Nssis-class Clawcraft

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The fuselage was based on the iconic "ball cockpit" of the TIE Series, with a Sienar ion drive pod mounted on the rear, but two pairs of curving wings thrust out like an X-wing's strike-foils, stemming from the junction of cockpit and drive pod. Each wing extended forward in a claw-like grip around the cockpit, with a Sienar L-s7.2 laser cannon at its tip. With modest deflector shields and thicker hull armor, Clawcraft were slower than their TIE/LN starfighter predecessors, but their ion engines allowed them to reach an atmospheric speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour and achieve respectable sublight acceleration of almost forty thousand meters per second squared. Clawcraft made up for their lower sublight speed with greater maneuverability. Each curved wing could make minor position adjustments and was paired with a mounted control jet to allow the pilot to throw the ship into sharp turns and complex maneuvers. A unique hyperspace beacon system enabled Clawcraft to make lightspeed jumps without an on-board navigation computer, allowing them to function as long-range craft while reducing weight, size, and complexity of non-combat equipment. However, this dependence on navigational data transmitted from a nexus of anchor points restricted the area in which most Clawcraft could operate. For long-range deployment, ships of this class typically traveled with specialist beacon ships until about 28 ABY, when new variants began to enter service featuring on-board navicomps for the first time, as well as warhead launchers. I don't create these models. I convert them and do my best to make them usable for 3D printers. I strive to obtain permission from each creator but in some cases have found this difficult at best. I do this as a labor of love to present models from the beloved universe to fans worldwide.