CF-105 Scimitar
| CF-105 Scimitar | |
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| Type | Medium Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Origin Aerospace |
| Primary User | Terran Confederation |
| Additional Users | Free Republic of the Landreich, Union of Border Worlds |
| Introduction | pre-2536 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Length | 25 meters |
| Mass | 16 tonnes |
| Crew | 1 (pilot) |
| Performance | |
| Maximum Yaw | 6 dps |
| Maximum Pitch | 6 dps |
| Maximum Roll | 7 dps |
| Acceleration | Good |
| Velocity | |
| Cruise | 150 kps |
| Maximum | 360 kps |
| Afterburner | |
| Maximum Afterburner | 1120 kps |
| Armament | |
| Guns | |
| Mk. 30A Mass Driver Cannons (2) | |
| Default Missile Loadout | |
| Dart DF (3) Javelin HS (2) | |
| Components | |
| Decoys | None |
| Cloaking Device | No |
| Jump Drive | No |
| Defense | |
| Shields | |
| Fore | 4 cm equivalent |
| Aft | 4 cm equivalent |
| Armor | |
| Front | 6 cm |
| Rear | 6 cm |
| Right | 5 cm |
| Left | 5 cm |
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| CF-105 Target Identification circa 2654 | |
| Source | Claw Marks |
History
Overview
The CF-105 Scimitar was a Terran Confederation medium fighter. It was included in Joan's Fighting Spacecraft Vega Sector Supplement for 2654.092.
The Scimitar is one of the longest-serving fighters in Confederation history, having been introduced before the CF-117 Rapier, which was introduced in 2536 - almost a century prior to the Terran-Kilrathi War.
In March 2654, a pair of Scimitars dispatched by the TCS Tiger's Claw as part of an assault on the KIS Rathtak were ambushed and destroyed by a wing of Jalthi. The Scimitars encountered two crippled Jalthi en-route to their target. One thrusted away intermittently as though it had suffered engine damage while the other spun powerlessly. Against orders from his wingleader, Captain R.A. Skinner, Lt. Larry Dibbles broke and attacked the active Jalthi. Neither Jalthi was damaged. The disabled ship powered up and destroyed Skinner's fighter, then joined the other to shoot down Dibbles. The incident became the impetus for Taggart's Tactics.
Though it earned the scorn of both space superiority and strike craft pilots alike, earning the derisive nickname "Space Slug", the Scimitar was fully capable of routine interdiction and light strike duties. Scimitars served with distinction on-board Bengal-Class Strike Carrier ships like the Tiger's Claw, the TCS Trafalgar and the TCS Eagle's Talon through the final days of the Vega Sector 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 Outer Worlds Fleet during the 2673 Border Worlds Conflict.
Wing Commander: Fleet Action
- "Doomsday punched in an aft visual and saw an expanding fireball of light erupting from the carrier's main engine bank. A second ball of light snapped as one of Doomsday's torpedoes slammed into the explosion. Four of the Landreich's old obsolete scimitars darted in towards the carrier's tail, disappearing into the inferno, two of them reemerging from the fireball seconds later and as they pulled out, a solid ripple of explosions shuddered across the carrier's stern from the missile spread they had launched, now that the aft shielding was overloaded and down. The entire aft end of the carrier suddenly disappeared in a white hot light.
- Doomsday watched the Scimitars, amazed yet again at the suicidal tactics of the Landreich pilots, flying fighters that should have been on the scrap heap years ago.
- "Fuel igniting, she's going!"
- The explosion burst out, the blast wave washing over Doomsday's Sabre, shuddering it as if from a direct hit. He lost sight of the two surviving Scimitars, who were simply consumed in the ball of light, the enemy fighters pursuing them disappearing as well.
Specifications
| Scimitar
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| Source: | Wing Commander | Claw Marks | Super Wing Commander | Academy TV |
| Class: | Medium Fighter | Medium Fighter | Medium Fighter | Trainer |
| Length: | 25 meters | 25 meters | 25 meters | 25 meters |
| Mass: | 16 tonnes | 16 tonnes | 16 tonnes | 16 tonnes |
| Max Velocity: | 360 KPS | 360 KPS | 360 KPS | 360 KPS |
| Cruising velocity: | 150 KPS | 150 KPS | 150 KPS | 150 KPS |
| Afterburner Velocity: | 1120 KPS | 1120 KPS | 1120 KPS | 1120 KPS |
| Acceleration: | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| Max. YPR: | 6/6/7 DPS | 6/6/7 DPS | 6/6/7 DPS | 6/6/7 DPS |
| Guns | Mk. 30A Mass Driver Cannon (2) | Mk. 30A Mass Driver Cannon (2) | Mk. 30A Mass Driver Cannon (2) | Mk. 25 Laser Cannon (2) |
| Missiles | Javelin Heatseeker (2) | Javelin Heatseeker (2) | Javelin Heatseeker (4) | Javelin Heatseeker (5) |
| Weapons | Dart Dumbfire (3) | Dart Dumbfire (3) | Dart Dumbfire (6) | Single Mount Laser Turret |
| Tractor Beam | no | no | no | yes |
| Armor (Fore/Aft/Sides): | 8.5/8.0/6.5 cm | 6.0/6.0/5.0 cm | 6.0/6.0/5.0 cm | 6.0/6.0/5.0 cm |
| Shields (Fore/Aft): | 6.0/5.0 cm | 4.0/4.0 cm | 4.0/4.0 cm | 4.0/4.0 cm |
| Shield Recharge: | 6 seconds | 6 seconds | 6 seconds | 6 seconds |
| Missile Decoys: | none | none | none | 9 |
| Jump Capable: | No | No | No | No |
| Crew: | 1 (Pilot) | 1 (Pilot) | 1 (Pilot) | 2 (Pilot, Instructor) |
Appearances
Wing Commander/Super Wing Commander
Wing Commander Missions
- Beta Wing (McAuliffe System)
- Theta Wing (McAuliffe System)
- Psi Wing (McAuliffe System)
- Alpha Wing (Brimstone System)
- Theta Wing (McAuliffe System)
- Rho Wing (Brimstone System)
- Eta Wing (Port Hedland System)
- Xi Wing (Port Hedland System)
- Sigma Wing (Port Hedland System)
- Kappa Wing (Hubble's Star System)
- Omicron Wing (Hubble's Star System)
- Phi Wing (Hubble's Star System)
- Beta Wing (Hell's Kitchen System)
- Theta Wing (Hell's Kitchen System)
- Mu Wing (Hell's Kitchen System)
- Phi Wing (Hell's Kitchen System)
The Secret Missions Missions
Wing Commander Academy
Gallery
Scimitar-class line-drawing from Joan's Fighting Spacecraft.
Origin Aerospace blueprint.
Origin Aerospace blueprint.
Origin Aerospace blueprint.
Scimitar Trainer circa 2654.
Scimitar Target Identification circa 2654.
