ARM Astrorock Heavy Fighter
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	Concern was growing within the ARM about the cost of their shielding technology. These factions searched for an alternative way of effectively protecting their fighters. The Astrorock is the fruit of their search. It is built around an artifical asteroid which gives it immense armour, especially when it has contracted inside the rock. In fact, in this asteroid state, it is just as tough as an asteroid. It cannot move in this state, or fire, but it looks exactly like an asteroid. Radar scramblers are fitted to prevent it being detected, and it is armed with heavy lasers.
	They presented the Astrorock to ARM fleet command, and the design was accepted, but not as an alternative to shielded craft. The ability of this craft to take craft by surprise in asteroid fields was invaluable. Blending in with the field, and taking damage like a normal asteroid when hiding meant it could attack when CORE craft felt they were safe.

Unit by James Taylor

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