Talk:A-17 Broadsword

CF-131 Broadsword (2633)
Type	Fighter/Bomber
Manufacturer	Camelot Industries
Primary User	Terran Confederation
Introduction	2633
Length	12 meters
Mass	14 metric tonnes
Max Velocity	320 KPS
Cruise Velocity	150 KPS
Guns	Mass Driver Cannon (3) (2 wing-mounted, one nose-mounted)
Missiles	Missiles Mounts (3), (Post-2648) Torpedo Mounts (2)
Turrets	Dual-mounted Neutron gun Turrets (3)
Armor	10 cm fore/aft 8 cm port/starboard
Shields	13 cm
Jump Drive	Yes
Crew	1 (Pilot)

Camelot Industry's Broadsword is one of the Terran Confederation's most succesful 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.

Variant Comparison

	Handbook (Pre-War) (2633)	Handbook (2648)	Broadsword (2654)	Broadsword (2664)	Broadsword (2667)	Broadsword (2669)
Class:	Heavy Bomber	Fighter Bomber	Heavy Bomber	Heavy Bomber	Heavy Bomber
Length:	36 meters	36 meters	36 meters	36 meters	41 meters
Mass:	100 metric tonnes	? metric tonnes	100 metric tonnes	110 metric tonnes	150 metric tonnes
Max Velocity:	320 kps	350 kps	300 kps	275 kps	225 kps
Cruise Velocity:	150 Kps	? Kps	? Kps	? Kps	? Kps
Acceleration:	Poor	Average	55 k/s^2	55 k/s^2	55 k/s^2
Max Y/P/R:	5/5/5 deg/s	? deg/s	65/65/65 deg/s	55/55/55 deg/s	70/70/70 deg/s
Shields:	18 fb cm	? fb cm	410 cm	410 cm	410 cm
Armor:	15f/13lr/15r cm	25f/17.5lr/20r cm	1000 cm	1100 cm	1350 cm
Guns:	Mass Driver Cannon(3)	Mass Driver Cannon(3)	Tachyon Gun (2), Plasma Gun (2)	Meson Blaster (2), Neutron Gun (2)	Tachyon Gun (2), Neutron Gun (2)
Turret:	Neutron Gun(2)3 (3 turrets, 2 guns each), Tractor Beam(1)3	Laser (2)3, Particle Cannon(2)	Deployable; Bomber Turrets	Deployable; Bomber Turrets	Bomber Turrets
Missile Hardpoints:	4x1 Torpedo, 4x1 FF, 1x1	1x3 HS, 1x6 FF	5x20 DF, 2x5 HS	1x4 Torpedo, 5x20 Dart DF	2x4 Torpedo, 5x20 Dart DF
Missile Decoys:	Chaff Pod 1	?	?	?	?
Jump Capable:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Crew:	1 (Pilot)	1 (Pilot)	1 (Pilot)	1 (Pilot)	1 (Pilot)
Service Entry:	2639	?	2701	2701	2701

	Executioner (2701)	Warpig (2701)	Behemoth (2701)
Class:	Heavy Bomber	Heavy Bomber	Heavy Bomber
Length:	36 meters	36 meters	36 meters

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