Colonial Viper Mark VII Class Fighter

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Capable of atmospheric flight, the Mark VII is the front-line variant of the Viper design, retaining the Mark II's general layout but adding fully integrated avionics that provide superior battle management and flight information for the pilot.

Ironically, it is this incorporation of new integrated systems that prevents the majority of Mark VIIs from being effective during the Cylon attack: as with the majority of Colonial Fleet, the Mark VIIs suffer fatal computer system failures on contact with Cylon forces. Thanks to a Cylon agent's relationship with Dr. Gaius Baltar, scientist and programmer of the navigation software project, the navigational software in use on board most Colonial Fleet vessels contains back-doors that allow the Cylons to infiltrate a vessel's computers by wireless signals and to disable its power systems. Though this problem can be overcome by removing the navigational upgrade compromised by the Cylons, the information is not discovered in time to benefit the surprised and hard-pressed Colonial forces.

Being a single-seat craft, it mounts three forward-facing kinetic energy weapons (KEW). In addition, it possesses hard-points beneath the wings for mounting missiles, munitions pods and other ordnance (The Hand of God).

**Purchase TN:** 633 (To Build) 422 (New) 281 (Used)

**Restriction:** Mil (+3)

• • Starfighters require the Pilot Starship Skill to be operated.

• • Many starfighters have vehicle mounted weapons, these vehicle weapons require the Vehicle Weapon Proficiency feat.

• • A starfighter in combat is always moving either under its own power, or by its current momentum, unless it has been brought to a full stop (a starfighter coming to a full stop is a move action, a starfighter at a full stop is considered flatfooted until it moves again. This rule dose not apply to vehicles able to hover in place). On a turn that a starfighter does not come to a full stop, and does not make a move action that round, the starfighter still moves forward in a straight line an amount of squares equal to one half its normal movement. (Vehicle Trait)

***Accommodations***

• • 1 Seat

***Structure Traits***

• • Advanced Control Flaps (PL 5) **• •** Advanced Wings (PL 5)

***Power System***

• • Fusion Generator

***Vehicle Systems***

• • 3x Advanced Hydrogen Injectors (PL 6) • • 6x Fuel Tanks (PL 5) • • Advanced Maneuvering Thrusters (PL 6) • • 3x Rocket-Jet Space Engines (700 meters) (PL 5) • • VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) Jets (PL 5) • • Advanced R.C.S. (Reaction Control System) (PL 6) • • Advanced Fuel Economizer (PL 7) • • Advanced RAM Scoop System (PL 7) **• •** Landing Gear (PL 4) • • Life Support System (PL 5) • • Radio Transceiver (PL 5) • • Utility Flare System (PL 5) • • Class II Sensor Array (PL 6) • • Collision Detection Sensors (PL 6) • • Proximity Sensors (PL 6) • • Anti-Accident System (PL 6) • • Chaff Launcher (PL 6) • • Missile Lock Alert (PL 6) • • Targeting System (PL 6) • • 3x Rail Cannon, Medium (PL 6) • • 3x Autofire Module (PL 6) • • 2x Missile/Torpedo Strikefoil, Large (PL 5)