Editing Typhoon (Aerospace Fighter class)

{{Otheruses|the ground attack fighter|the urban assault vehicle|Typhoon (Combat Vehicle)}}
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| image = [[File:Typhoon Fighter.jpg|220px]]
| name = ''Typhoon''
| manufacturer = [[Lockheed-CBM Corporation]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+">''Technical Readout: 3075'', pp. 284–285: "TFN-2A Typhoon"</ref>
| model = TFN-2A
| Class = Heavy aerospace fighter
| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| production year = 2461
| year reference = <ref name="MUL1">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5310/typhoon-tfn-2a/ MUL online entry for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Cost = 11,330,405 [[C-bill]]s{{cn}}
| mass = 90 tons<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| frame = [[CBM 702-A]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| power plant = [[PlasmaStar 270]] [[fusion engine]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| armor = [[Lexington Lite Standard]]
| armament =
* 1x [[LRM-15]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
* 4x [[Large laser]]s<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
* 2x [[PPC]]s<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| communications system = [[CBM COMSET 3]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| tracking & targeting system = [[CBM TRAK-2]]<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| heat sinks = 26 [[single heat sink]]s<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>
| BV (1.0) = 1,253
| BV (2.0) = 1,530<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/><br>1,548<ref name="MUL1"/><br>1,566<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War'', p. 204</ref>
}}

== Description ==
Developed by [[Lockheed-CBM Corporation|CBM Aerospace]] of [[Donegal]], the '''''Typhoon''''' was the pre–[[BattleTech eras|Star League]] [[Lyran Commonwealth]]'s premier ground attack [[aerospace fighter]] of choice. While a vital part of the Lyran military's aerospace forces for many years, technology marched on and CBM ultimately discontinued the ''Typhoon'' in [[2485]] as it was entering into a business alliance with Lockheed Corporation of [[Gibbs]] to develop the ''[[Thunderbird (Aerospace Fighter class)|Thunderbird]]''; this would ultimately trigger their merger into the powerful Lockheed/CBM Corporation.<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>

The ''Typhoon'' features a simple flying wing design, intended to provide both excellent glide characteristics and ample room for bomb ports. Though slow compared to more modern designs, the heavily armored ''Typhoon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s speed was more than adequate for its ground attack role when compared with contemporaries of the era.<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>

== Weapons and Equipment ==
Serving as the core unit during air assault missions, the ''Typhoon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s primary weapons were a series of [[Defiance 600]] [[PPC]]s and an array of [[Rassal Emerald Series]] [[large laser]]s in its wings, all of which were supported by a single nose-mounted [[Screamer]] [[LRM-15]] rack.<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>

== Variants ==
*; TFN-3A : This variant of the ''Typhoon'', introduced in [[Introduction Year::2469]],<ref name="MUL2"/> trades the [[large laser]]s for two [[AC/10]]s with two tons of ammunition. The cooler running autocannons allow the removal of six [[single heat sink]]s. BV (1.0) = 1,439<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War'', p. 205</ref><ref name="MUL2">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5311/typhoon-tfn-3a/ MUL online entry for the TFN-3A Typhoon variant]''</ref>

*; TFN-3M : This variant of the ''Typhoon'', developed in [[Introduction Year::2473]],<ref name="MUL3"/> trades two [[large laser]]s and both [[PPC]]s for two [[LRM-20]]s with two tons of ammunition. The cooler running LRMs allow the removal of four [[single heat sink]]s. BV (1.0) = 1,674<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War'', p. 206</ref><ref name="MUL3">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5312/typhoon-tfn-3m/ MUL online entry for the TFN-3M Typhoon variant]''</ref>

*; TFN-5H : This variant of the ''Typhoon'' is a modern upgrade fielded in [[Introduction Year::3074]].<ref name="MUL4"/> It is wrapped with seven and a half tons of [[ferro-aluminum]] armor. Meanwhile, the missile weapons are changed to an [[Artemis IV]]-enhanced [[LRM-10]]s, and each wing carries two [[large laser]]s and as well as a [[heavy PPC]]. To cool off, 23 [[double heat sink]]s are included. BV (1.0) = 1,971<ref>''Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War'', p. 207</ref><ref name="MUL4">''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/5313/typhoon-tfn-5h/ MUL online entry for the TFN-5H Typhoon variant]''</ref>

== Notable Pilots ==
* The illegitimate son of [[Tatyana Steiner]], [[Robert Steiner]] became an accomplished ace at the controls of his TFN-3A prior to his efforts to overthrow [[Margaret Olsen]] to become [[Archon]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="TRO:3075p284+"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Typhoon Fighter.jpg|Original ''Typhoon'' from ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised|TRO:3026 Revised]]''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Master Unit List]]''
* ''[[Record Sheets: 3075 Unabridged - Age of War]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''

[[Category:Aerospace Fighter classes|Typhoon]]
[[Category:Heavy Aerospace Fighter classes|Typhoon]]
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Aerospace Fighters]]