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Garuda Class Fighter
Manufacturer: Nietzscheans
Role: Multi-Purpose Fighter/Patrol Craft
Length: 34m
Beam: 12m
Crew Complement: 3
Skeleton Crew: 1
Drive/Computer Systems
Power Plant: Fusion Reactor
Main FTL Propulsion: Axial mounted Slipstream drive
Sub-Light Propulsion: Aft-Mounted MP Drive
Combat Systems: Missile
Point Defense Laser
Chronological and General Info
Era(s): Systems Commonwealth, Long Night, New Systems Commonwealth

Overview[]

The Garuda class is a long range patrol and assault starfighter craft that was popular among Home Guard units, especially Nietzscheans, prior to the fall of the Commonwealth. Garuda class vessels, while normally dependent on their carrier capital ships in the pre-fall eras have usually been subject to modifications after the fall of the Systems Commonwealth. In the post-fall era, Garuda class ships are still a Nietzschean favorite, though generally better suited for more independent operations than their pre-fall counterparts, including a small axial-mounted slipstream drive, some form of particle or plasma weaponry arrays, more efficient power generators and life support systems. Ammunition bays and weapon hardpoints are typically external and modular, with reloading and weapon exchanges performed by automated machinery.

History[]

The Garuda class was present in many battles in their war against the Systems Commonwealth, including the Battle of Hephaistos and the Battle of Witchhead.

The crew of the Starry Wisdom, a To Seek, To Find class had a combat engagement with an attacking stealth Garuda class (belonging to the Drago-Kazov Pride) at a blackhole near Hephaistos IV, where Dylan Hunt uses the anti-gravity pods surrounding the Starry Wisdom to increase the mass of the enemy fighter, and it was quickly sucked into the black hole, destroying the ship.

Trivia[]

  • The Garuda is a bird or bird-like creature appearing in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the mount of Vishnu. It is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila, the Latin for "eagle".

Gallery[]

Garuda Class

Garuda class