QUOTE (FuelDrop @ Oct 9 2012, 11:29 AM)

that is... I'm just trying to imagine the price tag of firing everything from that at once with the cheapest missiles possible... then imagining it with the most expensive ammunition possible. *winces*
Firing this thing will most definitely reduce the profitability of any run. And someone is probably going to notice the general area it was aiming at... though i have doubts that they'd be able to identify the target afterwards.
Well, to be fair - I didn't imagine this war contraption to ever fall in the hands of a runner team, unless they infiltrate a military base and STEAL the damn thing.
And I'm pretty sure they have good enough tracking devices on it to keep tab on their own long range ultra altitude bombers.
For the military it cant be much more expensive than a B52 dropping bombs but having more fuel, longer operation time and multiple reloads in the cargo hold.
Operation time for that sucker is about 120 hours and require no more than a handful of crew.
Standard Crew1: Captain rigger
2: Co-Pilot rigger
3: Main rigger Gunner [And his 10 happy agent firing assistants]
4: Secondary Gunner [Turrets]
5: Magical Support [Combat Mage]
6: Radar and Electronic Warfare rigger
Make no mistake, this is a war machine, not a rigger toy. Anyone getting their hands on a non-nuclear weapon like this will have the LITERAL firepower to reduce a city to smoldering ash and most likely branded a terrorist by just owning one - unless they are a legitimate military power.
Oh, and one more thing. This thing is slooooow...
30 meters per combat turn is 10 meters per second which is 600 meters per minute and 36000 meter an hour - or 36KM/H
So it's the worlds slowest bomber designed to accompany a larger military force.
At 120 hours operation time it can travel 4320 kilometers which is basically:
Jacksonville Florida to Wilmington in North Carolina.
For a car using the highway it takes 8 hours. For this thing it takes 120 hours
It might need some towing vehicle like say...an aircraft carrier battle group
EDIT: Got the distance wrong, the above distance was noted in miles...to tired to calculate.