Hydaspes 3

The Hydaspes 3 is a 95-ton fighter flown in the attack role. Where the base configuration mounts an ER Large Laser and a pair of Medium Pulse Lasers in the nose, this configuration carries an ER PPC and two Improved Heavy Large Lasers there, backed by a Laser Anti-Missile System also in the nose. Each wing drops its ER Large Laser and trades the LRM 15 for an LRM 20, while the two Medium Pulse Lasers per wing carry over from the base configuration; the paired Streak SRM 6 launchers in the aft mount found on the base configuration are absent here. Artemis V FCS units sit in each wing in place of the base configuration's Artemis IV FCS, and a coolant pod joins the CASE unit in the fuselage while a second CASE unit sits in the nose. Cooling rises to 30 double heat sinks from the base configuration's 23, and armor remains Ferro-Aluminum over the XL engine. DS Aero Assembly Site Rho builds this configuration at Twycross.