SSA002 MMF-101 Comet Interceptor

Saturn Syndicate Ascendancy

Mainwaring-Moore Engineering (MM) MMF-101 Comet Interceptor

Scale: Fleet (very nominally 1:1500th)

Size (Bounding Box, Sprue/Base): 37.33mm x 16.81mm x 8.17mm (7.9 x 5.3 x 4.75 individually)

Physical Print: Four squadrons (48 fighters) supplied.

Digital Files:

Supports: Not available at this time, sorry.

Mounting: 12 models on a sprue-slash-base for printing. The base may be removed afterwards, but can also serve as a base in and of itself.

Scaling Notes: Yellow. Parts potentially affected by scaling: Thin parts.

Entirely Optional Lore PDF included.

Photo of SLS print (Shapeways), not on sprue/base.

Models are printer type-agnostic.

Mainwaring-Moore’s first entry into the field of starfighter manufacture, the MMF-101 Comet Interceptor is a promising start. The Comet has superb speed and accelration, limited only by the SSA’s low relativity-speed threshold. Over a short burst, it can easily out-pace almost all other human fighters. And it has the agility to match, making it perfect for intercepting enemy strike fighters.

This speed comes at a price, however. The Comet is not heavily protected – only modest shields defend the unarmoured hull. It carries twin hyper-ray guns for close range work, but its main armament is eight Ingram-Faust Ascalon missiles. These long-range all-aspect warheads allow the Comet to engage targets from safely outside point-defense range and make fast sweeps without having to stop to dogfight. However, it also means that the Comets quickly run out of munitions, and either have to abandon the field until they can reload or get in close and dogfight, where despite their mobility, their light weapons and shields will tell.