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[Fighter Blueprint] N'Daal 'Adze' Fighter Drone
   
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Type of Build: Fighter Blueprint
Military: Fighter
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[Fighter Blueprint] N'Daal 'Adze' Fighter Drone

In 1 collection by Velvet
Velvet's Galaxy-In-Progress
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Description
Little is known about the enigmatic N'Daal, a race named for the star system in which one of their ships was first sighted nearly three hundred standard years prior to the current era. The N'Daal home world (or even home region) has never been found, and their ships have not responded to hails despite numerous attempts to make contact with them. Furthermore, only one class of N'Daal capital ship has ever been observed - codenamed 'Ishango' by the members of the Inner Rim Securities Pact. Their mysterious, monochromatic vessels resemble carved bone and seem to appear at the edges of scanner range in populated sectors from time to time, often for only a short while before vanishing back into hyperspace. In a few instances, an 'Ishango' has been observed launching small drones - codenamed 'Adze' - to investigate an object of some interest to the N'Daal, or for defense.

The sudden and unexplained appearance of a N'Daal vessel in high security areas has more than once provoked a response from various faction militaries around the galaxy. In each recorded case, these ill-fated battleship captains scarcely had the time to regret their decision before a cloud of 'Adze' drones ripped their hulls apart with their searing white beam cannons. While these events have caused considerable alarm, it remains that no incident of a N'Daal vessel opening fire in anything other than self defense has yet been observed. Standard practice for the last hundred or so years has been to ignore N'Daal incursions, though the purpose of these incursions still remains a frightening mystery.

The Inner Rim Securities Pact (IRiSP) is actively investigating rumors that a derelict 'Adze' drone may have been found and sold on the black market sometime in the last few years. IRiSP is offering a considerable reward to any individual with information that leads to the recovery of N'Daal technology.

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The N'Daal 'Adze' Fighter Drone is 198 blocks. I've been experimenting a bit with styles and faction designs outside of the scope of the MEC, and this is the first one of those experiments. The 'Adze' is named for a creature from Ewe folklore, which takes the form of a firefly and feeds on blood.

Screenshots (besides the auto-generated preview image) show fighters at true scale - when you use this blueprint to produce fighters, that's the level of detail you can expect from the final product.

This ship is intended for use as a fighter blueprint, as it lacks the critical ship components necessary for player control.

Suggested weapons: Laser, salvage laser, mining laser