Gryphon Fighter-Bomber – Obsidian Fleet Skip to content Task Forces Task Force 29 Task Force 47 Task Force 72 Database Community News Departmental News Advertising & Promotions Fleet News (IC Only) Task Force 29 News Task Force 47 News Task Force 72 News Awards Listing Monthly Writing Competition Honoured Members Fleet Council Resources Age-Restricted Simulations Rules and things Fleet Rules Fleet Ops Handbook Manual for Player Disputes and Conflict Resolution Tools and Credits Join OF Find A Sim Sim Application Form Login Navigation Menu Navigation Menu Task Forces Task Force 29 Task Force 47 Task Force 72 Database Community News Departmental News Advertising & Promotions Fleet News (IC Only) Task Force 29 News Task Force 47 News Task Force 72 News Awards Listing Monthly Writing Competition Honoured Members Fleet Council Resources Age-Restricted Simulations Rules and things Fleet Rules Fleet Ops Handbook Manual for Player Disputes and Conflict Resolution Tools and Credits Join OF Find A Sim Sim Application Form Login Gryphon Fighter-Bomber by wolf March 10, 2019 September 23, 2019 The Gryphon fighter/bomber was designed to update the aging starfighters of the aerospace corps. Design was started after the success of the AH-12 Phoenix fighter, both Mark I and II designed by John Barstow. After he introduced the Mark II Starfleet R and D saw an opportunity to apply his design principals to new technology that had recently emerged And combine then with the very successful Valkyrie Fighter hull design. The result was the Gryphon class fighter/bomber. The Gryphon sports an updated shielding and phaser package as well as adding an additional hard point for a full size Quantum torpedo and 4 additional micro-Quantum torpedoes. With the addition of the extra phaser and full size torpedo the micro-launchers were moved to both be behind and to either side of the cockpit with 12 micro-Quantum torpedoes each. The pagers start at the top with a 240 degree type V phaser strip on the top most section of the hull. The 2 type U+ micro-pulse phaser arrays are located in the forward facing section of each wing on either side of the fuselage. Finally, the type VI arrays are located on the fuselage on either side of centerline, to each side of the centerline hard point and set to be slightly shorter. All are forward facing. When configured for bombing runs and ground assault the Gryphon has 4 torpedoes. In this configuration, however, the type VI arrays are not available as they are covered by the centerline torpedo launcher. Finally, the Gryphon took the Phoenix’s reconnaissance pod and shrunk it down with the most advanced sensor package available and put it in the nose-cone of the fighter. This allows for the sensors to always be mounted without the need for reconfiguring the fighter. Specifications Crew: 2 Length: 20m Height: 3.5m Width: 14m Cruise: 4.3 Max. warp: 5.5 Emer. warp: 6.5 (for 2 hours) Armament- Type U+ Micro-pulse: 2 (in wings) Type VI: 2 Type V: 1 (dorsal) Micro-torp launchers: 2 Micro-quantums: 24 Quantums: 4 (hardpoints) Shielding: Fighter Shielding System Sim Groups Independent Fleet Operations Task Force 29 Task Force 47 Task Force 72 Services Fleet Council Academy Fleet Communications Lore & Technology Mediation & Arbitration Resources Academy Courses Database Fleet Constitution Manual for Player Disputes and Conflict Resolution Join Us! Find A Sim CO Application Form Copyright Obsidian Fleet 2001-2019. Obsidian Fleet is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp or the “Star Trek” franchise. STAR TREK® and its various marks are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. 2019 © CBS Studios Inc./Paramount Pictures Corp