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{{Updated_Vehicle_Template|name=|manufacturer=Dark Angels Corporation|used_by=[[Dark Angels Air Force|Dark Angels Air Force]]|image1=Scorpion Gunship.png|role=Attack VTOL|crew=1|main_armament=*Four .50 caliber guns | {{Updated_Vehicle_Template|name=|manufacturer=Dark Angels Corporation|used_by=[[Dark Angels Air Force|Dark Angels Air Force]]|image1=Scorpion Gunship.png|role=Attack VTOL|crew=1|main_armament=*Four .50 caliber guns | ||
*Two dual 50 cal. machine guns | |||
*Two triple-barrel 20mm gatling guns | |||
*Ten TK-411 WAFAR air-to-ground missile pods | *Ten TK-411 WAFAR air-to-ground missile pods | ||
*Two Hawkeye HELLFIRE air-to-air missile pods|powerplant=100 knot cruise | *Two Hawkeye HELLFIRE air-to-air missile pods|powerplant=100 knot cruise | ||
max 200 knots}}The '''AT-99 “Scorpion” Gunship''' is a VTOL rotorwing light attack aircraft used by the [[Dark Angels Air Force]]. Outfitted with a Mosquito-class targeting and missile launch platform, the Scorpion is the gunship of choice to escort shuttle landings and take-off, for close fire support for military operations, and air support for ground assault. | max 200 knots|secondary_armament=*Mosquito-class targeting system | ||
*Friend or Foe (IFF) Lockout system | |||
*FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red)}}The '''AT-99 “Scorpion” Gunship''' is a VTOL rotorwing light attack aircraft used by the [[Dark Angels Air Force]]. Outfitted with a Mosquito-class targeting and missile launch platform, the Scorpion is the gunship of choice to escort shuttle landings and take-off, for close fire support for military operations, and air support for ground assault. | |||
== Specifications/Overview == | == Specifications/Overview == | ||
Revision as of 02:07, 1 March 2023
The AT-99 “Scorpion” Gunship is a VTOL rotorwing light attack aircraft used by the Dark Angels Air Force. Outfitted with a Mosquito-class targeting and missile launch platform, the Scorpion is the gunship of choice to escort shuttle landings and take-off, for close fire support for military operations, and air support for ground assault.
Specifications/Overview
Crew
The AT-99 Scorpions are operated by a single pilot, who must coordinate what is happening with and around the aircraft, control and fire weapons, operate communications and navigation.
Weapons/Armament
Scorpion Gunships are known for their superior frontal firepower, while not lacking in speed, agility, and maneuverability.
The Scorpion has two forward-mounted stub pylons that are armed with four gimbal-mounted .50 caliber machine guns with a 700-rounds per minute cyclic rate of fire as close-range primary weapons. It carries two dual 50 cal. Machine Guns and two triple-barrel 20mm Gatling Guns. The Scorpion has two pairs of huge stub-wing pylons to carry its armament of 190 TK-411 WAFAR (Wrap-Around Fin Aerial Rocket) in ten 19-tube rocket launchers. The use of the rocket varies according to the warhead that can range from tactical applications to impact-based sensor systems. Eight Hawkeye HELLFIRE (Helicopter Launched Fire-and-Forget), are used to engage air-to-air targets in conjunction with the nose-mounted sensor suite.
Weapons fire is constrained by an Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Lockout system, which prevents friendly fire incidents in complex engagements with multiple aircraft and targets. Essentially, any of the weapons refuses to fire if the projected probability cone of a friendly vehicle’s flight path will put it in the trajectory of the bullet downrange. All air vehicles in Angelian service can track each other in a battle theater in real time, using IFF beacons, and this data is integrated into the weapons systems via the IFF Lockout System.
The Scorpion is equipped with instruments for navigation such as FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red) for night time sorties and operations and radar capabilities for low visibility circumstances.
Propulsion and Capabilities
The Scorpion features a dual coaxial ducted-fan tiltrotor system similar to that of the Hornet, with a total of four 3-bladed prop-rotors as well as Twin Magnussen KE-76 turbine generators driving counter-rotating annular ceramic motors. This gives the Scorpion an effective combat range of 800 kilometers at 100 mp/h cruise. The top speed of the Scorpion is 200 knots on Terra.
There is no ejection seat, as inertial auto-rotation is the preferred method of surviving a power-out scenario. There is an ultracapacitor backup system which can sustain rotor RPM for two minutes in the event of a full engine failure.