Chief Flight officer Krit'rint'Nuruodo Looked over the new frame. It was big and looked like it would fly like a brick. The New Krissii Heavy fighter was supposd to be the most advanced weapon Lash Designs had produced to date, Advanced, Trint thought to himself that the engineers should have made some advanced landing gear. He did not see how the skinny landing struts supported the weight.
"Ah Chief Trint, How do you like our new toy?"
Trint turned to see chief engineer chafmo'rgan'inrokini standing behind him. Morgani was short for a Chiss but the mans genius was indisputable. he had developed many of the day to day automation systems the Chiss ascendancy and Lash designs now used. It was just of late that he had begun working for house Nuruodo and the military. In doing so he set in to motion a group of events that would see himself and many other Chiss who worked with him exiled from the ascendancy. Now he worked for Lash designs with other exiled engineers to develop new technology for Admiral Lash.
"Climb aboard Chief, Lets see if the time and credits are worth it."
The engineer motioned for Trint to climb into the fighter. Trint looked at the large vessel one more time and climbed into the pilots seat. Next to him a female Chiss officer had already begun the pre-flight check list. She looked over at Trint and smiled. without a word she went back to running her tests and communicating with flight control. From behind him Trint heard the familiar voice of his friend Horet.
"Welcome aboard Chief. Glad to see you decided to grace us with your presence today."
Mith'oretin'nuruodo has been friends with Trint since phalanx training. They had worked together and against each other to advance into the best commands the CEDF had. It was not until the Meteor Hammer incident that they too both made the choice to leave the ascendancy with Lash and the other Chiss who had been condemned to Exhile.
"Horet, how did you pull this duty?"
The Chiss siting in the aft gunners seat laughed.
"I volunteered, it seemed no one really wanted to go up in this big beast."
Trint knew that feeling.the female flight officer in the forward gunners seat finished the preliminary checks and fired up the fighters reactor. Trint did not know the woman, nor did he care to. She had shown no interest in chatting so he left her to her duties and keep to his. She looked over and gave him the go ahead for takeoff. Trint applied power to the repulsor coils and the Krissii rose off the tarmac without any problem. The female officer began her weapons check as did Horet. as they finished each system check they spoke out the test and that it had been cleared. Trint played with the double control stick a little. Moving the craft in a circle as it hovered in place. After all systems and weapons had been tested and check he slowly applied thrust to the craft and moved away from the surface of Elysi.
As expected the craft was not fast. it was heavy and the thrust needed to accelerate the big ship was noticeably more than the smaller fighters Trint was accustom to. What was surprising was the maneuverability of the big vessel. Redundant Thrust pods helped the big ship move like a fighter half her size. Trint slowed the craft and ran the shield tests. The multiple shield generators was a new feature and would take some getting used to. Two generators were set to center to see the main settings were accurate. then one by one the other two were tested starting at center then full forward and full aft. Finally all four were set to center then disengaged.
"I think that's it for preliminary tests. Lets take her on course and test the pods."
The two subordinate agreed and with no haste Trist took the Krissii to space. The acceleration into orbit could be better but once in space the craft came into its own. It had better acceleration response and maneuvering was unlike anything Trint had seen in a craft this big.
"Dial up one test missile on pods on and two Horet."
In the large pods mounted on each wing tip automated loaders began the process of loading the missile into one of the four tubes on each wing pod. The process only took four seconds and the missiles were ready to fire. Beside him the female officer began locking the weapon on a target in the distance.
"Target acquired chief, fire at will."
Trint flipped up the fire lock and presses the button twice. two missiles shot out of the pods and sped off towards the target drones.
"Confirmed kill sir. Both missiles were within 2 centimeters of their targeted point."
Trint smiled and turned the craft back towards the planet. He had to admit he was surprised by the craft. It had preformed much better than he initially thought it would. A stable heavy weapons support fighter was exactly what she was, and something which was much needed. The older heavy fighters were out classed and old. The Krissii was more than an upgrade for them.
"Test over crew. Let head home."
Trint and his crew flew back towards Elysi and the test facility. The newest weapon in the Lash designs arsenal was tested and ready to go into full production.
"Ah Chief Trint, How do you like our new toy?"
Trint turned to see chief engineer chafmo'rgan'inrokini standing behind him. Morgani was short for a Chiss but the mans genius was indisputable. he had developed many of the day to day automation systems the Chiss ascendancy and Lash designs now used. It was just of late that he had begun working for house Nuruodo and the military. In doing so he set in to motion a group of events that would see himself and many other Chiss who worked with him exiled from the ascendancy. Now he worked for Lash designs with other exiled engineers to develop new technology for Admiral Lash.
"Climb aboard Chief, Lets see if the time and credits are worth it."
The engineer motioned for Trint to climb into the fighter. Trint looked at the large vessel one more time and climbed into the pilots seat. Next to him a female Chiss officer had already begun the pre-flight check list. She looked over at Trint and smiled. without a word she went back to running her tests and communicating with flight control. From behind him Trint heard the familiar voice of his friend Horet.
"Welcome aboard Chief. Glad to see you decided to grace us with your presence today."
Mith'oretin'nuruodo has been friends with Trint since phalanx training. They had worked together and against each other to advance into the best commands the CEDF had. It was not until the Meteor Hammer incident that they too both made the choice to leave the ascendancy with Lash and the other Chiss who had been condemned to Exhile.
"Horet, how did you pull this duty?"
The Chiss siting in the aft gunners seat laughed.
"I volunteered, it seemed no one really wanted to go up in this big beast."
Trint knew that feeling.the female flight officer in the forward gunners seat finished the preliminary checks and fired up the fighters reactor. Trint did not know the woman, nor did he care to. She had shown no interest in chatting so he left her to her duties and keep to his. She looked over and gave him the go ahead for takeoff. Trint applied power to the repulsor coils and the Krissii rose off the tarmac without any problem. The female officer began her weapons check as did Horet. as they finished each system check they spoke out the test and that it had been cleared. Trint played with the double control stick a little. Moving the craft in a circle as it hovered in place. After all systems and weapons had been tested and check he slowly applied thrust to the craft and moved away from the surface of Elysi.
As expected the craft was not fast. it was heavy and the thrust needed to accelerate the big ship was noticeably more than the smaller fighters Trint was accustom to. What was surprising was the maneuverability of the big vessel. Redundant Thrust pods helped the big ship move like a fighter half her size. Trint slowed the craft and ran the shield tests. The multiple shield generators was a new feature and would take some getting used to. Two generators were set to center to see the main settings were accurate. then one by one the other two were tested starting at center then full forward and full aft. Finally all four were set to center then disengaged.
"I think that's it for preliminary tests. Lets take her on course and test the pods."
The two subordinate agreed and with no haste Trist took the Krissii to space. The acceleration into orbit could be better but once in space the craft came into its own. It had better acceleration response and maneuvering was unlike anything Trint had seen in a craft this big.
"Dial up one test missile on pods on and two Horet."
In the large pods mounted on each wing tip automated loaders began the process of loading the missile into one of the four tubes on each wing pod. The process only took four seconds and the missiles were ready to fire. Beside him the female officer began locking the weapon on a target in the distance.
"Target acquired chief, fire at will."
Trint flipped up the fire lock and presses the button twice. two missiles shot out of the pods and sped off towards the target drones.
"Confirmed kill sir. Both missiles were within 2 centimeters of their targeted point."
Trint smiled and turned the craft back towards the planet. He had to admit he was surprised by the craft. It had preformed much better than he initially thought it would. A stable heavy weapons support fighter was exactly what she was, and something which was much needed. The older heavy fighters were out classed and old. The Krissii was more than an upgrade for them.
"Test over crew. Let head home."
Trint and his crew flew back towards Elysi and the test facility. The newest weapon in the Lash designs arsenal was tested and ready to go into full production.