Hurricane

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The Anvil Aerospace A4A Hurricane is a fighting spacecraft that packs a deadly punch into a slight fuselage. The spacecraft compensates for its lack of creature comforts with its powerful armament: six ballistic guns capable of blasting their way through nearly anything. Hurricane pilots have yet to find an enemy shield they can't knock down. Template:RSI

Design

The Hurricane is fast, but not nimble, and is designed to rush in to threatened areas before rushing back out to regroup. It is a close- to mid-range ship, similar to the Gladius. It is designed to work with other fighters and support ships rather than for long-range patrols. A small power plant, zero cargo space, and weak shields and hull emphasize its role as a fragile attack ship; relying on the raw speed of its engine and the hull-busting power of its guns to protect itself.

The Hurricane features a powerful quad-gun turret in its centre, allowing for a gunner to support the pilot with accurate fire as well as other multi-crew features like radar and missile locks; leaving the pilot free to focus on maneuvering the fragile ship. Both the pilot and gunner will have ejection seats to protect themselves if the ship is critically damaged. Template:RSIref

Tactics

The Hurricane was designed as a "Zoom and Boom" fighter; unloading its full complement of guns at a target in an attack run before flying away at high speed to reload, recharge, and avoid return fire. In groups, the Hurricane favours using alternative waves of attack runs, with counterattacks facing the full crossfire of multiple Hurricanes.

Ballistic weapons will likely be the primary loadout for the Hurricane; it simply does not have the power output to maintain energy weapons in addition to its shields and thrusters. Missiles round out the default loadout, which can be used to finish off a crippled ship from the initial attack run.

History

Origins

The Hurricane was originally developed in 2607, during the Second Tevarin War, by Casse Aerospace. It was specifically designed to destroy Tevarin ships as quickly as possible the moment their phalanx shields failed. It was deployed to UEE Fleets near the end of the war and only saw limited usage. Although it was effective during the war, it soon fell out of favor and was quickly decommissioned. Template:RSI

Redevelopment

During the second major Vanduul incursion in 2871, a UEE report showed that the longer a human pilot was engaged in combat with the Vanduul, the less likely they were to survive. In response, the UEE Navy requested new concepts for an alpha strike fighter that had enough "focused firepower" to quickly destroy Vanduul fighters. Anvil Aerospace redeveloped the aging Hurricane design in order to quickly produce a fighter that the Navy needed, and by 2878 new wings of Hurricane were being deployed on the front-lines.

During the The Fall of Caliban, the Hurricane proved to be very effective in clearing out Vanduul fighter wings, allowing many civilian convoys to evacuate safely from the Caliban system. It's success against the Vanduul have made it a key component of both the UEE Navy and Marine fleets. Template:RSI

Pirate Usage

Although the Hurricane was only produced for the UEE Military until 2947, several pirate groups have stolen them since their Anvil redesign. Most prominently, the Argul Dawn and the Otoni Syndicate have used them very effectively to ambush and disabled cargo convoys. The Argul Dawn was so efficient with their Hurricane wings that the Advocacy launched several high-risk raids against the Argul Dawns headquarters at Echo Eleven. Template:RSI

Civilian Release

Even though it is one of the oldest ship designs still flying, Anvil brought it to the civilian market in 2947.

Model

Factory Specifications

Type	Max Size	Size	Manufacturer	Model
Power Plant	TBD	S1	Amon & Reese	AMRS OverDrive
Shields	TBD	S1	Gorgon Defender	AllStop
Cooling System	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Propulsion

Type	Max Thrust Rating	Thrust Rating	Manufacturer	Model	Amount
Primary Thruster	TR2	TR2	TBD	TBD	1
Maneuvering Thruster	TR1	TR1	TBD	TBD	8

Weapon Hardpoints

Max Size	Size	Manufacturer	Model	Mount	Position	Amount
S4	S3	KnightBridge Arms	11-Series Broadsword	Gimbal	Nose	2
S2	S2	Firestorm Kinetics	2x Ignite II	Pylon	Missile Bay	2
S3	S1	KnightBridge Arms	4x 11-Series Broadsword	Manned Turret	Manned Turret	1

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Development

Originally the Hurricane was an option in the poll for the third starter shipTemplate:RSI but it lost to the Reliant. The concept was subsequently changed to a heavier fighter.

Pledge price history

Date	Pledge cost (USD)	Insurance	Availability	Sale
2017-02-24	175 (Warbond -- 160)	LTI	Time limited	Concept sale Template:RSI