XH003 V/F05D Vednir Heavy Fighter

Description

Xyriat Hegemony

Scale: Fleet (very nominally 1:1500th)

Four squadrons (24 smallcraft) supplied.

Size (Bounding Box, Sprue/Base): 30.17mm x 21.21mm x 9.86mm (14.07mm x 6.41mm x 5.56mm individually)

Considerably bigger than the Galdra or Wravax, the Vednir Heavy Fighter is the largest fighter the Hegemonic Navy has produced. The Vednir pushes the boundary between fighter and smallcraft and it is only a technically a fighter in that it only has two crew.

The Vednirs primary role is anti-capital ship operations. This is centred around the capital-ship missile rack mounted on the vessels rear. This is often split between anti-capital ship and point-defence missiles, provided the Vednir its own protection while it makes its attacks. It further carries three point-defence particle beam turrets for its own defence and close-in work. The Vednirs armaments are rounded off by a twin light torpedo tubes in the nose. These are typically equipped with heavier anti-ship warheads.

The Vednir is very well protected its shields are twice as strong as the Galdras and the same strength as the Vayox Antiship Drone though its agility is only that of an average bomber.

Vednir squadrons are usually deployed as a group of six, rather than twelve, due to their size compared to the Xyriats standard hangar bay volume.