Editing Dragau

{{InfoBoxDropShip
| image = DRAGAU II.JPG
| name = ''Dragau''
| manufacturer = [[O'Neil Yards]]<ref name="tro3085s38">''Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental'', p. 38</ref>
| production year=3065
| year reference= <ref>''[http://www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/907/ MUL online date for the ''{{PAGENAME}}'']''</ref>
| Use = Interceptor<ref name="jhst180">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 180</ref>
| Type = Military Aerodyne
| Tech Base = Inner Sphere Advanced<ref name="jhst180"/>
| Mass = 2500
| Structural Integrity = 15
| Length = 90
| Width = 70
| Height = 20
| Drive System = 
| Safe Thrust = 4.5 g
| Maximum Thrust = 7 g
| Fuel (tons) = 174<ref name="jhst180"/>
| Fuel (days) = 
| Armament =<span></span>
* 2x [[heavy Gauss rifle]]<ref name="jhst181">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 181</ref>
* 6x [[heavy PPC]]
* 4x [[LRM-15]] w/[[Artemis IV]]
* 4x [[ER PPC]]
* 10x [[large variable speed pulse laser]]
* 7x [[AMS]]
| Armor = 66 tons [[heavy ferro-aluminum]]<ref name="jhst181"/>
| Crew = 0
| Passengers = 0
| Heat Sinks = 120 [[Double Heat Sink|double]]<ref name="jhst180"/>
| BV (1.0) = 
| BV (2.0) = 14,358<ref name="jhst180"/>
}}

==Description==
Based on a ''[[Gazelle]]'' hull, the '''''Dragau''''' is the testbed used by the [[Word of Blake]] to evaluate their Caspar II SDS control system. The [[Experimental Technology|experimental]] [[Caspar II Advanced Smart Robotic Control System]] worked exactly as the Word hoped, coordinating attacks through their command ships. In addition, their lack of a crew allowed them to maintain impossibly high speeds, perform maneuvers that would kill the crew of a manned vessel, and maximize their armor protection. Equipped with heavy ferro-aluminum armor weighing as much as a ''[[Crusader]]'', this heavy armor allowed the ''Dragau''s deployed by the Word to withstand hostile weapons fire and stay in the fight longer. This armor protection was supplemented by the ECM effect of the Caspar II ASRCS.<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 197</ref>

The ''Dragau'' is a very effective weapons platform. During the final battle for [[Terra]] a wounded ''Dragau'' destroyed the ISS ''Excalibur''. As part of the ''Dragau''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s live-fire testing during the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] assault on Mars, the ''Dragau'' destroyed most of the Dragoons' aerospace and WarShip support.

==Armament==
As a proof of concept design, the ''Dragau'' is one of the few Word of Blake designs lacking capital and sub-capital weapons. The ''Dragau'' instead relies upon its heavy PPCs, heavy Gauss rifles, ER PPCs, and large VSP lasers to shred the armor off enemy units. The ''Dragau'' then used its quartet of Artemis IV–enhanced LRM-15 launchers to capitalize on breaches in the enemy unit's armor. In addition, the smaller weapons were more effective at targeting enemy [[aerospace fighter]]s. The seven anti-missile systems (four forward, three aft) not only protected the ''Dragau'' from incoming weapons fire, but thickened WarShip missile defenses.

==Cargo==
As a drone system, the ''Dragau'' has no cargo bays.

==Variants==
*; ''Dragau'' II : Built by the [[Republic of the Sphere]], the ''[[Dragau II]]'' is used to supplement the Republic's WarShip fleet. Production began at the O'Neil Yards ''Gazelle'' line in 3079. The delay in production was the result of the need to remove the ASRCS and install crew systems. The thirteen crew members have cramped quarters and limited space. BV (2.0) = 14,254<ref name="tro3085s38"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental]]''


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