This review is for:
AF-15 "Tacit" starfighter
The submitted article is/has …
[x] A very high level of overall quality
[x] A general topic sentence under the title header
[x] Artwork (Required for new species; Strongly recommended for vehicles and hand weapons)
[-] Needed and/or useful to the setting
[x] In the proper format/template
[x] Proofread for spelling and grammar
[x] Easy to read and understand (not a lengthy mass of technobabble)
[/] Wikified (terms that
could be a link
should be a link)
[x] No red and/or broken links
[x] Reasonably scientifically plausible
[x] Reasonably neutral point of view
The submitted article is/does not …
[x] Overpowered (or cutting tech for a faction with little or no roleplay)
[x] Obtusely redundant
[x] Contain copy pasta descriptions of systems or interior compartments
[x] Unauthorized by faction managers or player-controlled corporation
[x] Contain references to IC events that have not occurred (SM must authorize retcons)
[X] Use second-person language (“you” or “your”) unless it is an instructional guide aimed at players.
[x] Use bombastic language (“virtually immune,” “nearly indestructible,” “insanely powerful,” “horrible effects”)
[x] Use an unbalanced header/text ratio (many headers but sections are one-liners)
[-] Use major unapproved sub-articles that should be submitted separately
[/] Lacking Detail
[x] Images hosted on sites other than stararmy.com (Photobucket, Imageshack, etc are not allowed)
The article has …
[/] Speeds in compliance with the
Starship Speed Standard, if applicable
[/] Damage Capacity and Damage Ratings in compliance with the
DR Guidelines
[x] The
in-character year of creation/manufacture. (Should be current year. Future years not allowed).
[x] The
Standard Product Nomenclature System, if applicable.
Review notes/questions:
1. The company making this fighter does not exist on the wiki and has not yet been submitted. On those grounds alone, I'm within my rights to reject the submission outright.
2. The fighter cannot be confirmed as complying with the Starship Speed Standard. We don't know where the fighter's made, let alone who actually is making it. We only know that it exists, and that's not enough information to judge it.
3. We don't have any information about what material comprises the fighter's hull. That removes its compliance with the DR guidelines.
4. I'm wary about the speed of the missiles fired. In past discussions, we've severely reduced the speeds at which starship-fired projectiles are allowed to go, but whether 0.8 c breaks the soft limit is beyond my recollection. Anyone who knows better (
@Nashoba?) can correct me there (via PM, please).
5. We have nothing on the internals of the cockpit, the type of engines it uses, how it maneuvers beyond fins for aerospacy flight or any other salient details about how a player might utilize the craft, were they ever in a position to do so.
Based on these concerns, I am well within my authority to reject this submission for IC usage. This does not include my concerns about the craft in general, based on my years of experience in the SARP setting as well as a tech moderator and as primary tech moderator.
That being said, this submission is good enough to fit the role of a GM-only plot device, which sets no precedent beyond itself and establishes no plot entities outside the plot for which it is used, in this case 188604.
This submission therefore is approved for GM-use only within the 188604 plot.
It is not approved for any other IC usage.
Thread locked.