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Description
The MV-14B Hornet is the UNSc's replacement for the Human-Covenant War era AV-14 Hornet, which had seen service continually since 2424. Like its predecessor, the MV-14B achieved hover and vertical take-off and landing capabilities, as well as unparalleled agility and high speed, through a combination of engines; two vectoring downwards-facing turbofans provided vertical and lateral thrust, while two additional rear-facing turbofans provided linear movement. The MV-14B included dozens of major and hundreds of minor improvements over the A model, the most notable of these being more efficient engines, stronger armour and advanced avionics. A major change of layout was the addition of two large wing stubs, which could hold a substantial arsenal mounted to hardpoints. This meant the Hornet could be armed with weaponry specific to its current mission, carrying air-to ground missiles, air-to-air missiles or rockets exclusively, or a mix of the three. The Hornet was capable of a range of combat, support and utility roles, including personnel transport, escort and attack missions, search and reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and observation. The Hornet's most common tasks included close air support and insertion of small scale regular and special forces infantry units.

length:7.9m
width: 9.6m
height: 4.11m
mass: 1,345kg (unloaded)
armament:
-chin-mounted M84 heavy machine gun (1)
-M477 15mm railgun (2)
-wing stub multi-load hardpoints (6):
--M691 rocket launcher (19 rockets/hardpoint)
--AIM-109 Medusa (4 missiles/hardpoint)
--AGM-148 Scorpion (2 missiles/hardpoint)
-single load ventral hardpoints (6)
crew: Pilot (1)

I love the Hornet's design, but felt it was under-armed for the roles it's supposed to fill. It's probably over-armed now, but oh well

Drawn in Inkscape using material copyright to Bungie/Microsoft, image copyright to me, do not use without permission.

Description
The MV-14B Hornet is the UNSc's replacement for the Human-Covenant War era AV-14 Hornet, which had seen service continually since 2424. Like its predecessor, the MV-14B achieved hover and vertical take-off and landing capabilities, as well as unparalleled agility and high speed, through a combination of engines; two vectoring downwards-facing turbofans provided vertical and lateral thrust, while two additional rear-facing turbofans provided linear movement. The MV-14B included dozens of major and hundreds of minor improvements over the A model, the most notable of these being more efficient engines, stronger armour and advanced avionics. A major change of layout was the addition of two large wing stubs, which could hold a substantial arsenal mounted to hardpoints. This meant the Hornet could be armed with weaponry specific to its current mission, carrying air-to ground missiles, air-to-air missiles or rockets exclusively, or a mix of the three. The Hornet was capable of a range of combat, support and utility roles, including personnel transport, escort and attack missions, search and reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and observation. The Hornet's most common tasks included close air support and insertion of small scale regular and special forces infantry units.

length:7.9m
width: 9.6m
height: 4.11m
mass: 1,345kg (unloaded)
armament:
-chin-mounted M84 heavy machine gun (1)
-M477 15mm railgun (2)
-wing stub multi-load hardpoints (6):
--M691 rocket launcher (19 rockets/hardpoint)
--AIM-109 Medusa (4 missiles/hardpoint)
--AGM-148 Scorpion (2 missiles/hardpoint)
-single load ventral hardpoints (6)
crew: Pilot (1)

I love the Hornet's design, but felt it was under-armed for the roles it's supposed to fill. It's probably over-armed now, but oh well

Drawn in Inkscape using material copyright to Bungie/Microsoft, image copyright to me, do not use without permission.