Voltwolf-Stealth recon fighter

## Offensive and defensive specs

### Armament

2 30mm rail guns, 2 multi-purpose missile tubes, 4 15mm point defense turrets in 2 double turrets

### Complement

1 pilot, 1 co-pilot/navigator, 1 communications officer

## Overview

In the United Cantium Conglomerates quest to maintain its self as an independent power from the Mass Alliance and the Grand Duchy of Julithar they needed to build their own line of stealth ships to maintain an edge, however lacking the technological sophistication to make a true stealth ship they compromised with the voltwolf. Well OSNI's Revenant class stealth ship and the Grand Duchy's Phoenix class stealth ship can go into what's known as "true" stealth (able to trap up to 90% of emissions) the Voltwolf can only go stealth enough to mimic an asteroid or other space debris. This leaves the ship highly vulnerable and the compromise of adding weapons was made, this increased the weight and capabilities of the ship but made crews much more confident in their survive-ability.

The Voltwolf being so small is unable to fit a full size ATD inside it instead using a partial ATD drive that takes an already existing ATD bubble and maintains it around the ship for FTL travel. As such it is best that the Voltwolf is carried by a larger FTL capable ship before being launched to the area it is suppose to recon before returning for pickup. Typically being carried in by a Victory class carrier and then being picked up by a Dashan corvette.

## History

Well it is classified when the project began development it was publicly daubed in 99 DoS so it is assumed that the project goes back 7-10 years prior. It is known that it was approved for design by the UCC's division of aerospace engineering instead of the UCC navy. When the Voltwolf was unveiled to the public in 99 DoS it only had a handful of working prototypes. This was to coincide with the UCC's official declaration of neutrality between the Mass Alliance aligned groups (MAAG) and the Grand Duchy of Julithar's states (notably their client state of the Kingdom of Nodith), with their own stealth ship it would give more legitimacy to their intention to remain an independent power. However given that both the Mass Alliance and Grand Duchy both had true stealth ships this announcement did not have the weight that the UCC had hoped; however it cemented their power as the third most powerful state.

The Voltwolf stealth recon fighter officially entered service into the UCC navy in 106 DoS and has played a vital role of recon to fleets it was attached to. However its size at 14 meters wide made it take up so much space on carriers that it was often mocked and given the nickname: fat princess. Without major conflicts the Voltwolf's cost and maintenance often outweighed its benefits but was kept in service due to the perceived weakness it would show if they were to phase out their only active stealth unit. This was until the Grey Fleet Crisis in 151 DoS where fears of a potential war between the Mass Alliance and her allies and the Grand Duchy of Julithar and her states went from unlikely to very likely. With this any doubt about the need for the Voltwolf was shut down and all units that had fallen into disrepair suddenly, and very quickly, found their way back into service. The Eminence class battleship also being designed to carry 2 Voltwolf's.

## Design

The Voltwolf has a strange shape to its body with two massive engines on the edge of very short angular wings. Well its main body appears like a standard aircraft design at first it instead cuts back into an oblong shape. This design is intended to help with the Voltwolf's shape in order to trap radar waves with the help of radar absorbing material that is incorporated in its design. It is unknown if this is from the material the Voltwolf is built from or if this is a skin meant to be graphed over the material. One of the most important design features of the Voltwofl is its engines which are designed to use magnetically charged housings to push ionized materials out of the rear of the jet in order to provide thrust; however specifics are classified and some believe that this explanation is false in order to mislead other nations intelligence divisions.

The Voltwolf is also the only fighter craft that has a three person crew which consists of a pilot, Weapons System Officer (WSO) and a navigator. The navigator is due to the Voltwolf's use of its partial ATD system. Due to the complexities of faster then light travel and navigation combined with the lack of internal computers it was decided that an navigator was needed to guide the ship during travel. The WSO is required for helping guide the ships torpedoes that it can carry, aim its 2 coaxial 30mm rail guns mounted to the nose of the aircraft or the two point defense guns mounted at the stern of the ship on the dorsal and ventral portions of the hull.