Chirichan ML04 "Heron" Medium Fighter

Name: ML04 Heron
Craft: Chirichan ML04 Heron Medium Fighter
Type: Medium Fighter
Scale: starfighter
Length: 25 meters (estimated)
Skill: starfighter pilot
Crew: 1
Cargo Capacity: none
Consumables: 10 days
Jump Drive: x10
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 3D+1
Space: 10
Atmosphere: 415; 1,200 km/h
Hull: 5D+1
Shields: 1D+1
Sensors

Passive: 50/2D
Scan: 100/3D
Search: 150/4D
Focus: 5/5D

Weapons

2 Stream Lasers Mk. II

Fire Arc: Forward Narrow
Crew: 1
Scale: walker
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Atmosphere Range: 100-300/500/1,000m
Rate of fire: 9
Damage: 3D

5 Light Ordnance Hardpoints

Fire Arc: Forward Narrow
Crew: 1
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D

Snipe Missile

Scale: starfighter
Space Range: 1-10/20/200
Atmosphere Range: 100-1,000/2,000/20,000m
Rate of fire: 1
Ammo: 2
Damage: 4D+1

Brute Mk II Missile

Scale: starfighter
Space Range: 1-20/40/240
Atmosphere Range: 100-2,000/4,000/24,000m
Rate of fire: 1
Ammo: 1
Damage: 8D

Python Missile

Scale: starfighter
Space Range: 1-20/40/240
Atmosphere Range: 100-2,000/4,000/24,000m
Rate of fire: 1
Ammo: 1
Damage: 10D

Disruptor Missile

Scale: starfighter
Space Range: 1-20/40/220
Atmosphere Range: 100-2,000/4,000/22,000m
Rate of fire: 1
Ammo: 1
Damage: None; If hit, the targeted craft cannot move for two rounds

Hi-Explosive Mine Tube

Fire Arc: Aft Narrow
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: starship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: N/A
Atmosphere Range: N/A
Rate of fire: 1
Ammo: 10
Damage: 9D

Electronic Counter Measure Module

Fire Arc: all
Crew: 1
Skill: sensors
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 1-25/50/100km
Effects: Enemy Sensors and Fire Control -2D

Countermeasure Pod Dispenser

Fire Arc: aft
Crew: 1
Scale: starfighter
Skill: sensors
Fire Control: 2D
Space Range: 1-13/25/50
Atmosphere Range: 1-25/50/100km
Ammo: 10
Rate of fire: 1
Effects: Enemy Sensors & Fire Control -1D

Gear:

D-Drive
Matter/Antimatter Power Plant
Ejection Seat: This accessory allows the vehicle's crew and passengers to safely disembark while it is still in mid-flight. It can be used as the vehicle is being destroyed.

Description: The Heron is the Chirichan pirate clan’s primary medium fighter. Statistically they are a stand up fighter which can hold their own against the average civilian counterpart. Visually, they are far more striking – their unusual hull is a strange reverse of the even stranger Veldor-class ship.

Origin's Official Guide to Privateer 2: The Darkening

The Chirichan Heron is like the Jincilla Veldor — it is well-armed and a little on the slow side, but easy to kill if you can avoid its guns. You should make it a priority, though, because you could really take a pounding from one if you leave it alone long enough to concentrate on something else.

Source:

Wing Commander Encyclopedia: Heron Medium Fighter ML04
The Wing Commander Role Playing Game (page 326)
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