Inthert
Shield-Breaker Multitool (SBM)
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKB8_S5FNqA&feature=youtu.be
(Had to upload on Youtube because Flickr decided to throw a tantrum)
With energy shields generated from enemy dreadnoughts becoming increasingly powerful, the Federation required a new starfighter that could independently push itself past defences without relying on larger support ships. Using twin projector bubbles mounted at its bow, the Shield-Breaker Multitool (SBM) is capable of generating a temporary rift in a shield’s surface long enough for it to gain accesses to enemy space. Once through, the SBM can reveal a multitude of offensive tools that would otherwise have been vaporised upon shield contact. Now, with the Federation’s fiercest weaponry at their doorstep, the Galactic Invaders don’t stand a chance!
One of the dropped story concepts for the Force Awakens was a Resistance ship that could punch a hole in Star Killer’s Shields and allow the strike craft to attack the base. Concept art shows it to be huge.. like 3 times the size of a star destroyer huge, but it got me thinking, what would a starfighter-sized equivalent look like? This idea developed further after re-watching Rogue One (again) and seeing those X-wings impact of the shield surface. What if a ship could instead slow its approach right down and literally force its way through? Consequently, it made sense to use an arrow-head shape with virtually no extremities to keep things looking shield-punching-durable (yes that’s a thing now ;). But then there was a problem, how’s a starfighter supposed to fight without any substantial weapons? The answer of course is to have a space swiss army knife multi-tool! :D
Play Features:
-Removable canopy
-Rotating wing tip defence canons
-Concealed missile ‘launchers’
-Retractable Multi-Tools (x4!)
Built for the Starfighter Category in Space Jam 2018:
Shield-Breaker Multitool (SBM)
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKB8_S5FNqA&feature=youtu.be
(Had to upload on Youtube because Flickr decided to throw a tantrum)
With energy shields generated from enemy dreadnoughts becoming increasingly powerful, the Federation required a new starfighter that could independently push itself past defences without relying on larger support ships. Using twin projector bubbles mounted at its bow, the Shield-Breaker Multitool (SBM) is capable of generating a temporary rift in a shield’s surface long enough for it to gain accesses to enemy space. Once through, the SBM can reveal a multitude of offensive tools that would otherwise have been vaporised upon shield contact. Now, with the Federation’s fiercest weaponry at their doorstep, the Galactic Invaders don’t stand a chance!
One of the dropped story concepts for the Force Awakens was a Resistance ship that could punch a hole in Star Killer’s Shields and allow the strike craft to attack the base. Concept art shows it to be huge.. like 3 times the size of a star destroyer huge, but it got me thinking, what would a starfighter-sized equivalent look like? This idea developed further after re-watching Rogue One (again) and seeing those X-wings impact of the shield surface. What if a ship could instead slow its approach right down and literally force its way through? Consequently, it made sense to use an arrow-head shape with virtually no extremities to keep things looking shield-punching-durable (yes that’s a thing now ;). But then there was a problem, how’s a starfighter supposed to fight without any substantial weapons? The answer of course is to have a space swiss army knife multi-tool! :D
Play Features:
-Removable canopy
-Rotating wing tip defence canons
-Concealed missile ‘launchers’
-Retractable Multi-Tools (x4!)
Built for the Starfighter Category in Space Jam 2018: