Raptor Class Area Denial Unit
What's this now? A fighter design for Bastion colony protection? Planet or orbital based? Inquiring minds etc. etc. !
The actual design will be posted in an upcoming fleet design post. Current Republican thinking is orbital based, transported to Bastion by Fleet Docks. Which could, if pressed, become ad-hoc carriers. Unfortunately, while I was initially excited for this design, as always, my excitement was crushed by reality.
. Currently, the Republic has no fighter construction factories, and it will be some time before industry can be diverted to build some, largely because of the on-going depopulation of Earth.
Kurt