Stealth Raulonve Fighter Pod

(Version 1.0 - Last updated: 01/04/03)  
Background and RPG Statistics by Kenneth Olson
Based on an original design presented in Macross Digital Mission VF-X

BACKGROUND 

The Raulonve Fighter Pod was the standard aerospace fighter for the Imperial Zentraedi Forces until the end of the Robotech Empire.  The Raulonve, like the Regult Tactical Battle Pod, was simple to operate, maintain, and easy to mass produce.  REF intelligence estimates that over 500 million Raulonve Fighter Pods were produced throughout the Robotech Wars.  Like all Zentraedi designs, the major fault in the standard Raulonve Fighter Pod was its lack of armor which is incapable of resisting damage from anti-mecha weaponry of any caliber.  As the war with the Disciples of Zor and the continuing conflict with the Invid continued to drain away resources, the Robotech Masters could no longer afford their disposable Zentraedi mecha.  They quickly came to the conclusion that in order to win, they must field higher quality units.

The Stealth Raulonve Fighter pod retains much from its earlier design, including the basic internal structure and relatively simple flight controls.  Zentraedi warriors previous trained in the standard design could be quickly taught to pilot the newer stealthy version with under 5 hours of training.  The newer design, however, is a major upgrade from the standard model and possess improved armor, weaponry, and a much reduced radar cross section.  The new design mounts two single-barreled  Makral Martszur Type 5A particle beam cannons on a strut coming out of the main body.  Each particle cannon is capable of firing nearly twice the energy of the earlier Mk-3 models.  The Stealth Fighter Pod mounts two Touwhaug Gativar-12 medium range missile launcher on the ventral and dorsal sides of the fighter.  Each missile launcher can fire medium range Whernid Awhaug missiles in volleys up to three missiles, with an additional nine missile ready to fire.

The armor on the Stealth Fighter Pod is an advanced titanium alloy.  Although, not capable of with standing the damage of contemporary Earth units, the Stealth Raulonve is resistant against all small arms and weaponry up to 20 mm in caliber.  However, multiple hits from medium caliber weapons, such as the 55mm GU-11, or single shots from heavy weapons, such as the 120mm Smoothbore cannon on the Spartas Hovertank, will quickly destroy the unit.  The unit is designed to have a reduced radar cross section and is covered with an advanced radar absorbing material which reduces the units radar cross section to approximately 5 dBsm at X-Band.  

Unfortunately for the Robotech Masters, the depletion of resources caused by the incessant fighting made mass production of the Stealth Fighter Pod impossible.  Only 45,000 units were produced from 1984 until production ended just prior to the departure of the Imperial Fleet in 2011.  Nearly all of the Stealth Fighter Pods were destroyed during the Zentraedi Rain of Death on 18-April 2011; however, REF forces did encounter several units armed with Stealth Raulonve during the Sentinel campaign and subsequent mop-up operations. 

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type:  Stealth Raulonve "Stealth Fighter Pod"
Class:  One person Zentraedi Aerospace Fighter
Manufacturer:  Tirolian Empire
Crew:  One pilot wearing Tactical Life Support System
Service History:
Stealth Raulonve:  Served with the Zentraedi Imperial Forces from 1985 until 2011

MDC BY LOCATION:

Location MDC
Particle Beam Cannons 50 each
Engine Thrusters (4) 40 each
1 Main Body 100 
		 
NOTES:
  1. Depleting the MDC of the main body will destroy the mecha. 

SPEEDS:

FLYING:
Max level speed:  1300 kph at sea level (in Earth-like atmosphere)
Max level speed:  5800 kph at 40000m (in Earth-like atmosphere)
Stall speed:  250 kph
Initial climb rate: over 25,000m per minute
Service ceiling:  Effectively unlimited, can enter into low orbit after completing combat missions in Terrestrial type atmosphere
DESIGNED G LIMITS:
+12.0/-6.5 (Computer overrides at 9.5g)
MAX ACCELERATION:  SPACE
3.82 g
DELTA V:
10.7 kps with 10,000 kg of D20
Drop Tanks (although not normally used) will provide an additional delta v of:
 

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT
12.0 m
WIDTH:
12.0 m
LENGTH:
20.8 m
WEIGHT:
32,000 kg (empty)
41,000 kg (full load)
CARGO:
None
POWER PLANT:
Esbeliben 1.4 GGV Protoculture Furnace
MAX ENGINE THRUST
[Main] 4 x VARREBOTZS TYPE-57 PLASMA-SHOCK ENGINES:  Four plasma-shock engines are mounted on the rear of the stealth fighter pod.  Each engine has a maximum thrust of 350 kN of static thrust (450 kN augmented) in the atmosphere or 300 kN using internal reaction mass for spaceborne operations (specific impulse of 5000 sec).
FUEL CAPACITY:
50 standard canisters of protoculture
GENERATOR ENDURANCE:
30 days of continuous use
COMPATIBLE FAST PACKS:
None
 
 

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

  1. 2 x MAKRAL MARTSZUR-5A PARTICLE BEAM CANNONS:  Two mk-5 single barrel particle beam cannons are mounted in radar stealthy mount projecting from the main body.  Each cannon can fire 10 MJ bursts of energy once every two seconds out to a maximum combat range of turrets on either side of the main body.  Each cannon can fire 10 MJ bursts of energy once every 2 seconds out to a maximum combat range of 5000 meters.  In order to keep the developmental costs of down, the Mk-5a cannons are extremely similar to the Mk-5 found on the Stealth Regult.  The only two major differences are: the Mk-5a are in a fixed mount and not capable of firing at independent targets, and second the Mk-5a have twice the number of columnating magnetic coils providing the much longer range.

     

  2. 2 x TOUWHAUG GATIVAR-12:  Like the standard fighter pod, the stealth version mounts two missile launchers on dorsal and ventral surface of the pod.  Each launcher can fire up to three medium range Whernid Awhaug missiles with an additional nine missiles in a ready position.

     

  3. 2 x VBPS2-SS CHAFF/FLARE DECOY DISPENSERS: Two chaff flare decoy dispensers are located in the rear of the aircraft.  Each dispenser can hold up to 50 decoys apiece with the standard load out consisting of  50% chaff bundles and 50% flares.  The type and number of each decoy is triggered manually by the pilot.

     

  4. HAND TO HAND COMBAT:  Although not suited to hand-to-hand combat, the Stealth Fighter Pod can ram or block enemy targets.

 

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR STEALTH RAULONVE:

COMBAT BONUSES FOR STEALTH RAULONVE: 

Random Hit Locations

When there is an equal chance of hitting both sides from 1D6

When there is a preferred side, roll 1D10

Stealth Fighter

FRONT

BACK

SIDES

TOP

BOTTOM
Particle Cannons  (Main Body) 01-20 01-10 01-30 01-25 01-35
Engine Thrusters  (Main Body) 21-31 11-60 31-50 26-50 36-55
Main Body 31-00 61-00 51-00 51-00 56-00

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