FACT FILE: A-44 Hurricane

The Hurricane is most famous for its ability to deliver a payload on target via a high altitude diving attack, but it is a very good gun platform as well. Its heavy beam phaser, exactly the same as that carried by the Eagle, is more than capable of destroying armored targets. This weapon unfortunately draws a lot of power, but that is offset somewhat by the other armament carried by the Hurricane.

Primary Function: Close Air Support

Secondary Function: Precision Dive Bombing

Crew: 1

Armor Rating: 4

Force Field Rating: 5

Deflector Shield Rating: 0

Airframe Durability: 5

Agility Factor: 4

Acceleration Factor: 4

Endurance (hours at standard cruise): 8

Sensor Level: 2

Computer Level: 3

Offensive Systems

• Guns:
• 1 - Mk/7 Heavy Beam Phaser, centerline under nose
• 2 - Mk/4 Rapid Pulse Phasers, wing mounted
• 2 - 25 mm Rapid Fire Gauss Guns, fuselage mounted on either side of centerline
• Internal Hardpoints:
• 1 - 500 kg capacity, centerline mounted ordnance bay
• External Hardpoints:
• 2 - Light pylons, under wing mount, outboard station
• 2 - Medium pylons, under wing mount, inboard station
• 1 - Heavy pylon, centerline under fuselage

Defensive Systems

• ECM Capability: 4
• Flare Packs: 18
• Chaff Packs: 18
• Decoys: 0

Special Equipment: 1200 rounds of 25 mm ammo (500 rounds per gun)

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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