Assault Gunboat
Name/Model# : | Alpha Class Xg-1 Star Wing (Assault Gunboat)
Designer/Manufacturer : | Cygnus Spaceworks
Combat Designation : |
Assault Fighter/Gunboat
Modified Assault Gunboat
Assault Fighter/Gunboat (With Refitted Weaponry)
Scale : | Starfighter
Length : | 15 Metres
Skill : |
Starfighter piloting: Assault Gunboat
Modified Assault Gunboat
Starfighter piloting: Xg-1 Star Wing
Crew Skill : | ?
Crew : | 1 Pilot
Cost of Fighter : | ? [NEW 125,000 Credits USED 75,000 Credits for Modified Assault Gunboat]
Nav Computer : | ? [Limited to 4 Hyperspace Jumps for Modified Assault Gunboat]
Navigation System : | SFS N-s8.6 Navcon Computer System
Flight Control System : | Miradyne RCS-6 Flight Avionics System
Power System : | Iotek 9j Ion Power Cells and Ionization Reactor
Propulsion System : | Cygnus 4K7 Dual Line Ion Engines (Rated at 300 KTU)
Acceleration : | 20 MGLT per second
Sublight Speed : | 90 MGLT (WEG=8 Space Units)
Hyperdrive : | Cygnus HD7 Hyperdrive Activator Unit
Hyperdrive Rating : | ? [Class 1 for Modified Assault Gunboat]
Atmospheric Speed : | 1,050 kph (WEG=365)
Manoeuvrability : |
90 DPF (WEG=2D)
Modified Assault Gunboat
3D
Cargo Capacity : |
100 kg
Modified Assault Gunboat
110 kg
Consumables : |
3 Days
Modified Assault Gunboat
1 Week
Pilot Support Systems : | Life Support ? / Ejection System Most likely yes (Most likely the Guidenhauser Ejection Seat)
Targeting Computer : | Unknown
Weapons : |
2 Under Nose Mounted Taim & Bak KX5 Laser Cannons (Single or Fire-Linked) [NOTE: TIE-SC states cannon placement, however they should be wing mounted due to the picture] Fire Control: 2D Space Range: 1-3/12/25 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 100-300 metres/1.2 km/2.5 km Damage: 3D+2 2 Above Cockpit Mounted Borstel NK-3 Ion Cannons (Single or Fire-Linked) Fire Control: 2D Space Range: 1-3/7/36 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 100-300 metres/700 metres/3.6 km Damage: 3D+2 2 Flank Mounted SFS M-s-3 Concussion Missile Launchers (8 Missiles each) Fire Control: 3D Space Range: 1/3/7 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 50-100/300/700 metres Damage: 9D Other payloads can be: 16 Advanced Concussion Missiles, 12 Proton Torpedoes, 12 Advanced Proton Torpedoes, or 8 Heavy Rockets (or be modified to hold 16 Heavy Rockets)
Modified Assault Gunboat
1 Forward Double Laser Cannon Fire Control: 1D+2 Space Range: 1-3/12/25 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 100 metres-300 metres/1.2 km/2.5 km Damage: 4D 1 Forward Double Ion Cannon Fire Control: 1D+2 Space Range: 1-3/7/36 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 100 metres-300 metres/700 metres/3.6 km Damage: 4D+2 1 Forward Ion Torpedo Launcher Fire Control: 2D+1 Space Range: 1/3/7 Space Units Atmospheric Range: 50-100/300/700 metres Damage: 7D (Ionization)
Beam Weapon : | Can be equipped with the Tractor Beam, Jamming Beam or Decoy Beam
Countermeasures : | No Chaff Bursts or No Flares
Sensor Systems : | Unknown
Sensors : |
Passive : 20 Space Units/0D Scan : 35 Space Units/1D Search : 50 Space Units/2D Focus : 3 Space Units/2D+2
Modified Assault Gunboat
Passive : 20 Space Units/0D Scan : 40 Space Units/1D Search : 60 Space Units/2D Focus : 3 Space Units/3D
Shields/Hull : | Forward/Rear Projecting Cygnus 4K7 Novaldex Shields. Quadanium Steel Armoured Titanium Hull
Shields/Hull Rating : |
Shields 100 SBD. Hull 50 RU (WEG=Shields 2D+2. Hull 4D+1)
Modified Assault Gunboat
Shields 2D. Hull 3D+2
Special Ability : | Can adjust wings according to flight conditions. One wing can get shredded and the fighter temporarily spins out of control, but the Assault Gunboat can regain control and re-enter combat
Note : | Xg-1 and Sentinel-class Landing Shuttle use the same hyperdrive - EGVV. Further note, according to AJ5***Pg 63, Miradyne folded 2 years after it introduced RCS-6 Flight Avionics System - thus replacement flight computers used for the Xg-1 remain unknown.
The Alpha Class Xg-1 Star Wing Assault Gunboat was designed for offensive strike missions against enemy convoys and fleet craft. Its firepower and heavy shielding made it ideal for escort roles as well. In combination with the Stormtrooper Transport, it was unmatched. Cygnus Spaceworks was awarded the contract to develop this starfighter after their successful development of the Imperial Shuttle. It was the first general deployment Imperial starfighter designed with shields and hyperdrive. Due to its unique five wing design, this starfighter is commonly known as the Star Wing. The Assault Gunboat has proven to be quite deadly in the field of combat. The first experimental Assault Gunboats were used in the destruction of a Rebel base on Orion IV. Later, while being performance demonstrated to the Empire at a test area, the Rebels kidnapped a number of Cygnus Spaceworks Engineers that had been working on the Assault Gunboat for part of their terrorist plan to destroy the ISD Invincible. Quickly after the destruction of the ISD Invincible, Assault Gunboats were pressed into service. They came into service a little less than a half a year before the Battle of Yavin. These five winged starfighters are excellent multi-role craft, their weaponry and durability allowed them to be able to conduct a variety of missions. Before the Battle of Yavin, the Galactic Empire began to employ these starfighters in hit and fade tactics similar to what the Rebel Alliance employs. Operating in small independent groups, they also conduct armed reconnaissance and were often prelude to a major Imperial attack. At least three Assault Gunboats were assigned to each System Patrol Squadron base (also known as Force Escort system outpost). More so, each Imperial Star Destroyer was equipped with five of these starfighters. After the Battle of Yavin, the Strike Cruiser Ion Storm which was assigned to patrol the Sisar Run was equipped with several Modified Assault Gunboats (which were in service at least some time before the destruction of Prince Xizor's Palace). The combination of its unique wing design that adjusts to flight conditions and its revolutionary Miradyne computer system, the Assault Gunboat is equally at home in space or atmospheric conditions. The Assault Gunboat's targeting computer is located in its nose, while its sensor system is located behind the cockpit. Its thruster control jets are located on the back edges of its wings, and its twin ion engines are found right behind the concussion missile launchers. When these starfighters land their five wings fold upward, just like the Lambda-class Imperial Shuttle. Like the TIE Fighter, the Rebels managed to get their dirty little hands upon the Empire's magnificent Assault Gunboats. To allow for the initiation of Operation Ram's Head, the Rebels operating under a ruse raided an Imperial System Patrol Squadron's base to capture three Assault Gunboats. The captured Xg-1s were later used to capture an Imperial CR90 Corvette that had been equipped with the same shield technology as the TIE Advanced [Before Hoth Version], which was critical to the Rebels' planned operation.
Sources: XW (Tech Room), (Tour 1 Mission 11), (Tour 2 Mission 2), (Cutscene - Tour I Scene 1), (Tour 4 Mission 18), (Tour 4 Mission 19), (Tour 4 Mission 20) / XW-SG (Disk Version)***Pg 87, (Collector's Ed)***Pg 86 / TIE (Cutscene - Launch sequence for Assault Gunboat), (Battle 3 Mission 4), (Battle 10 Mission 1) / TIE-SC***Pg 78, 79 / TIE-SG (Disk Version and Collector's Ed)***Pg 18 / XvsT (Craft Database), (Ambush of Rebel Supply Recovery from Obran Cluster), (Attack on Rebel Capital Ships), (Defeat Rebel/Airam Counterattack Near Bes), (Retaliation Strike on Airam Repair Yard at Hinda) / TFOP***Pg 60 / SOTSR***Pg 2, 77, 78 / AJ5***Pg 63, 146, 148, 149 / AJ15***Pg 81, 82 / EGVV***Pg 78, 79
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