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Firehawk's Nest

A Converted Psi-Corp Mobile Base Now Used By Firehawk

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Starliner

The Starliners are essentially cruise ships in space. The largest part of these ships is the spherical rotating section, where the passengers reside in their cabins. The Liners operate on a schedule between the Solar system, the colonies, and space stations like Babylon 5. The generated gravity on board makes these ships practical for longer trips in space, and for people who are not used to micro-gravity.

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Psi-Corps Transport

The Psi-Corps Transports are heavily modified Starliners (150 meters long) that have been converted to mobile bases of operations for the Psi-Corps. A defense grid has also been added: 2 heavy pluse lasers, 2 laser cannons, ten pluse cannons and five gatling plasma cannons. This makes for a heavily armed mobile base which Firehawk and Kittyhawk can work from and move from place to place as needed.

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Advanced "Black Omega" Starfury
The Black Omega Starfuries are advanced models that are stealthier than the Light Starfury. They are mostly used on "sensitive" missions, and are always piloted by members of Psi-Corps. They are easily recognized by a large white omega letter painted on black background. The Nest was fully equiped with one squadron (18) of Omega fighters when it was found, and now the omega letters have been painted over. These add an extra punch to the defense grid of Firehawk's Nest.

The Kittyhawk, A Converted Corvette

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Olympus Class Corvette

The Olympus Class Corvette is medium sized ship that was heavily used during the Minbari War. It is around 444 meters long with a crew of 87, but it is fairly well armed with plasma cannons, some railguns, and two missile tubes. It usually only carries ten Starfuries and a shuttle or two, and it seems to lack a jump-point generator. Although this design is very outdated by now, it has recieved technology upgrades, and is still a relatively common sight on patrol around the worlds of the Earth Alliance. The Kittyhawk has been upgraded with two pulse cannons, one laser cannon and two gatling plasma cannons. Kittyhawk can be used for attack but is usually escorting The Nest, making this base a tempting but tough target to destroy.

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Starfury Class Fighter

The Earth Alliance Starfury Class fighters are uniquely for designed mamximum efficiency in space combat. With the pilot(s) located in the center, and 4 redirectable engines located at the end of 4 "wings", the Starfury is amazingly maneuverable. The Pilot "stands up" in the cockpit, which is the best position for most acceleration. The basic design is hardly new, it existed way before the Minbari war, all the way back to the Dilgar War (early 23rd century). But the design was judged to be very solid, and there have been many upgrades to all systems over the years. Starfuries usually have at least two cannons as weapons, with the additional capability of carrying missiles. Its length is around 7 meters, but with a wingspan of almost 18 meters.

Light "Aurora" Starfury
The standard Light Starfury is basically the same model as the one used in the Minbari war, but with some upgrades. It is not very well armed and protected, but very quick and maneuverable. This is by far the most common type of Starfury. Firepower: 4 40mm Pulse Discharge Cannons, 2 30 mm Pulse Discharge Cannons, 8 external hard points. The Kittyhawk is equiped with ten Auroras and two shuttles, one of each type.