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Etymology[]

Ictus (pl. ictûs or ictws) is a Latin word meaning "wound" or "strike". The fighter was named for its ability to penetrate armour quickly and wound an enemy fighter early in the battle.

Errata[]

The Ictus´ thrust is given in the TOG Fighter Briefing as 6; reverse-engineering the fighter using the construction rules in the Interceptor rulebook yields only a thrust of 5. This can be remedied by removing the missile hardpoint; both variants of the basic model are listed here.

Overview[]

In 6822[1], the Imperial Navy decided to create a new attack fighter by modifying the Spiculum. By adding extra armor and weapons to a well-tried airframe, they hoped to get an easily-produced variant that would use most or all of the logistic and ground support of the Spiculum, thus saving design time and the expense and difficulty of setting up another logistic pipeline for the new fighter.

Unfortunately for TOG, the prototype fell into Renegade hands when its test pilot defected; the ship eventually became the Commonwealth Peacekeeper. For security reasons, this design was immediately cancelled, but the Naval Procurement Board was still determined to have its new attack fighter. One of the definite requirements was now that the new fighter should be able to beat the Peacekeeper as well.

After four years of design work, the prototype Ictus was ready and was immediately taken into service. The Ictus bears only a slight outward resemblance to either of its forebears, although many of the control systems and structural components are the same. While this commonality does simplify manufacturing and logistics somewhat, the benefits are not as great as had originally been hoped for. Tactically, Ictus fighters are used to support Spiculum squadrons if close combat is expected, since their very different weapons suites complement each other well.

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Legionnaire RPG Values: Ictus Standard Variant[]

Hit Location Sub-Location Damage Boxes / Damage
[1] Structure - [][][][][] [][][][][] [][][][][] [][][]
[2] FTL Drive - None
[3] Shields - [][][][][] []
[4] Engines / Thrust - [][][][][] ::: Thrust 5 g
[5] Armour - [][][][][] [][][][][]
[6] Crew Pilot [][][][][]
[7] Weapon Computers - [][][][]
[8] Sensors - [][][]
[9] Life Support - [][][]
[10] Weapons [1] 7.5/6 Laser Damage 8
- [2] 7.5/6 Laser Damage 8
- [3] 7.5/5 Laser Damage 7
- [4] 7.5/5 Laser Damage 7
- [5] Hardpoint *

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Variant: Thrust 6 Ictus[]

This is not a variant as such, but an attempt to match the thrust value of 6 given in the TOG Fighter Briefing by removing the missile hardpoint.

Fighter TOG Ictus specs3

The Ictus´ top, side and bottom aspects.

Legionnaire RPG Values: Ictus Thrust 6 Variant[]

Hit Location Sub-Location Damage Boxes / Damage
[1] Structure - [][][][][] [][][][][] [][][][][] [][][]
[2] FTL Drive - None
[3] Shields - [][][][][] []
[4] Engines / Thrust - [][][][][] [] ::: Thrust 6 g
[5] Armour - [][][][][] [][][][][]
[6] Crew Pilot [][][][][]
[7] Weapon Computers - [][][][]
[8] Sensors - [][][]
[9] Life Support - [][][]
[10] Weapons [1] 7.5/6 Laser Damage 8
- [2] 7.5/6 Laser Damage 8
- [3] 7.5/5 Laser Damage 7
- [4] 7.5/5 Laser Damage 7

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Variants[]

A High Thrust Modification model exists, removing two of the 7.5/6 lasers for thrust: 7 performance.

Annotations[]

  1. The TOG Fighter Briefing gives this date as "6922", which is some 88 years after the official timeline´s "current" year of 6830. It is therefore assumed for the purposes of this article that this is a typographical error, and the date has been changed to 6822.