SHIP SPECIFICATIONS

Dissenter Fighter Most Dissenter Fighters were robot-ships, only about 9% had a crew to act as observers and to give their squadron directions, if required. . The essential qualities of the Dissenter fighter were high acceleration and high operating speeds. They typically attacked at speeds of just under 300,000 kilometres a second (0.999c) and could accelerate at 38gs. F.E sensors could not track them accurately, F.E ships could not catch them and F.E weapons could not hit them. Dissenter Bomber An unarmoured crewless robot ship, it used deadfall ordinance to attack FE planets and orbital installations. Using data gathered by other ships, the Bomber would release 2000 tonnes of concrete or cast rock from several AUs away, then escape using its FTL engines. There was no easy way of either detecting or stopping the weapons once launched. Typically four 500 tonne "missiles" would be launched. The Bomber was capable of over 40 gs of acceleration Dissenter Reconnaissance Ship The fastest of the Dissenter ships, capable of nearly 45 gs. It is thought to be a Fighter conversion. It is unarmed and has slightly more powerful engines and better sensors. They were used to gather targeting data for attacks by Bombers and Fighters.