Rafale

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Also, if no one can tell from the hints I threw in there, I'm playing an Iranian pilot who defected to the UN after being prosecuted for his faith, abandoning his family and friends.

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Alright, so because I'm a strange person, I ended up starting with the plane then moving onto the character. I'll just post the plane here for now so I can get opinions on it. I spent at least four hours Wiki-binging in order to get information about it and in the end, I'm pretty happy with it;

Aircraft Details
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twinjet, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program following the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War.

The F-14D+ flown by Nathan is a huge step forward over his F-14A that he flew before, modernizing it to the F-14D standard along with some bonuses and room for further upgrades.
Name of Aircraft: F-14D+

Profile Link:
Wikipedia

Modifications:
The F-14A is already a very capable aircraft, so the D+ variation, modified from captured Iranian F-14A’s, is quite spartan when it comes to upgrades, not changing radically from the F-14D. Due to the low amount of time given to the D+ program, not much has changed in terms of the plane’s body and it still pales somewhat in comparison to the incredible ideas once proposed and subsequently shot down by Dick Cheney. Avalon does however promise upgrades in the form of the future once the ASF-14 Upgrade Package has been completed and pushed out to pilots. The upgrades made from the Iranian F-14A’s to bring it up to the F-14D standard with a few upgrades are as follows…

The infamous TF30 has been switched out for a General Electric F110, this time using a special derivative called the GE-432, a hybrid of the older GE-400 used on the F-14B and F-14D and the newer GE-132 fitted on F-16E/F Desert Falcon fighters, producing 144.6 kN of thrust with afterburners, creating better speed characteristics and supercruise capability at speeds of Mach 1.4. Thrust vectoring nozzles are being considered for the ASF-14 Upgrade Package.

An updated version of the ALR-67 Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW) system has been added, like the original F-14B.

Various upgrades were made to extend airframe life, like the Bombcat.

New digital avionics systems highly upgraded from the F-14D including a glass cockpit and replacing the AWG-9 radar with an AN/APG-71 radar with many upgrades made to eliminate the need to datalink with at least one more F-14D in order to operate the system at its maximum range (740 km instead of 370 km as was the limit on the original F-14D’s)

Airborne Self Protection Jammer (ASPJ), Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS), SJU-17(V) Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seats (NACES) and IRST pods have also been added.

The upgrade to the F-14D’s computer software to allow AIM-120 AMRAAM missile capability that was originally cancelled has also been brought through, along with a few other upgrades.

ROVER III support.

Along with a few upgrades stemming from the Tomcat Quick Strike concept…

A built in proprietary high-end navigation and targeting suite based on the USAF’s LANTIRN system was added. Where? We’ll get to that in a moment.

Upgraded ground attack and air-to-air modes for the APG-71 radar and the ability to carry AGM-84 SLAM, Harpoon Block II, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-65 Maverick and AGM-154 JSOW.

Upgrades to the radar including modes for synthetic aperture (SAR) and Doppler Beam Sharpening, allow for accurate ground mapping. This allows the radar to create high quality images of navigation waypoints and targets.

More attach points for weapons were added, and pylons were strengthened to carry heavier weapons.

Cockpit has been improved with the addition of a moving map display, a new HUD, compatible with infrared imagery from the FLIR, and head down FLIR displays.

Along with what could be considered the most radical upgrade…

The F-14D+ is now available as a single-seat plane, with the space once occupied by the WSO seat being used for avionics and the navigation and targeting suite. While the pilot’s cockpit hasn’t received many changes from the F-14D to the D+, there is also the equipment used by the WSO now featured in the front seat, but most of the original roles of the WSO are now automated, allowing for easy conversion from classic two seater F-14’s to the Avalon modifications.

Personal Colour Scheme:
Splinter camo based on IRIAF camo in subdued grey colors with UNF markings with positions and other parts based on US Navy markings.

Weapon Systems:
Internal cannon:
Single 20 mm M61A2 with 675 rounds

Ten hardpoints (6 under fuselage, 2 under nacelles and 2 on wing gloves) for the following weapons and equipment:

AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range IR air-to-air missile.

AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range SAAM

AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range active radar air-to-air missile

AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile

AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile

AGM-84 SLAM & SLAM-ER long-range precision cruise missile

AGM-88 HARM air-to-surface anti-radiation missile

AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile

AGM-154 JSOW Glide bomb

JDAM-series GPS-guided bombs

Paveway-series LGB

Mark 80 series GPB

CBU cluster bomb units (guided and unguided)

2x 267 US gal (1,010 l; 222 imp gal) drop tanks for extended range/loitering time

Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS)

Single AACMI Pod for training

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RPCWhite said
Well now that I kwow I can use a tomcat without a Rio in the back then I will use that. As for the age sorry dude last night I had a major damn headache and was creating three other character sheets. I will fix the age

Grrrr.... Tomcat is mine! >:D

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Say, Silver, two things regarding the F-14. Would it be unreasonable for my character to fly a single seater F-14? I know it's a plane originally meant to be a dual-seater, but I just can't be bothered to make a second character.
A second idea, if I can't have a single-seat F-14, what about a F/A-18A or C? We have the MiG-29, so I don't think it would be unreasonable in terms of era.

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Silverwind Blade said
In other news, I went down the sea front in my home town today, and watched the D-Day 70th anniversary events. There was a mock amphibious landing by the Royal Marines, and the Red Arrows did as display. It was pretty awesome.

My speech was cancelled so the French Minister of Defense could spew some propaganda about the European Union...

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I'll make it easy for you two, by posting the video here if there ends up being one. I'll be wearing a blue tie and dress shirt. ;P

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Sauron The Dark Lord said
Rafael, if it isn't too much but... Who are you?

An honors student who is apparently liked enough by the town I live in to be requested to do a speech in front of Belgian WWII veterans who liberated my town and be in the company of Her Royal Highness Princess Claire of Belgium (not Her Majesty Queen Mathilde as I was initially told), the French and the Belgium Ministers of Defense and a few other important persons. Putin will be in Normandy a day later at Omaha beach, along with Merkel, Hollande, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and I think Obama. Won't be doing anything with them though, as Normandy will be completely locked down on Friday and I'm not that important. Still a great honor though.

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Double post. Well, I guess I could use this post for my character sheet, so you can expect that here when it's done.

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Will be reserving a spot if it's not a problem, but it may be a while until I post a character, as I'm super busy for the next few days with the commemoration's of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, for which I am writing a speech that will surely be given in front of the Queen of Belgium and may or may not be given in front of Vladimir Putin himself. In short, very very busy, which is why I hadn't posted on GW. If anyone from GW sees this, please assume that GW is dead and this is the spiritual-successor. I don't have the time nor the motivation to continue GW, so I'm thinking of just leaving it dead. Sorry if this rustles anyone's jimmies!

GEARS - Mecha Sci-fi with Anthro characters. RP in a detailed, story-driven world.

And I will post today!