User:JA 394/Torpedo Boat

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"If you live by the Fire, you will die by the Fire."

- The Gatekeeper

The Torpedo Boat was a deployable unit carried by most SE carriers and capital ships. It was a heavy duty clean up unit, and was widely dreaded by opposing capital ship captains as well as structure crews because of one simple fact: when the Empire sends in these guys, they are not playing around. The Torpedo Boat was very inexpensive to operate, as it was such a design that had been put to the test time and time again, but had, in the Empire's eyes, come through. It's weakness, however, was what prevented it from truly shining: It's lack of defensive weaponry. This proved to be a major issue throughout it's career and eventually forced the SE to pull it from front line duty.

Technical specifications
The Torpedo Boat was very slow, heavily armored, and could fire its deadly Ogrov Torpedoes from extremely long range. In it's earlier days of service, it had no other weapons, eventually causing it to be targeted by the enemy's bombers. Eventually, the Empire gave the Torpedo Boat 6 point defense laser cannons to repel bombers, and increased it's armor, but in doing so, they were forced to take out it's hyperdrive and 5 torpedo launchers to make additional capacity for the lasers and armor. The result? Essentially, in an official Imperial spokesman's words, a "Super Bomber." However, as pointed out in battle, there was nothing "Super" about it's defenses, as the enemy pounded it with long range ships of their own, until finally the Empire was forced to withdraw it from regular combat duty. It was then only deployed after the majority of the hostile fleet had been wiped out, or if it's host was about to be destroyed.

Class
Although the Torpedo Boat is obviously not a bomber, it is classified as such, probably due to it being deployed like one. This misclassification would lead many to question the true usefulness of this ship. After the majority of the battles were over, few skeptics remained of the Torpedo Boat and it's game-changing power. As a final word of warning, on the left side of every Torpedo Boat ever produced, there is an enscription that reads "If You Live by the Fire, You Will Die by the Fire." -The Gatekeeper