Equipment | Hardpoints
Used | Requirements | Special |
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Cargo Container/Resupply Pods | See Special | | Can Carry an additional 115 kg/250 lbs. per hardpoint invested
Can be dropped as bombs with Accuracy -2, Lead +0 Damage, & AP 0.
Critical Failure on drop roll renders pod contents destroyed.
Aircraft Performance -1 While Carried (not cumulative)* |
Cable Cutter | 2 | | Can sever cable-like objects (anchor ropes, mooring lines, guy wires, harpoon cables, boarding ladders, torpedo nets, parachute risers, etc.) during a strafing action.
Not compatible with skyhook recovery system. |
Countermeasure Launcher | 2 | | See Countermeasures |
Dive Siren | 2 | | Automatically break initiative ties during strafing phase in your favor
Attack simultaneous with strafing targets and take no damage from return fire if target destroyed/incapacitated. |
Drop Pods | See Special | | Adds ¼ Extra Range per Hardpoint
Aircraft Performance -1 While Carried (not cumulative)* |
Duster System | 2 | Limited: Requires Bay [Storage Tank] Upgrade | Can cover targets with liquids (herbicides, pesticides, water, fire retardant foam, oil, avgas, etc.) during a strafing action. |
External Ammunition Drum | 2 | | Designate Primary Weapon or External Gun Pod that will gain additional ammunition:
+4 LMG/HMG, +2 Light/Heavy Cannons, +1 Artillery Cannon |
External Gun Pod | Variable, See Special | | See Primary Weapon Entry for Hardpoint Values |
Long-Range Radio | None, See Special | | Wingleader or Ace/Elite Ace Only
Replaces basic radio with one significantly harder to jam (+2 Equipment Bonus) and capable of receiving signals from 100 km away while broadcasting up to 20 km away. |
Reconnaissance Camera | 2 | | High Resolution Camera for Aerial Reconnaissance Missions
Photo Quality (High & Wide Angle Shots): d6 [X] + Stat [Piloting] + SA
Photo Quality (Low & Close In): d6 [X] + Stat [Strafing] + SA |
Refueling Boom | 2 | Limited: Requires Bay [Storage Tank] Upgrade | Can transfer fuel between aircraft, allowing mid-air refueling |
Radio Jammer | 2 | Jammer Rating = Effected Targets
Basic: Warbirds, Bombers, & Beepers
Advanced: Ground & Naval
Cutting Edge: Airships & Emplacements | Adds Jamming Capability to Warbird Radio
Jamming Check: d6 [X] + Stat [Mind] + SA + Jammer Rating [Basic (Any) , +1; Advanced (Ace), +2; Cutting Edge (Elite Ace), +3]
vs. Awareness Check: d6 [X] + Stat [Mind] + Skill [Awareness] + Radio Rating
Enemies who fail cannot coordinate attacks/use any wingman stunts until jamming is stopped or countered.
Nullify Jamming Check: d6 [X] + Stat [Mind] + SA + Radio Rating & takes one round. |
Searchlight | 2 | | Can illuminate targets, negating Darkness combat modifier penalty against highlighted target. |
Skyhook Recovery System | 2 | | Can pick up target balloon line: Meet a Strafing Check of base Difficulty 10.
Not compatible with Cable Cutter |
Smoke Generator | 2 | | Generates Smoke Trail of chosen color behind warbird.
Skywriting: Make a Piloting Check: d6 [X] + Stat [Piloting] + SA for legibility |
Tow Hitch & Winch | None, See Special | | Can tow a banner (any airframe), a target tug (any airframe), or a glider (heavy fighter only)
Aircraft Performance -1 While Towing (not cumulative)* |