways compared to other craft. From its unique single-stick control scheme to its Tevarin airshielding, to the fact that the entire cockpit is also a detachable escape pod.
Stealth: The alloy that makes up much of the Talon’s hull is a fully synthetic material, reverse-engineered in-house to replicate the uncommon stealth qualities of the mysterious metal on which it is based.
Speed: The vehicle offers blinding speeds that facilitate dive-assault tactics. This offensive approach are achieved via super-charged thrusters and a traditionally aerodynamic frame.

Specifications

Computer

1x

S0

Computer

N/A

Radar

1x

S1

Ecouter

Groupe Nouveau Paradigme

Scanner

1x

S0

Scanner

N/A

1x

S1

Scanner

N/A

Battery

1x

S1

Battery

N/A

Cooler

2x

S1

FlashFreeze

Lightning Power Ltd.

Life support

1x

S1

Life support

N/A

Power plant

1x

S1

Slipstream

Tyler Design & Tech

Self destruct

1x

S1

Self destruct (10s)

N/A

Shield generator

2x

S1

Suldrath

Souli

Fuel intake

2x

S1

Fuel intake

N/A

Fuel tank

1x

S1

Internal Tank

N/A

Quantum drive

1x

S1

Drift

RAMP Corporation

Quantum fuel tank

1x

S1

Internal Tank

N/A

Main thruster

4x

S1

Main thruster (fixed)

N/A

Maneuvering thruster

2x

S1

Retro thruster

N/A

14x

S1

Maneuvering thruster (gimbal)

N/A

Ordnance

1x

S4

MSD-683 Missile Rack

Behring Applied Technology

12x

S3

Arrester III Missile

FireStorm Kinetics

1x

S4

MSD-683 Missile Rack

Behring Applied Technology

12x

S3

Arrester III Missile

FireStorm Kinetics

Ordnance

1x

S0

Missiles

N/A

1x

S0

Missiles

N/A

Pilot weapon

1x

S2

VariPuck S2 Gimbal Mount

N/A

1x

S1

Lightstrike I Cannon

Esperia

1x

S2

VariPuck S2 Gimbal Mount

N/A

1x

S1

Lightstrike I Cannon

Esperia

Countermeasure

48x

S1

Countermeasure (decoy)

N/A

5x

S1

Countermeasure (noise)

N/A

Personal storage

1x

S1

Personal storage

250K µSCU

Weapon storage

1x

S1

Weapon storage

N/A

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Below

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Series variants

Image	Name	Description
	Talon	The base version of the Talon with a pair of S4 gun hard-points but fewer missiles.

Paints

Universe availability

Shop	Location	Price	Game build
Astro Armada	Area18	2,259,200 aUEC	3.19.0-LIVE.8478820

Gallery

Development

The Talon was originally announced in CitizenCon 2019 under the provisional name Vehicle 3.^[4] It was confirmed through an official leak on the RSI website.^[5]