CF-105 Scimitar

CF-105 Scimitar

The Scimitar was a tried and true durable Medium fighter that held out in active service for what it possibly the the record for longest serving military spacecraft - beating out even the venerable Kilrathi Dralthi series.

History

Though it earned the scorn of both space superiority and strike craft pilots alike, the Scimitar was fully capable of routine interdiction and light strike duties. Scimitars served with distinction onboard Bengal-class ships like the Tiger's Claw, the Trafalgar and the Eagle's Talon through the final days of the Vega Campaign. The famous Blue Devil squadron even managed to destroy a heavily armed Kilrathi depot using only a pair of Scimitars during Operation Thor's Hammer.

The Space Force's Flight School used a lightly-armed trainer variant of the Scimitar for live fire practice. Two-seat Scimitar trainers often found themselves on the front lines during command school exercises.

By the time of its official retirement in in 2655, the Scimitar was well over one hundred years old and had outlived its nominal replacement, the CF-117 Rapier which had begun its development cycle in 2527 and had been retired the year before - in 2654. Surplus Scimitars would continue to see service with the Free Republic of the Landreich through 2668, and they would again show up in the service of the Union of Border Worlds' Outerworld Fleet during the 2673 conflict.

Variant Comparison

Stat\Variant	CF-105 Scimitar (2654)	Scimitar (?)	Trainer (?)	Scimitar (?)
Class:	Medium Fighter	Medium Fighter	Medium Fighter	Medium Fighter
Length:	25 meters	25 meters	25 meters	25 meters
Mass:	16.0 metric tonnes	16.0 metric tonnes	16.0 metric tonnes	16.0 metric tonnes
Max Velocity:	360 kps	360 kps	360 kps	360 kps
Cruise Velocity:	150 Kps	150 Kps	150 Kps	150 Kps
Max Afterburner velocity:	1120 kps	1120 kps	1120 kps	1120 kps
Acceleration:	Good	Good	Good	Good
Max Y/P/R:	6/6/7 deg/s	6/6/7 deg/s	6/6/7 deg/s	6/6/7 deg/s
Shields:	4.0fb cm	4.0fb cm	4.0fb cm	6.0f/5.0b cm
Shield Recharge:	6 sec	6 sec	6 sec
Armor:	6.0f/5lr/6.0r cm	6.0f/5lr/6.0r cm	6.0f/5.0lr/6.0r cm	8.5f/6.5lr/8.0r cm
Guns:	Mk. 30A Gatling Mass Driver Cannon(2)	Mk. 30A Gatling Mass Driver Cannon(2)	Mk. 25 Laser Cannon(2), Single Mount Laser Turret (1), Tractor Beam (1)	Mk. 30A Gatling Mass Driver Cannon(2)
Missile Hardpoints:	1x3 Dart DF-V.32, 1x2 Javelin HS-V.21	1x6 Dart DF-V.32, 1x4 Javelin HS-V.21	1x5 Javelin HS-V.21	1x3 Dart DF-V.32, 1x2 Javelin HS-V.21
Missile Decoys:	none	none	9	none
Cloak:	No	No	No	No
Jump Capable:	No	No	No	No
Crew:	1 (Pilot)	1 (Pilot)	1 (Pilot, Instructor)	1 (Pilot)
Service Years	2526-2655 (Confed), 2669 (Landreich), 2673 (UBW)

Images

• Scimitar2654.gif

  Scimitar flown off the TCS Tiger's Claw, Blue Devil Squadron, circa 2654.

Appearances

• Variant 1 - Claw Marks
• Variant 2 - Super Wing Commander
• Variant 3 - Wing Commander Acadamy
• Variant 4 - Wing Commander

Data

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