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Hawk 2 fighter
A development of the proven and versatile Hawk multirole fighter, the Hawk 2 improves upon its basis with more powerful reactors, a more aerodynamic profile, more powerful engines, more shield projectors, a purpose-built 150mm main gun, and a third FA-6 Talon 40mm autocannon. The age of the original Hawk had shown itself towards the end of the Second New Telerenn Civil War, where an over reliance on parts designed for interchangeability and cost-effectiveness resulted in sub-par performance against improved New Telerenn Republic designs. The Hawk 2's main gun, for example, rather than taking the gun directly from a Nadia R2 main battle tank, was designed ad-hoc for installation in the fighter, with weight reduction, recoil reduction, and compactness in mind. The Hawk 2 is also considerably more survivable, with thicker armour and additional forward electron and neutron shielding, while the cockpit serves as an emergency life capsule. As it enters service, the Hawk 2 has quickly gained a reputation surpassing even that of its predecessor.

Specifications:
Dimensions:
  Length: 17.5 metres
  Beam (main hull): 2.5 metres
  Wingspan: 9.5 metres
  Height: 3.3 metres
Propulsion:
11x Korman-Allie class-2 fighter thrusters
  3x Korman-Allie class-4 fighter thrusters
  Sublight Valdrenn-shift drive
  Class-1 intersystem transdrive
  RCS and navigational thrusters
Powerplant:
4x Obrennin micro fusion cores
2x ancillary Obrennin micro fusion core
Comms and Auxiliary:
  1x intersystem comms array
  1x intrasystem sensor array
  Inertial dampeners
Armament:
    8x O-200-20 Adderbite variable range air-to-air missiles
3x O-40-150 Talon autocannons, 9000 microbreacher or DU-T rounds loaded
  (White Tail interceptor variant) 1x O-150-65 tank gun, 10 rounds loaded
  (Red Tail heavy assault variant) 2x O-150-50 tank gun, 10 rounds loaded
  (Buzzard heavy assault variant) 1x O-220-50 tank gun, 5 rounds loaded
Defenses:
5 millimetre alicorn armour
  50 millimetre titano-carbon armour
  20 millimetre aerogel thermal armour
  10 millimetre repulsive reactive armour
Electron shield projectors
Crew Complement:
  1 Pilot
  1 Co-pilot/navigator (assault variants)

(Written on the tail is "FZ" and "FH-24(11)" indicating that this Hawk 2 belongs to air group of HMIS Fel Victorious and that the airframe number is FH-347; the Imperial Dawn uses a base 12 numbering system. Beside the forward engine nacelle is "376 Sumida" indicating that this Hawk 2 belongs to the 376 Sumida squadron. Written amidships is "Verundila" indicating that this is a Navy fighter. Beside each bank of maneuvering thrusters and the muzzle of the main gun is "Brenzala" meaning "Danger". Below the cockpit canopy is "HVF Lysander Ver", roughly translating to "Flight Lieutenant Lysander Ver" in Lastreian, the language and script of the Imperial Dawn.)

Description

Hawk 2 fighter
A development of the proven and versatile Hawk multirole fighter, the Hawk 2 improves upon its basis with more powerful reactors, a more aerodynamic profile, more powerful engines, more shield projectors, a purpose-built 150mm main gun, and a third FA-6 Talon 40mm autocannon. The age of the original Hawk had shown itself towards the end of the Second New Telerenn Civil War, where an over reliance on parts designed for interchangeability and cost-effectiveness resulted in sub-par performance against improved New Telerenn Republic designs. The Hawk 2's main gun, for example, rather than taking the gun directly from a Nadia R2 main battle tank, was designed ad-hoc for installation in the fighter, with weight reduction, recoil reduction, and compactness in mind. The Hawk 2 is also considerably more survivable, with thicker armour and additional forward electron and neutron shielding, while the cockpit serves as an emergency life capsule. As it enters service, the Hawk 2 has quickly gained a reputation surpassing even that of its predecessor.

Specifications:
Dimensions:
  Length: 17.5 metres
  Beam (main hull): 2.5 metres
  Wingspan: 9.5 metres
  Height: 3.3 metres
Propulsion:
11x Korman-Allie class-2 fighter thrusters
  3x Korman-Allie class-4 fighter thrusters
  Sublight Valdrenn-shift drive
  Class-1 intersystem transdrive
  RCS and navigational thrusters
Powerplant:
4x Obrennin micro fusion cores
2x ancillary Obrennin micro fusion core
Comms and Auxiliary:
  1x intersystem comms array
  1x intrasystem sensor array
  Inertial dampeners
Armament:
    8x O-200-20 Adderbite variable range air-to-air missiles
3x O-40-150 Talon autocannons, 9000 microbreacher or DU-T rounds loaded
  (White Tail interceptor variant) 1x O-150-65 tank gun, 10 rounds loaded
  (Red Tail heavy assault variant) 2x O-150-50 tank gun, 10 rounds loaded
  (Buzzard heavy assault variant) 1x O-220-50 tank gun, 5 rounds loaded
Defenses:
5 millimetre alicorn armour
  50 millimetre titano-carbon armour
  20 millimetre aerogel thermal armour
  10 millimetre repulsive reactive armour
Electron shield projectors
Crew Complement:
  1 Pilot
  1 Co-pilot/navigator (assault variants)

(Written on the tail is "FZ" and "FH-24(11)" indicating that this Hawk 2 belongs to air group of HMIS Fel Victorious and that the airframe number is FH-347; the Imperial Dawn uses a base 12 numbering system. Beside the forward engine nacelle is "376 Sumida" indicating that this Hawk 2 belongs to the 376 Sumida squadron. Written amidships is "Verundila" indicating that this is a Navy fighter. Beside each bank of maneuvering thrusters and the muzzle of the main gun is "Brenzala" meaning "Danger". Below the cockpit canopy is "HVF Lysander Ver", roughly translating to "Flight Lieutenant Lysander Ver" in Lastreian, the language and script of the Imperial Dawn.)