Designation: AF-4 Volcano (-A, -B, -T)

I. Dimensions:

II. Type:

• (-11A, -11B): One seat export heavy air/space attack aircraft.
• (-11T) : Two-seat export combat-capable trainer.

III. Service History:

• -11A:
• -11B:
• -11T:

IV. Propulsion:

• Fuel capacity:
  • 16 standard canisters of protoculture
  • ?.? liter D₂0 reactant for fusion engines.
• Assorted auxiliary and maneuvering thrusters.

V. Performance:

• Max level speed at 30+ km :
• Delta-v capacity :
• Powercell endurance: 200 hours continuous use
• Initial climb rate :
• Unboosted service ceiling :
• G limits :

VI. Electronics:

Radar tracking:

• Hughes APG-99 X-band pulse-Doppler phased array, providing spherical long-range detection and tracking of targets at all attitudes.

Optical tracking:

• Phillips AllView multi-band digital camera system, for medium range spherical infra-red imaging, optical and ultra-violet band detection and tracking.
• Thomson LT-5 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.

Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):

• Elettronica Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
• OlDelft Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
• Westinghouse ALQ-250(V) active sensor jammer
• Chaff dispenser
• Flares.

VII. Armament:

Cannons:

Missiles:

Hardpoints:

? underwing hardpoints can each mount:

• 1 x RMS-3 "Archangel Of Death" Nuclear stand-off missile. Reaction warhead (500 kT) mounted on a long range (354 km) Mach 4.0 combined multi-spectrum imager and active radar homing missile. Customized for anti-starship operations. Maximum delta-v in space is 9.8 kps.
• or 1 x CBM-200 Anti-mecha Cluster Missile. Two hundred guided cluster bombs with a range of 500 meters mounted on a long range (80 km) Mach 4.0 combined multi-spectrum imager and active radar homing missile. Customized for anti-mecha operations both in space and on the ground. Maximum delta-v in space is 3.5 kps.
• or 1 x Carapace missile container, carrying 6 medium range (65km) Mach 3.2 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing 260mm Diamondback missiles or 12 190x540mm short range (8.2km) combined active radar + home-on-jam/infra-red imager guided Hammerhead missiles.
• or 1 x RMS-2 'Angel of Death' Nuclear Stand-off missile. A reaction warhead (200 kT) mounted on a long range (293 km) Mach 4.0 combined multi-spectrum imager and active radar homing missile. Preferred ordnance for anti-starship missions. Maximum delta-v is 5 kps.
• or 1 x Firebird missile. A conventional warhead mounted on the frame of a RMS missile with a range of 234 km and a speed of Mach 6.5, guided by a combined IIR and active/passive radar seeker. Weapon has a delta-v of 4 kps in space.
• or 1 x Silencer anti-radiation missile.
• or 1 x Hughes GU-11 55mm three barreled smoothbore rotary gun pod; has a 500 round capacity. Cannon fires APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot) and HESH-I (High Explosive Squash Head-Incendiary) rounds at 600 rounds/minute.
• or 1 x Rheinmetall GU-12 single smoothbore barrel gun pod. Fires 100mm APFSDS and HEAP (High Explosive Armor Piercing) semi-combustible case munitions at 110 rounds/minute. Ammunition supply is 60 rounds.
• or 1 x MER for three optical, IIR, and active radar-guided Derringer missiles, with a range of 70km and a speed of Mach 3.0. Note however that because of the proximity of the hardpoints only one MER can be carried on the inner hardpoints; the outer hardpoints will have to remain unused in this case.
• or any other military cargo such as a reconnaissance pod, missile or cargo pod.

The most common payloads for this mecha are:

• Aerospace strike:
• Atmosphere strike A:
• Atmosphere strike B:

VIII. Armor:

The skin of the Volcano is composed of an advanced titanium-steel alloy. The armored skin stops all small arms fire, provides good protection against heavier infantry weapons, such as a 12.7mm machinegun round, and fair resistance to light mecha-mounted weaponry, such as the Zentraedi 22.3mm HE autocannon round. The total protection marginally better than that on the Valkyrie. The Volcano provides full protection from nuclear, biological, and chemical hazards, using an overpressure cockpit environment activated by radiation and hazardous chemical sensors, or manually when biological warfare conditions are anticipated. The internal consumables supplies can provide atmosphere for one day maximum.

IX. Development:

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