The X-47B drone just made its first carrier landing. How important is this? Well, the Navy is saying its on par with the first naval aircraft. The craft are remote-piloted, smaller than most naval aircraft (more to a carrier), and are much, much cheaper per unit than most of the hot-shit new fighter designs. Oh, and not having a pilot on board means it can out turn anything in the skies.
Here’s the first catapult launch of the craft:
And the first landing:
Can Cylon Raiders be far behind..?
Here’s the stats for the X-47B for the James Bond: 007 RPG:
PM: +2 RED: 2 CRUS: 500 MAX: 700 RNG: 2,100 FCE: 5 STR: 25 COST: n/a
GM Information: The X-47’s small profile gives opponents looking for it a -2EF to their Perception. The drone can carry 4500 lbs of missiles or other ordinance.
The Black Campbell 
12 July, 2013 at 01:55
I am a bit jealous of having decided to run my 007 campaign starting in 1983, just because of this. But…I could see one of the Masterminds “inventing” this for their world domination plans.
In my campaign, one of the players made a “good” pilot, but I have informed him that Chief of Staff Bill Tanner has pulled him aside, and offered him additonal training (he’s at 21 now as an agent), as they are a man short for the SR-71 team (Q Manual suggests PC of 24 to qualify for this duty). The player was all smiles when I told him this.
I love being able to give goals like that to my players.