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|faction = terran
|name = CF-131 Broadsword (2633)
|name = A-17 Broadsword
|type = Fighter/Bomber
|manufacturer = Camelot Industries
|image = image:wcmbroadswordprofile.jpg
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|introduction = 2633
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==History==
Camelot Industry's Broadsword is one of the Terran Confederation's most successful spacecraft designs; Broadswords served on and off from 2633 to 2701--across multiple wars and for several different factions. The bombers were originally designed during the Pilgrim War to support the Grand Fleet's invasion of the Pilgrim Alliance. Early CF-131 Broadswords served as massed missile platforms and strategic ship-to-planet bombers.
Camelot Industry's Broadsword is one of the Terran Confederation's most successful spacecraft designs; Broadswords served on and off from 2633 to 2701--across multiple wars and for several different factions. The bombers were originally designed during the Pilgrim War to support the Grand Fleet's invasion of the Pilgrim Alliance. Early CF-131 Broadswords served as massed missile platforms and strategic ship-to-planet bombers.


Revision as of 03:39, 30 April 2012

A-17 Broadsword
Wcmbroadswordprofile.jpg
Type Fighter/Bomber
Manufacturer Camelot Industries
Primary User Terran Confederation
Introduction 2633
General Characteristics
Length 12 meters
Mass 14 tonnes
Crew 1 (pilot)
Performance
Velocity
Cruise 150 kps
Maximum 320 kps
Armament
Guns
Mass Driver Cannon (3)
Turrets
Dual-mounted Neutron gun Turrets (3)
Default Missile Loadout
Missile Mounts (3)

(Post-2648) Torpedo Mounts (2)

Components
Cloaking Device No
Jump Drive yes
Defense
Shields
Fore 13 cm equivalent
Aft 13 cm equivalent
Armor
Front 10 cm
Rear 10 cm
Right 8 cm
Left 8 cm
Source Confederation Handbook



History

Camelot Industry's Broadsword is one of the Terran Confederation's most successful spacecraft designs; Broadswords served on and off from 2633 to 2701--across multiple wars and for several different factions. The bombers were originally designed during the Pilgrim War to support the Grand Fleet's invasion of the Pilgrim Alliance. Early CF-131 Broadswords served as massed missile platforms and strategic ship-to-planet bombers.

CF-131 Broadsword Target Identification circa 2654

With the advent of the Kilrathi war and the development of the torpedo, Broadswords changed to fit the times. In 2648 all current model Broadswords were outfitted to carry two antimatter torpedoes. That number would eventually double, by 2664, and then double again, by 2701. Broadswords became the Confederation's heaviest anti-capship bomber for the middle portion of the war; Broadswords flying off the Tiger's Claw, Concordia and elsewhere achieved great success in dangerous torpedo runs.

After the end of the Kilrathi War, the Confederation relegated Broadswords to reserve wings and boneyards.

Zachary Banfield's Guild maintained two squadrons of Broadswords which were used to attack the FRLS Mjollnir and destroy the FRLS Sindri. The Landreich themselves operated a number of Broadswords during the Kilrathi War, fielding them during the Battle of Hell Hole.

The Union of Border Worlds operated a number of Broadswords during their aborted war with the Terran Confederation. Admiral Tolwyn was, at one point, captured by a stripped patrol Broadsword as he attempted to flee the Peleus System.

But the Nephilim invasion of 2681 reactivated Broadsword squadrons - and proved that they were incredibly effective against the new foe. Production of Broadswords resumed, with modernized variants like the Executor, Warpig and later Behemoth rolling off the assembly lines.

In the post-Nephilim War world, surplus Broadswords are a common sight on the volatile Terran-Kilrathi frontier.


Specifications

Early Terran-Kilrathi War

Broadsword (2633)Wcmbroadswordprofile.jpg Broadsword (2648)Wcmbroadswordprofile.jpg Broadsword (2654)Wcmbroadswordprofile.jpg
Class: ? ? ?
Length: ? meters ? meters ? meters
Mass: ? metric tonnes ? metric tonnes ? metric tonnes
Max Velocity: ? Kps ? Kps ? Kps
Cruise Velocity: ? Kps ? Kps ? Kps
Acceleration: ? ? ?
Max Y/P/R: ?/?/? deg/s ?/?/? deg/s ?/?/? deg/s
Shields: ? fb cm ? fb cm ? fb cm
Armor: ?f/?lr/?r cm ?f/?lr/?r cm ?f/?lr/?r cm
Guns: ? ? ?
Turret: ? ? ?
Missile Hardpoints: ? ? ?
Missile Decoys: ? ? ?
Jump Capable: Yes Yes Yes
Crew: ? (Pilot) ? (Pilot) ? (Pilot)
Service Entry: 2664 2667 2669

Late Terran-Kilrathi War

Class Broadsword (2664)Wc2broadsword.jpg Broadsword (2667)Wc2broadsword.jpg Broadsword (2669)P1broadsword.jpg
Class: Heavy Bomber Heavy Bomber Fighter Bomber
Length: 36 meters 36 meters
Mass: 100 metric tonnes ? metric tonnes
Max Velocity: 320 kps 350 kps
Cruise Velocity: 150 Kps ? Kps
Acceleration: Poor Average
Max Y/P/R: 5/5/5 deg/s ? deg/s
Shields: 18 fb cm ? fb cm
Armor: 15f/13lr/15r cm 25f/17.5lr/20r cm
Guns: Mass Driver Cannon(3) Mass Driver Cannon(3)
Turret: Neutron Gun(2)3 (3 turrets, 2 guns each), Tractor Beam(1)3 Laser (2)3, Particle Cannon(2)
Missile Hardpoints: 4x1 Torpedo, 4x1 FF, 1x1 1x3 HS, 1x6 FF
Missile Decoys: Chaff Pod 1 ?
Jump Capable: Yes Yes Yes
Crew: ? (Pilot) ? (Pilot) ? (Pilot)
Service Entry: 2664 2667 2669

Terran-Nephilim War

Class Executioner (2701) Arenabroadswordexecutioner.jpg Warpig (2701) Arenabroadswordwarpig.jpg Behemoth (2701) Arenabroadswordbehemoth.jpg
Class: Heavy Bomber Heavy Bomber Heavy Bomber
Length: 36 meters 36 meters 41 meters
Mass: 100 metric tonnes 110 metric tonnes 150 metric tonnes
Max Velocity: 300 kps 275 kps 225 kps
Acceleration: 55 k/s^2 55 k/s^2 55 k/s^2
Max Y/P/R: 65/65/65 deg/s 55/55/55 deg/s 70/70/70 deg/s
Shields: 410 cm 410 cm 410 cm
Armor: 1000 cm 1100 cm 1350 cm
Guns: Tachyon Gun (2) Meson Blaster (2) Tachyon Gun (2)
Guns: Plasma Gun (2) Neutron Gun (2) Neutron Gun (2)
Turrets: Deployable; Bomber Turrets Deployable; Bomber Turrets Bomber Turrets
Missiles: 2x5 Heat Seekers 1x4 Torpedo 2x4 Torpedo
Missiles: 5x20 Dart DF 5x20 Dart DF 5x20 Dart DF
Missile Decoys: ? ? ?
Jump Capable: Yes Yes Yes
Crew: ? (Pilot) ? (Pilot) ? (Pilot)
Service Entry: 2701 2701 2701


Broadsword Target Identification circa 2665
Broadsword Target Identification circa 2669
Privately owned A-17 Broadsword Executioner in the Antares Quadrant, circa 2701
Privately owned A-17 Broadsword Warpig in the Antares Quadrant, circa 2701
Privately owned A-17 Broadsword Behemoth in the Antares Quadrant, circa 2701

I'm a little confused. Why is this discussion page looking like an article? Is it supposed to be a draft? - Wedge

Wedge - it is. I'm using the discussion page as a workspace for this article. I'm testing new article layouts here. Trying to come up with a good way to display all the data we have and look good doing it. but as you can see it's very much a work in progress.

- Dund

I just saw the thread in the forums where you talked about this. I feel a little silly now. I don't know much about how to lay all this stuff out in wiki-code - on my 1600x1200 screen, the page is a mess. Even on a HD 1920x1080 screen, I think the page would still look quite jumbled up. - Wedge


Yeah that was because of the infoboxes and table. They were landing on top of each other. I just left it like that because I was using the code. I've since changed it. I'm thinking that the simplest (and one I should have done first) way to do a nice chart is to add images into the table. It will be a cool away to enter in armor/shield diagrams and make the pages look nice. What do you think about it now? Granted it is still very incomplete - Dund

Looks good. I made a few minor corrections, I think this can replace the current article now. - Wedge

What I'm going to do is fully build the article (ie finish the tables, find homes for those other images, and look to asking the CIC for those armor images from ships2) then I'll replace the current article. - Dund

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