Overview:       High thrust, high mass, close ranged fighter. So is listed the PG-2 Pugio under 'craft type' on form CS-X-371A submitted to TOGSOG for new craft evaluation. Designed and Produced by the New Rome Metal Company, a veteran of craft and vehicle design, the Pugio was accepted by the TOG military in 6828. Slender and fast, the suprisingly nimble Pugio operates often alonside the Spiculum, matching it for acceleration and working in the opposite range band. Capabilities:       As it's namesake, the Pugio was developed for close in brawling. Two Brazier-class TPP-16s, manufactured by the Cingio Industrial Tools corporation provide the core of the Pugio's weapons complement. Cingio is well known for their heavy-duty plasma cutting and mining tools, and have a reputation for building increadibly robust equipment, and their TPPs are no exception. (Like all of their tools, the Braziers are bright yellow in colour) Designers decided to keep with the TPP's conical damage profile and added one of the new cone lasers as the Pugio's secondary armament. While there are few corporations producing this new weapon at the moment, there are even fewer designs using the weapon, so supply for the Pugio hasn't been a problem.       Rounding out the weapons complement are two 5/1 lasers, manufactured by various companies. Pugio manufacturing lines are scattered across the TOG realm, and 5/1s are brought in from the closest manufacturers, a feature that is offset, of course, by the rarity of the cone laser. The Pugio is somewhat unusual for a TOG fighter in that it carries but two hardpoints, both mounted under the cockpit, riding to the left and right of the cone laser housing.       Pugios can sustain a very respectible 7gs of acceleration, required to bring it's close-range weaponry to bear. A standard accel comp is installed in the unusually spacious cockpit to handle the g-forces created. Armour is average for a heavy fighter, as is shielding, with a stronger rating facing forward. As a mix-it-up fighter, the Pugio pilot is expected to keep his bow pointed as much as possible towards the enemy to bring its fire breathers to bear. The Pugio is equipped with anti-grav drives for garrison purposes. With only two lasers capable of strafing, it isn't seen as a viable ground attack craft, so the lack of streamlining is not seen at all as a disadvantage. Cost tips the scales at just over 4 million credits, a tad expensive, but not surprising given the leading edge technology installed within. Deployment:       The Pugio has been in production for a few years, and has a dotted distribution across the TOG sphere of influence. It has performed admirably in combat when used properly, when keeping in mind that it is not capable of long ranged combat. There have been no serious design/construction flaws found, and maintenance shedules are all within the norm. The Pugio has proven itself satisfactorally to TOGSOG, and CW/R forces can expect to see this fighter in relative numbers for many years to come.

Class: Heavy Fighter Mass: 171 tons Cost: 4,094,800 Rating Power Mass Cost Right Engine 850 850 9 850000 Cnter Engine 800 800 8 800000 Left Engine 850 850 9 850000 Links 2 2 2 400000 Thrust: 7 Shields Rating Front 70 48 2 35000 Right 50 12 2 25000 Left 50 12 2 25000 Stern 60 24 2 30000 Armour Points Front 100 0 10 500 Right 80 0 8 400 Left 80 0 8 400 Stern 100 0 10 500 Weapons Location TPP-16 Left Wing 55 15 219000 5/1 Left Wing 7 7 84000 Hard Point Left Wing 0 3 10000 TPP-16 Right Wing 55 15 219000 5/1 Right Wing 7 7 84000 Hard Point Right Wing 0 3 10000 Cone Laser Bow 35 35 420000 Hard Point Bow 0 3 10000 Hard Point Bow 0 3 10000 Crew and Cockpit Cockpit 1 1 1 10000 Crew 1 1 1 1000 Accel Comp 7 4 4 7000 Atmospheric Controls A-G Drives 1 9 2 1000 Streamlining 0 0 0 0 Power Mass Cost Totals: 272 171 $4,094,800 Excess Power: 2228------------------------

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