Source: Technical Readout 3025
Mass: 60 tons
Frame: F90/A
Engine: Vox 240a
Armament:
2 Hellion-b II Medium Lasers
2 Hellion-a III Large Lasers
1 Sunspot Particle Projection Cannon
Manufacturer: Andurien Aerotech
Communications System: Telestar F-67
Targeting and Tracking System: SynCom VAX
Overview:
The F-90 Stingray is based on in-atmosphere fighter models developed on Earth in the late twentieth century. The forward-facing wings provide excellent aerodynamic stability and reduce wingtip vortices, which means the wings can be constructed from lighter, thinner material. The Stingray is a common medium fighter in the Free Worlds League, but a few squadrons of them also exist in other Successor State air forces.
Capabilities:
An experimental model in the latter days of the Star League, the Stingray was snapped up by Houses Marik and Steiner, whose militaries prized it for its maneuverability and stability. Though it is not particularly fast, the Stingray carries a potent weapon payload. Twin Hellion-b medium and Hellion-a heavy lasers combine with a single Sunspot PPC to produce formidable striking power.
Though generally maneuverable and stable, the Stingray initially had problems because of its nose heavy design. The massive Sunspot PPC is mounted far forward on the fighter's fuselage, and the heavy gun sometimes destabilizes the Stingray in atmospheric flight. The large canard wings mounted on the nose of the vehicle have lessened the problem somewhat, but poor mass distribution still makes flying the Stingray in atmospheric combat a dicey proposition.