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The SB-728SR is one of the UESF's trio of SR (Short Range) carrier-launched starfighters. While the SF-316SR Wasp and the SF-181SR Blade are primarily space superiority fighters, however, the Hammer is intended almost exclusively for use against hard targets such as enemy capital ships and installations.

With thick armor plating and a massive available arsenal, Hammer's are perfectly equiped to make bombing runs and missile strikes against heavy warships and facilities. With a sturdy frame and thick plating, they can (usually) survive the massive hail of light CIWS fire that surrounds capital ships during an engagement long enough to release their ordinance and escape: the Hammer design is so tough, in fact, that they are rumored to be able to occationally survive direct hits from AFM missiles.

Once delivered, the payload from a SB-728 can be devestating. The standard 'Hercules' short-ranged torpedos carried by a Hammer have almost as much punch as the massive 'Cronus' capital-ship launched torpedos, and when fired at point blank, where point-defense weapon systems are far less effective, a barrage can cripple large warships, and outright destroy smaller ones.

The SB-728 does have some major drawbacks, however. While it's tough shell goes a long way towards defending it against attack, it can still be cracked by focused fire. Also, while a Hammer might be able to SURVIVE a single hit from a AFM missile, it would be crippled, and subsequent hits would reduce it to shrapnel. The bulky design and heavy plating also have the major weakness of making the Hammer slow for a starfighter, and reduces the agility and handling to that of a "drunken cow".

Also, its anti-capital armaments leave little room for anti-fighter weapons. The Hammer has only two light missile hardpoints, and its cockpit mounted main guns, while high caliber (for precision strikes on capital ships while moving in for a bombing run), have an abysmally low rate of fire compared to other fighter main guns.

All these factors ensure than the Hammer is an abysmal dogfighter, leaving Hammer squadrons highly vulnerable to enemy interceptors and other space superiority fighters. To help offset this disadvantage, the Hammer is fit with a sophisticated EWAR and countermeasures suite. Also, during engagements, Hammer squadrons are always escourted by flights of Wasp interceptors (if available) or other capable dogfighters.

Specifications:

Type
-Two-Seat Short Range Tactical Bomber/Heavy Assault Craft

Dimensions
-Span: 55ft (16.76 meters)
-Length: 33ft, 1/8in (10.06 meters)
-Height: 11ft, 6in (3.45 meters)

Armament
-Two 38mm 'Balistae' autocannons
-2 light missile hardpoints (typically 2 'Hellfire' AFM missiles)
-8 heavy missile hardpoints (typically 8 'Hercules' unguided
torpedos or 4 'Hercules' torpedos and 4 'Maul' armor-buster
cluster bombs)

Designer
-Iskar Space Systems

Manufacturer
-Iskar Space Systems

Contracts/Commonly Used By
-Exclusive contract with the UESF