VB-52 Universal

Name: VB-52 Universal
Equipment Type: variable fighter-bomber
Government: Zuran
Manufacturer: Freedom Fleet
Operational Deployment: 2058
Accommodation: pilot (with provision for a second passenger)
Dimensions:
Heavy Battroid Mode: height 22.95 meters
Fighter-Bomber Mode: wingspan 37.81 meters; length 18.18 meters
Mass: empty 22.6 metric tons
Structure: space metal frame, energy converting armor
Power Plant: four Shinnakasu/Daimler FF-2200G; two Roice/Daimler FR-60C thermonuclear rocket engines (battroid mode).
Propulsion: 52,500 kg [x g] x 4 (maximum instantaneous thrust in space) (515.03 kN x 4); 24,600 kg [x g] x 2 (maximum instantaneous thrust in space; Battroid mode only) (241.33 kN x 2); 2 x vectored exhaust nozzles for VTOL and maneuverability; many x P&W/Daimler HMM-5C high-maneuverability vernier thrusters.
Thrust-to-weight ratio: (empty) 9.29
Performance:
Fighter Mode: standard in atmosphere Mach 3.8+; maximum rate of climb at S/L 26,400 meters/minute.
g limit: +30.0/- 20.0
Design Features: 2-mode (Fighter-Bomber and Heavy Battroid mode) variable transformation; vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL); thrust vectoring; enclosed canopy cover;
- Armament -
Guns:
2 x pulse guns (mounted forward under the cockpit).
4 x fixed anti-air beam guns (mounted atop dorsal fuselage).
4 x fixed beam guns (mounted atop dorsal fuselage in Fighter-Bomber mode, on shoulders in Heavy Battroid mode).
1 x retreaper gun (mounted center forward fuselage in Fighter-Bomber mode, hand-held in Heavy Battroid mode).
Bombs & Missiles:
2 x fixed micro-missile launchers with 18 missiles each (mounted forward dorsal fuselage Fighter-Bomber mode, outer shoulders Heavy Battroid mode).
10 x hard points for additional ordnance (total non-fixed ordnance capacity exceeds 60 metric tons).
2 x hard points for large ordnance (total non-fixed ordnance capacity exceeds 60 metric tons).