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Mar 15
Team Zodiac’s “Pegasus” jet
The “Pegasus” was originally started off as VTOL business jet known as “Ascent” designed by Walker Aviation. The company thought that such an aircraft could make use of existing helipads in city environments with the added bonus of carrying more passengers and a faster cruising speed than helicopters. However the prototype design suffered from technical …
Mar 14
Booker VGB-16C “Eir”
The Booker VGB-16C tanker conversion is the latest development of the successful VGB-16A series bomber design. Though a tanker option was never originally considered from the outset, when it became apparent that there was a gaps in the market for carrier based tanker aircraft, Booker Aircraft Industries announced its intentions to develop such a machine …
Mar 14
Booker VGB-16B “Heimdall”
The VGB-16B is the Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW) version of the successful VGB-16A Naval bomber design. Early in development of the 16A, Booker Aircraft Industries realised that without a large central vertical stabiliser their design could comfortably carry a radome on top in the large open area between the twin wing mounted fins. …
Mar 14
Booker VGB-16A “Tyr”
The Booker VGB-16A is an all weather twin seat naval bomber aircraft. As well as being bought by several countries around the world the type is in use with the UN as part of its Peace Keeping forces. CLEA purchased three of the aircraft for use by the Arrowhead team when more firepower was needed …
Mar 14
Gaiman VGF-14D “Valkyrie”
The VGF-14 was originally developed as a single seat multirole fighter specifically for UN peacekeeping forces. Having variable geometry wings, vectored makes it an extremely agile aircraft for its size and its ability to operate from a carrier greatly expands its operational abilities. When CLEA formed the Arrowhead team the Valkyrie was chosen over various …
Mar 11
A2200 Beginnings – Ozzy and the Leveller
Since deciding to focus his life on being a vigilante, Nathan had rarely returned to the life of a mercenary. His war zones were now the cities and his enemies were not soldiers but drug dealers and the other gutter scum that destroyed lives like a cancer on society. However when a third party made …
Mar 11
From Ashes to Alphas
Towards the end of 1970 astronomers detected a rouge comet named Lee-Kosolov entering out solar system. Early predictions established that once it swung around the sun, on its return journey it would pass close to Earth’s orbit resulting in a near miss. However as is passed around the opposite side of the sun at its …
Mar 10
Icewind and Slapshot
CLEA DATA FILE Team Identities: Nanami Ueda (Icewind) Noah Tremblay (Slapshot CLEA Classification: Alpha Superior Tech Enhanced/Raider Special Skills and/or Abilities: Can generate her own ice field (Ueda). Skilled skaters (both) Powered arm gives Tremblay increase in strength. Powered arm allows Tremblay highly powerful strikes – can send a standard puck over 500 feet. Tremblay’s …
Mar 07
Robots
Though sometimes, particularly when they resemble humans, robots can be confused with cyborgs the simple difference between the two is down to the fact that cyborgs have organic components, even if it is small as a brain whilst robots are all machine. CLEA’s designation refers to two types of machine. These are drones which have …
Mar 07
Mecha
Though similar to a “Robot”, CLEA’s mecha designation refers to a robot type machine that can be controlled from the inside by a pilot. Sometimes the machine can be controlled remotely which arguably would be make such a unit a drone robot. However as regards to the designations robots cannot be piloted on the inside …