The profits of war by Darklorddc

Carrara/RDS • Science Fiction • posted on Aug 15, 2009

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Description

The Xintrin Avenger is a powerful, gun-heavy light armored transport used by the Xintrin Merchant Guild fleet as a scout, Electronic warfare, and light escort vessel. The design is a unique Xintrin-human collaboration built during the Xintrin's war with the murderous Berylan...an alien species that believes only they have the right to exist. Since the Xintrin had designed even their combat vessels to be trading and cargo ships first, they needed something that could be built fast and with some punch. A human corporation stepped in and offered to create a new design, in return for some Xintrin technological secrets and the rights to distribute a powered down light transport version of the vessel to the human market. The Xintrin won the war, and the ship became popular in Xintrin and human space. The military variant, shown here, is fast, armed to the teeth, and utilizes cutting edge technology. While the military version has a crew of five, it can be flown by one person. It has four powerful microwave lasers, two pulsed heavy plasma cannons, a light dual microwave laser defense turret and four short-range missile batteries. It also has a powerful jamming suite and excellent sensors and a low electromagnetic signature. It is faster than most Xintrin ships, though the speed is average for a ship it's class (Xintrin ships are notoriously slow). It's armor is moderate. It can carry 20 tons of cargo, or two platoons of infantry or one platoon of infantry in powered armor. The civilian variant, most popular among independent Xintrin merchants, only has two microwave lasers in the front and the turret. The missiles and the plasma cannons are removed. The hardpoints are still there, though, and many humans illegally modify the ship with new weapons to replace them. The Avenger is the smallest ship in the Xintrin military. The Xintrin do not believe in space fighters, since they cannot carry cargo. The Xintrin rank cargo space as equal to engines in importance, and the idea of a tiny spaceship with no cargo that guzzles fuel and can't take a hit is, to them, one of the most useless ideas in space-faring history. The Xintrin, by the way, hate the name "Avenger" that humans have given it. It's a mistake in translation. The real name is the "Seeker of Restitution" which is an entirely different concept. Everything in Xintrin culture revolves around making a profit, and a common Xintrin saying is "there is no profit in vengeance." Enjoy, and let me know what you think. Created in DOGA-L3 and with touch-up work in Carrara. Postwork in GIMP 2.6