marginaleye
SOC-12
Is there a canonical image of the 50 dton "heavy fighter" described (but not depicted) on page 26 of CT's Supplement 9: Fighting Ships?
It's designed to be tube-launched, which suggests that it's probably cylindrical, and it might have stubby semi-retractable wings for atmospheric flight (like the fighters carried aboard Lightning-class cruisers).
On the other hand, the heavy fighter's High Guard USP configuration is "Needle/Wedge" (1), not "Conical" (2), so it can't resemble the standard 50 dton cutter too closely.
I'm tentatively inclined to think it's probably spindle-shape, tapering both fore and aft, like a larger version of the 10 dton Rampart-class fighter depicted on page 77 of MT's Rebellion Sourcebook. If so, its maximum diameter could the same as that of the 50 dton cutter (6 meters, or 4 x 1.5 meter deck plan squares), but its overall length would have to be greater, to have the same tonnage with a more streamlined cross-section.
It's designed to be tube-launched, which suggests that it's probably cylindrical, and it might have stubby semi-retractable wings for atmospheric flight (like the fighters carried aboard Lightning-class cruisers).
On the other hand, the heavy fighter's High Guard USP configuration is "Needle/Wedge" (1), not "Conical" (2), so it can't resemble the standard 50 dton cutter too closely.
I'm tentatively inclined to think it's probably spindle-shape, tapering both fore and aft, like a larger version of the 10 dton Rampart-class fighter depicted on page 77 of MT's Rebellion Sourcebook. If so, its maximum diameter could the same as that of the 50 dton cutter (6 meters, or 4 x 1.5 meter deck plan squares), but its overall length would have to be greater, to have the same tonnage with a more streamlined cross-section.