FACT FILE: A-33 Stingray

The A-33 Stingray is unique among the Strategic aerospace craft used by the SFMC, because it is equipped with a rear firing turret. Fast, agile and capable of defending itself from nearly any angle, the Stingray is very popular with its pilots. When equipped with extra countermeasures, including detachable ECM modules (mounted in place of two missiles), the Stingray can function as a reasonable replacement for the E-3 Guardian.

Primary Function: Space Assault/Attack

Secondary Function: None

Crew: 1

Armor Rating: 4

Force Field Rating: 0

Deflector Shield Rating: 5

Airframe Durability: 5

Agility Factor: 5

Acceleration Factor: 6

Maximum Warp Endurance: 8 hours at Warp 9.6

Sensor Level: 3

Computer Level: 4

Offensive Systems

• Guns:
• 2 - Mk/7 Heavy Beam Phasers, centerline under nose
• 2 - Mk/6 Heavy Pulse Phasers, aft turret mount
• Internal Hardpoints:
• 1 - 300 kg capacity centerline ordnance bay
• External Hardpoints:
• 4 - Light rails, wing mount (2 port, 2 starboard)

Defensive Systems

• ECM Capability: 4
• Flare Packs: 6
• Chaff Packs: 12
• Decoys: 0

Special Equipment: Aft mounted turret, mounting twin Mk/6 Heavy Pulse Phasers. Turret may fire at targets in a 135 degree arc, both vertically and horizontally.

The Equipment Rating System
The preceeding descriptions of aerospace craft use a rating system, rather than precise numbers. This is to simplify the factsheets, and to make it easier to understand how each specific aerospace craft compares to others. A value of zero (0) means none, while a value of 1 means minimal and 10 means maximum within a given statistic.

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Material on this page ruthlessly plagerized from the SFMC's Aerospace Branch Manual by Matt Kelley and available from SFMC Academy.

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