List of Star Wars starfighters

The following is a list of fictional Star Wars starfighters.

ARC-170 starfighter

The ARC-170 starfighter is a fictional starfighter that appears in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It is considered to be the technological forerunner of the X-Wing, and is also known as the Asterisk Wing (due to looking like one from the front).

The Incom/Subpro Aggressive Reconnaissance Craft, more commonly known simply as the ARC-170, was a space superiority fighter developed by the Galactic Republic during its mass militarization as a result of the outbreak of the Clone Wars. It was piloted by a crew of three Clone trooper pilots, two forward-facing and one rear-facing, and one astromech droid, usually an R4 model. It was designed primarily by the Incom Corporation for the Republic during the Clone Wars but deployed only in the later months of the conflict. The tri-foils of the fighter fold outward into a distinctive 'X' shape. The starfighter's two huge, round engines on either side of the craft and its wing configuration are reminiscent of other Incom models, such as the Z-95 Headhunter and the Rebel Alliance's famous X-Wing starfighter, and, judging by the differences in time the movies take place, are likely all part of the same series of ships, each replacing some of a previous model.

The ARC-170's wingspan was 22.85 meters and its formidable armament included two medium laser cannons, an aft blaster cannon controlled by a rear gunner, and a payload of six proton torpedoes.

The most famous use of the ARC-170 was during the Battle of Coruscant, when thousands of them, alongside Eta-2 Actis-class Jedi interceptors and Venator-class Star Destroyers defended the Republic capital of Coruscant against invasion. A clone pilot named Odd Ball, who flew an ARC-170, aided the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi in holding off enemy starfighters while Kenobi and his former apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, boarded the flagship of the diabolical Count Dooku and General Grievous.

ARC-170s also played a major role during the execution of Order 66, where many Jedi Knights were shot down by clone pilots piloting ARC-170s, most notably the Jedi Master Plo Koon over the planet Cato Neimoidia.

In the massive online multiplayer roleplaying game Star Wars Galaxies, a few remaining ARC-170s were refurbished and put into the service of the personal use of the Queen of Naboo.

The design of the ARC-170 also bears a striking resemblance to a US WWII nightfighter, the P-61 Black Widow, which also features a three-person crew, an engine on each wing, and both share a very similar fuselage layout.

The ARC-170 is also featured as a Republic space vehicle in Star Wars Battlefront II for use in dogfights and boarding enemy capital ships, but has only room for one player.

Coincidentally, the ARC-170 has nothing to do with the Republic's advanced Clone Troopers, the ARC Troopers.

ARC-170 Squadron Examples: Squad Seven: Battle of Coruscant, Commander Oddball commanding.

Aleph-class starfighter

The aleph (also known as twees) was designed by the Galactic Alliance late in the Yuuzhan Vong War as a one-on-one match for the coralskipper. It relied on heavy shields, armour and weaponry to defend it from the variable weapons of the living coralskipper. It was described as a central pod, with two ion engines trailing behind it. Each craft required two crewmen: one pilot, and one gunner.

Belbullab-22 starfighter

The Belbullab-22 is a fictional starfighter. It comes equipped with a hyperdrive and two ion drives, along with auxiliary thrusters. The ship features rapid-firing triple-laser cannons that put it on par with V-Wing starfighters. The dreaded General Grievous, who normally prefers hand-to-hand combat, pilots a well-worn version of this ship into space battles. After the death of Grievous Obi-Wan Kenobi steals the fighter and reunites with the starship of Senator Bail Organa. A modified version of this craft is the CIS Strike Bomber, featured in Star Wars: Battlefront II in space missions.

Chir'daki (Death Seed)

The Chir'daki (better known outside of Ryloth as the Death Seed) is a unique design of starfighter developed and used exclusively by the Twi'lek species. The fighter is actually an "Ugly" design, having been built using components from both the TIE/ln and the X-wing. Unlike typical "Uglies", which were haphazardly cobbled together from whatever parts were available, the Chir'daki was built according to a specific design and apparently had no more variation from one fighter to the next than would a factory-built craft. The S-foils of the X-Wing fighter are attached to a gyroscopic mount that is then mounted onto the main pod of a TIE fighter. The Death Seed uses the twin ion engines of the TIE for propulsion, and relies on the X-wing engines to power the lasers, hyperdrive, and shields. The resulting craft has a bit better maneuverability than the standard TIE, but is a little slower. The S-Foils do give the Death Seed the X-Wing's firepower, which is a grade higher than that of the TIE. The Twi'leks decided not to incorporate any concussion missile or proton torpedo launchers into the design, as those weapons were very difficult to acquire. All in all, the Death Seed is not a bad starfighter for a composite craft. It is unknown how many of these craft the Twi'lek have built, but it is not thought to be many.

A squadron of these fighters led by Tal'dira served alongside Wedge Antilles and the ex-members of Rogue Squadron in the campaign to liberate Thyferra from the clutches of Imperial Intelligence Director Ysanne Isard.

References

• The Krytos Trap, 1st paperback printing, 1996. Michael A. Stackpole, ISBN 0-553-56803-5
• The Bacta War, 1st paperback printing, 1997. Michael A. Stackpole, ISBN 0-553-56804-3

External link;

• Chir'Daki on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki

CloakShape starfighter

The CloakShape fighter is a craft produced by Kuat Drive Yards. The CloakShape is one of the most enduring fighter designs ever developed by a single company. Designed decades before the Clone Wars and used more or less ever since, the CloakShape fighter was originally intended to serve as an atmospheric and short range space fighter craft. Armed with 2 medium laser cannons and a concussion missile launcher, they are adequate assault craft but best for planetary defense. They have no deflector shield generator or hyperdrive systems, however.

The CloakShape enjoys such widespread popularity because it is an incredibly easy craft to modify and upgrade to almost any specifications. Capitalizing on this design feature, Kuat Drive Yards has introduced several upgrade kits intended specifically for the starfighter. These include one that adds on a maneuvering fin at the back to increase handling in atmosphere - this has become so popular that many people believe that it was part of the original design specifications. Many others include ones that improve such systems as the sensors, targeting computer or power generator. Like the Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter and Eta-2 Actis Interceptor also produced by Kuat Drive Yards or its subsidiaries, the CloakShape can also dock with a specially designed hyperdrive ring.

(It should be noted that in most external descriptions of the Cloakshape, including the current Wizards of the Coast Star Wars d20 roleplaying game, the Cloakshape's hyperdrive option is a sled rig that attaches to the back of the fighter. This rig is also capable of containing a limited shield generator and is almost always paired with the aforementioned maneuvering fin upgrade.)

The CloakShape's main drawback is its small power generator. It is too small to keep the craft running for extended periods of time, especially during battles. However, due to the easiness of the upgrading of this craft, even novice mechanics can fit a larger generator, more weapons, better engines or a deflector shield generator to allow this craft to serve as part of many militaries and mercenary group's space starfighter services for years to come.

Droid starfighter

The Droid Starfighter, also known as the "Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid", is a sleek assault machine which can transform into either an airborne spaceship or into a land-based droid (hence its name). It is used by the Trade Federation before and during the Clone Wars, and, like the rest of the Trade Federation's armed forces, it carried no living pilot, rather, a droid brain which was linked to the Trade Federation Droid Control Ship. Each Trade Federation battleship carried 1,500 of these droid fighterships. The most famous use of this starfighter was during the invasion of Naboo, where they both acted as high power ground troops and starfighter screens for the droid control ships. According to Outbound flight they are conrolled by multiple frequencys that make jamming impossible without jamming the whole electro-magnetic spectrum

The starfighter carried four blaster cannons and two proton torpedo launchers and could reach 1,200km/h in a planet's atmosphere. When not in flight, the ship could transform into a walking weapons robot, used for ground patrol and troop support. It would move on its folded wings which each split in half to walk on four limbs and act much like a large mechanical four-legged creature. In this stance, it is often referred to as a droid rather than a starship especially as it has its own mind (although not a self-controlled one) and does not require a pilot to function in either its droid or its starship modes.

Fanblade starfighter

The Fanblade Starfighter is based on Geonosian air patrol skimmers (Ginevx-class starfighters) which are also called "fanblades" for their distinctive and very vital feature, a fan like wing going all around from the top to bottom vertically.

The fan deploys for combat mode, stretched in a half circle along a pair of boom arms. Atop each arm is a double laser cannon that when deployed into combat mode swings into place. When the arms are shut, the cannons will only point forward due to a limited hinge joint that locks them into place. When in combat mode, the cannons have limited movement. Combat mode is not the only mode for the "fanblade". The downside to the combat mode with its fan extended is that with the fan's exotic material, it also serves as a transmission plane for deflector shield energy. However, that is the problem: the shield energy makes it stick out on sensors. With the fan folded in, it is very difficult to target. To make it even harder to target, ion bafflers are installed in sublight engines. The fan also is similar to the one on Dooku's solar sailer, acting as an alternate form of propulsion, not that it matters, as the fanblade is fitted with hyperdrives for hyperspace travel, in addition to its standard sublight engines.

Count Dooku commissioned Huppla Pasa Tisc Shipwrights Collective to craft numerous starfighters for his exclusive use. Amongst other starcraft (such as the Geonosian solar sailer) the Collective created the Geonosian fanblade starfighter.

The Fanblade starfighter is used by Asajj Ventress in the Clone Wars micro series. In one episode, during the battle of Munnilinst, Asajj was able to lure Anakin Skywalker by defeating a large group of clones. The Fanblade Starfighter was easily able to keep up with the all too common Jedi starfighter, so even against Anakin's superior piloting skills Asajj was capable to lead the way to the chosen battle site.

Galan starfighter

The Galan Starfighter is a minor personal starfighter used by the people of Gala. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn were provided one of these starfighters during the book The Mark of the Crown. Their popularity outside of Gala is unknown.

Geonosian starfighter

Two Geonosian starfighters in the Battle of Geonosis (Clone Troopers and Jedi of the Republic versus Separatists of the Confederacy)

The Geonosian Starfighter is a starfighter used by the Geonosians to guard their territories against intruders and as their main use of transportation. It was a lean, needle nosed fighter craft. The Geonosian starfighter was also a small, compact vehicle of great speed and superior agility. The engine and laser cannon are in self contained modular orbs that can be easily replaced or switched for different mission requirements. It is also considered to be a stealthy fighter due to the small amount of ambient glow the engines and weapons produce. A single Geonosian pilot sits within a small cockpit with his head poking up to see out of a transparent bubble canopy allowing 360 degree field of vision. The pilot is chosen as a pup and forms a bond with an individual starfighter. The Geonosians have never exported their starfighters to anyone, mainly because the fighter is especially tailored for a Geonosian pilot. The multi-axis controls require a Geonosian's dexterity and a special scent mask provides vital performance feedback by exploiting the Geonosian's acute sense of smell (which may or may not account for an error in the Star Wars: Clone Wars series, as a close-up on one of the fighters shows a Battle Droid piloting one). Its weapon is a turret-mounted laser cannon cradled underneath its forward needles. An array of about 100 micro-tractor beam projectors help to aim the laser beam. This small twin-pronged needle nose fighter is effective against intruders of Geonosian airspace. It is 9.8 metres long and its speed is 2,000 km/h. The fighter is composed of a highly flexible material which allows it to rebound from impacts that would fracture a more rigid craft. The Geonosian starfighter was first seen in the Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones where two Geonosian starfighters accompanied Count Dooku to his hangar. The two fighters are called "Beak-wing fighters" in the script, although they are not specifically named in the onscreen dialog.

The starfighter appears in Attack of the Clones and the Star Wars: Clone Wars mini-series.

Hornet Interceptor

The Hornet Interceptor is a starship frequently used by smugglers, pirates and other fringe groups. Named for its insectoid appearance, Hornets were cheap, yet capable starfighters. Unfortunately the fighters were vulnerable in atmosphere due to their poor aerodynamics.

Administrator Doole, the Ribet responsible for the prison uprisal on Kessel, acquired several of these fighters as part of the planet's defense fleet, and some were responsible for shooting down the Millennium Falcon. However, almost all of them were destroyed when Admiral Daala's Imperial fleet attacked the world, thinking that it was a Rebel Base.

When the Peace Brigade faction aligned with the Yuuzhan Vong, they also procured several Hornets, in the mistaken belief that the ships vaguely organic appearance would impress the Yuuzhan Vong, who themselves hated machinery and embraced living technology.

I-7 Howlrunner

The I-7 Howlrunner is made by Incom Corporation to show the Empire that it could produce a fighter that was comparable with the main fighter in the Empire. The Howlrunner was also used by a Jedi at the time of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Unlike normal Imperial starfighters, it has shields. However, most Star Destroyer captains did not choose the fighter. It is thought that top advisors in the Empire had a liking for it, however; for example, Palpatine's Dark Side elite used exclusively I-7 Howlrunners.

Though it has shields, it does not (in standard configuration) have a hyperdrive (conforming to Imperial Doctrine). They are more expensive than TIE fighters and produced by a company that had been in the Imperial's bad graces since they allowed the X-Wing designs to be leaked to the Rebellion. The fighter was a less than perfect success.

Mankvim-814 Techno Union Starfighter

The Techno Union starfighter (also known as the Mankvim-814) is a fighter used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The Mankvim-814 light interceptor is a bulbous, oval-shaped short-range starfighter created by the Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies on behalf of the Techno Union on Utapau. The simple construction consists largely of a reactor feeding power to a high-velocity ion drive. Rudders and side thrusters control ion flow, roll and yaw in flight. The interceptor is armed with twin rapid-fire laser cannons and durable deflector shields. The Mankvim seats one pilot.

In Revenge of the Sith, Techno Union interceptors rush to defend the Separatist stronghold on the Tenth Level of Pau City during Obi-Wan Kenobi's assault on General Grievous' forces. Mankvim pilots face sturdy Porax-38 Utapaun starfighters in battle over the sinkhole city.

Naboo N-1 Bomber

A rarely seen starfighter in the skies of Naboo, the N-1 Bomber Starfighter is a formidable fighter. The craft is armed with twin laser cannons and can drop devastating energy bombs to decimate ground targets. The bombs do not need to be restocked; a special energy generator begins restocking the bombs the moment the supply is depleted. Like with all Naboo starfighters, the N-1 was designed by Nubian engineers but is generally looked down upon by the peaceful Naboo for its destructive power. After the battle of Naboo, the craft was decommissioned due to its unpopularity and because it was very expensive to manufacture in large quantities.

What the Naboo N-1 Starfighter lacked in heavy firepower, the N-1 Bomber made up for. Its weapons have been especially reworked: the normal energy weapons are now lighter to allow for an upgraded Proton Bomb Launcher. This launcher extends the range of the standard proton torpedo, and includes a larger magazine, which makes the NB-1 a far better assault ship.

Though it was powerful, it was highly unpopular with the pacifist people of Naboo, and was decommissioned before it could be mass produced. An extremely rare ship, the Naboo N-1 Bomber was produced in very small numbers, with only 30 serving with the Naboo Defence Forces.

Few have made it offworld, due to its limited numbers, but those that do have been found to be a very effective strike vehicle. The few that have ended up on the secondhand market have sold well and became extremely popular for combat worthiness and good looking design.

This bomber can be flown in the Nintendo 64 game Star Wars: Battle for Naboo; the player flies as Lieutenant Gavin Sykes with the mission of destroying a Convoy of Trade Federation AAT's and MMT's that are moving to flank the Gungan Grand Army. (It can be noted in other sources that RSF officers and a Naboo Pirate lead separate forces to stop the flanking actions.)

Naboo NL-1 Light Starfighter

Not seen in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the Naboo NL-1 Starfighter is a modified version of the Naboo N-1 Starfighter, addressing everything its older brother did not have. Whereas the N-1 needed specialized docking equipment, the NL-1 can use standard spaceports for docking and refueling.

It is also faster and more agile due to the same engines from the N-1 being used on its smaller frame. While most ships this size are weaker, the NL-1 is still a capable fighter, and outclasses newer designs, like the Z-95 Headhunter.

Although small in number, more of it has survived than the N-1, due mainly to its adaptation of using standardized spaceports, so it can dock and refuel even at citizen spaceports even when the military spaceports are closed.

Nubian Legine Starfighter

The Nubian Legine Starfighter is a spaceship from the game Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, a LucasArts game for PlayStation 2.

Even though it was thought of as an ugly vessel, the Nubian Legine Starfighter had many qualities that would become standard for starfighters. With a fast hyperdrive, good sublight engines, shields and a Proton Torpedo Launcher, it sold well.

It was designed as a defense vehicle for the unarmed yachts that the Nubian shipyards built at the time, but the Naboo N-1 Starfighter sold better due to its success at the battle of Naboo from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The N-1 was a reason for the demise of this ship's popularity, but other starfighters stopped production completely, leaving only a few examples as they were obscured by better starfighters.

Reti pilots this type of ship in the game.

Nssis-class Clawcraft

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Chiss Clawcraft fighting side-by-side with an X-wing

The Nssis-class Clawcraft, or simply Clawcraft, is the primary starfighter of the Chiss Expeditionary Defense Fleet. Developed approximately fifteen years after the Battle of Endor, the Clawcraft is a hybrid of Imperial and Chiss technology.

The fuselage is based on the ubiquitous “ball cockpit” of the TIE series of Imperial starfighters. Stemming from the cockpit are two pairs of curving wings that extend beyond the ship for a total length of 7.65 meters. At the tip of each wing is a Sienar Fleet Systems L-s7.2 laser cannon.

With modest deflector shields and thicker hull armor, Clawcraft are slower at sublight speeds than their TIE Fighter progenitors. A standard pair of Imperial ion engines allow the ship to achieve a sublight speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour. Clawcraft make up for their lower sublight speed by greater maneuverability. Each curved wing can make minor position adjustments and is paired with a mounted control jet to allow a Clawcraft’s pilot to throw the ship into sharp turns and complex maneuvers.

Another deviation from the standard TIE design is the fact that Clawcraft contain a Class 1.5 hyperdrive system, relatively fast for a vessel of their class. A unique hyperspace beacon system allows a Clawcraft to travel anywhere in Chiss territory without a navigation computer, although Clawcraft do possess basic navicomputers as a backup system. Hyperspace anchor points broadcast navigational data to the starfighter, allowing it to patrol Chiss space more effectively. One minor weakness of the anchor system is that, since Clawcraft are entirely reliant on the navigational beacons for hyperdrive transport, their navicomputers are capable only of very basic independent commands, making it difficult for a Clawcraft to travel independently through the galaxy outside Chiss space.

Some Clawcraft were used in various engagements alongside the New Republic in the war against the Yuuzhan Vong; in cases when Clawcraft left the Unknown Regions, the pilot would typically link his navicomputer to a Republic capital or other ship for navigation. Later in the war, some Clawcraft were upgraded to include more powerful navicomputers.

Porax-38 starfighter

The Porax-38 Utapaun starfighter was used by Utapaun during the Battle of Utapau. Its name is abbreviated "P-38" and it does in fact resemble the P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft, with a central nacelle containing the cockpit and twin engine booms.

Preybird-class starfighter

The SoroSuub Preybird is a fictional model of medium starfighter. It is a capable craft for attack and defense purposes, mounting a heavy laser cannon on each wing. Production commenced shortly before the Battle of Endor and continued for a number of years. The design was primarily meant for export, rather than use in Sullust's own defense forces. Late in the Galactic Civil War, the Imperial Remnant procured Preybirds for its fighter wings because it could not devote manufacturing facilities to build TIE fighters; those facilities were dedicated to building starships for the Remnant's naval forces.

Scarab Starfighter

The Scarab was an experimental concept by the Trade Federation. It began its life as a prototype that became widely accepted even before the Clone Wars, and acted as a forerunner in design to the more deadly Droid Starfighter deployed in the Invasion of Naboo. The Scarab performed quite well in combat testing and was introduced to the Trade Federation starfighter forces only months after the first prototypes rolled off the assembly lines. It was armed with 4 laser cannons, the same as the Droid Starfighter, but to save production costs the energy torpedo launchers were deleted. Like the Droid Starfighter it could open and close its wings to disguise its combat nature until the last minute. As on almost any craft, the shields reduced maneuverability and so the craft was not as agile as the Droid Starfighter was. It did gain one large advantage: instead of the solid fuel slugs used in its contemporary, the Scarab used conventional ion engines, giving more or less unlimited flight time.

Scimitar Assault Bomber

The Scimitar assault bomber was a replacement to the slow and bulky TIE bomber. During Grand Admiral Thrawn's campaign to retake the Galaxy Core from Ysanne Isard and the New Republic, the Scimitar Assault Bombers were developed as a new generation of TIE Bombers. The Scimitar Assault Bomber has a single elongated body and the pilot and gunner sit in a forward shaped module which can eject from the craft and serve as an escape pod. The Scimitar Assault Bomber is supported by two large elongated array wings on either side. Interlocked repulsorlift thrusters provide it with additional maneuverability. In space, the Scimitar Assault Bomber is faster than any TIE Bomber and in planetary atmospheres it can travel at 1,150 km per hour and its divebomb speed is 1,250 km per hour. It is 8 metres long and thus is longer than the standard TIE Fighter. Its weapons are laser cannons, concussion missiles, thermal detonators, proton bombs and proton grenades. It has a crew of two.

Sharp Spiral

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A conceptual drawing of the Sharp Spiral.

The Sharp Spiral was the personal starfighter of Master Tiin during the waning days of the Old Republic. Master Tiin received the Sharp Spiral as a gift from Duros diplomats after he rescued their convoy from pirates. Tiin modified his fighter heavily, removing her shield generator and replacing it with a handmade hyperdrive unit, as well as adding laser cannons taken from a Hutt and a concealed proton torpedo launcher. Tiin used his connection to the Force to increase the speed of his hyperdrive and guide him through hyperspace as he flew dangerously close to mass shadows. The Sharp Spiral was the fastest starfighter in the Jedi fleet when it came to atmospheric flight.

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The Sharp Spiral as seen in the game Jedi Starfighter.

Specs

Vehicle: Modified SoroSuub Cutlass-9 Patrol Fighter

Length: 12 meters

Max. Airspeed: 8000 km/h or 4970 mph

Hyperdrive: Class 1.00 (0.60 with Tiin)

Crew: Pilot (1)

Armaments: Laser Cannon (2), Proton Torpedo Launcher (1)

Affiliation: Jedi Master Saesee Tiin

Firespray-Class Starship

Firespray Class Starships, manufactured by Kuat Systems Engineering, were used by the Oovo IV prison security forces. There were only six of its kind, and Jango Fett and Zam Wessell stole Slave 1 from the Oovo IV hangar and destroyed the hangar, along with the other Firesprays, making Slave 1 the only one of its kind.

StealthX

The StealthX was one of the most advanced models of the venerable X-wing that Incom has ever produced for the New Republic. It seems to have come into general usage before the crisis with the Killiks in the Dark Nest novel series and were mainly used by the New Jedi Order to help them in conducting their missions for the Galactic Alliance.

The StealthX is mainly for use on stealth and recon missions but could also be taken into battle because of the laser cannons and torpedo launchers that have been retained. However, the launchers have been upgraded and are able to fire a variety of ordinances such as glop bombs, which explode and fill the surrounding area with a quick hardening foam, the modified bunker buster bombs, which have a concentrated thermal detonator in the first stage that breaks through the bunker wall and a second stage that contains a more powerful thermal detonator, that was used on a surprise raid on a Chiss base.

Use of the StealthX the comm system is severely limited to the point that it is usually only used in emergency situations, since an active comm system can give away the presence and/or location of the StealthX. Jedi, who can open themselves to a battle-meld, virtually eliminate the need for a comm system all together, which is why the ship (to this point) has only been seen piloted by Jedi in combat situations.

Swarm-class Battle Droid

In the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe novel The Truce at Bakura, the Swarm-class Battle Droid was the Ssi-Ruuvi equivalent to a starfighter. It is about 2 meters long making it one of the smallest starfighters. Because of their size, Ssi-Ruuvi vessels can carry hundreds of them into battle. They are also easy and cheap to produce. They are pyramid-shaped and armed with 4 laser cannons located on each corner making them very dangerous. These laser cannons can be turned through 360 degrees thus giving the droid a wide field of fire.

Each droid has two life forces in them, kept in battery coils. One powers the shields while the other pilots the droid, operates the laser cannons and sensors. There are also power generators for the shields and weapons, the drive unit and the sensor system. The life forces in the battle droids receive their commands from the Ssi-Ruuvi command vessels via sensor arrays located on each side of the vehicle.

Trifoil fighter

The trifoil fighter is a fictional medium starfighter from the Star Wars Universe. It was produced by the Yevetha, a fierce and technologically adept race that inhabited the Koornacht Cluster in the Deep Core. Its systems were probably configured for Yevethan physiology. It had an angular shape, and sported three laser cannons and no missile systems. It also had a velocity of 12 sublight units, but had no hyperdrive. Because of that hindrance, they were deployed from a Yevethan carrier warship.

When the Yevetha savagely and preemptively attacked the New Republic, New Republic Intelligence classified the trifoil as D-class for unknown reasons. In the Battle of N'zoth, when the Yevetha saw that defeat was imminent, instead of surrendering, they threw their trifoils into the teeth of the New Republic Fifth Fleet's formation as kamizakes, incurring severe casualties.

In the battle over Coruscant they were also known as tri fighters.

V-19 Torrent starfighter

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V19 Torrent Starfighter - starwars.com

Prototypes of the Slayn and Korpil V-19 Torrent starfighter were first introduced at the Battle of Geonosis. Having proven their worth as an assault fighter with exceptional speed and maneuverability, the Republic quickly produced V-19s to add to the arsenal of the growing clone army. Because of the months of training it took for the Republic's clone trooper pilots to become proficient with the vessel, the fighter was not available in large numbers for some of the early engagements of the war, but they made a prominent showing during the Battle of Muunilinst. Initially designed as a short-range fighter, Republic technicians later added a Class-1 hyperdrive to equip the vessel for escort missions. The ship is unique in that it has two pairs of folding airfoils that give the ship added maneuverability and provides pilots with easy access to the ship's sliding canopy. The lower split airfoils coupled with enhanced repulsorlift engines make the ship an exceptional vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter. The V-19 was often used in conjunction with the newer ARC 170 starfighter and V-wing starfighter. It was also used at the Battle of Kashyyyk.

Vulture droid starfighter

The Vulture Droid is the phase-two droid starfighter during the Clone Wars that relies on speed, maneuverability, and numbers instead of strength, fire power, and endurance in the CIS/Trade Federation army. In addition to the standard weapons, it has two buzz droid missile launchers. It lacks a hyperdrive and shields making it a short ranged fighter. It self destructs whenever the droid gets out of the range of the droid warships to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

A droid starfighter was capable of maneuvers that would kill an internal pilot, but they lacked the resourcefulness and cunning of separate, living-and-breathing drivers. Additionally, they could only function for 35 minutes before having to be refueled.

X-83 TwinTail

The X-83 TwinTail is a starfighter class used by the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi Order in the fictional Star Wars universe by 140 years after the Battle of Yavin IV. It apparently is a derivative of the ancient T-65 X-wing starfighter manufactured by Incom Corporation over a century ago, and also the XJ3-wing starfighter, an X-wing variant specifically designed for the Jedi in the Yuuzhan Vong War.

It sports four laser cannons, possible missile launchers, deflector shielding, and a hyperdrive. It consisted of a triangular fuselage in the center reminiscent of that of the Jedi Starfighter used in the Clone Wars. The cockpit was at the narrow end. Four mobile S-foil wings were attached to the fuselage - two to the left and two to the right. In combat mode, they were forty-five degrees away from each other on each side, and 22.5 degrees away from the equator of the starfighter. The twin ion effleux drives were mounted on elongated cylinders that extended behind the fuselage towards the back of the starfighter. The two engine cylinders were linked by a bisecting horizontal bar.

The X-83 TwinTail was the primary fighter of the Galactic Alliance Core Force and the Jedi Order at 140 A.B.Y. All Jedi Shuttles had one attached underneath on the ventral side of the fuselage. The X-83 could detach and defend the otherwise defenseless shuttle from attacks.

In the aftermath of the Third Battle of Ossus, otherwise known as the Massacre of Ossus, the remaining living Jedi fled in a Jedi Shuttle from waves of Sith and stormtroopers. They were subsequently engaged by five TIE Predators. After the shields of the shuttle fell to forty percent, Jedi Padawan Cade Skywalker detached and piloted his TwinTail, trying to avenge his fallen father, Master Kol Skywalker, who had recently died at the hands of a Sith Lord, Darth Nihl. Skywalker managed to destroy three of the Imperial fighters before enemy laser beams disintegrated his X-83 TwinTail. However, Cade somehow managed to survive.

Yorik-Et

Yorik-Et (more commonly referred to as coralskippers) are vehicles that are mainly dedicated to interstellar dog fights by the Yuuzhan Vong. They are a type of bioship made of coral, as their name implies. They are grown on planets that have been biomodified by the Yuuzhan Vong and contain only biological forms of control, as technology is seen as blasphemy to the Yuuzhan Vong, as is the phrase "biotechnology."

Coralskippers are mainly used for close-range combat with small space crafts such as X-wings or A-wings. Their weaponry is completely biological in nature. Their propulsion device is a Dovin Basal that is also used as a shield. The pilot uses a cognition hood to mentally control the space craft. This hood also connects it to the yammosk, a creature bio-engineered as a battle controller, preventing collisions between the crafts and allowing "pack tactics" to be used by wings of coralskippers (a wing normally consists of six coralskippers.) Coralskippers are not designed for long-range travel and must often rely on larger vessels for transportation.

Descriptions vary, but they are usually described as being shaped like apple seeds and being black or purple in color. The front of the craft is usually drawn with a series of wrinkly tubes that lead to a barrel at the front of the craft. An elliptical structure wraps around the top with the back of it pointing back and slightly upturned. In the embedded ellipse, there is a cockpit. A coralskipper does not appear on standard scans from a starship: scanners must be tuned towards biological targets to identify any Yuuzhan Vong ships.

The primary weapon is a conical extrusion that fires streams of molten asteroid that are highly destructive to the Republic and Imperial starfighters. The dovin basal can also be used as a weapon or a shield. When used for defense the Dovin Basal creates a singularity that absorbs all local energy and matter. In effect a miniature black hole, the gravitational pull also diverts missiles. This use can exhaust a Dovin Basal leaving a ship vulnerable after heavy use. To attack ships that stray too near, the Dovin Basal creates a focused singularity that draws in shield energy, rapidly draining power cells in the enemy starfighter as it attempts to compensate for the loss.

Z-95 Headhunter

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A rendered image of the Headhunter

The Z-95 Headhunter is a starfighter that was designed jointly by Incom Corporation and Subpro Industries several decades before the Clone Wars. Considered one of the most capable fighters of its day, it boasted a distinctive bubble canopy and two sets of blasters mounted at the ends of its two wings. Its sleek, yet rugged, design was attributed to Seti Ashgad, an engineer in Incom's Hyperdrive Design Division.

The Z-95 is smaller in size than its successors: the ARC-170, designed during the Clone Wars; and the T-65 X-wing, designed shortly before the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War. While the Z-95 still enjoyed considerable use in the years following the establishment of the New Republic, it was clearly outclassed by fighters developed in the decades since its original release. When compared to the T-65, it is slower, less-maneuverable, has lighter armor and shielding, and is not as heavily armed. Yet it is fairly inexpensive and reliable, making it a favorite amongst smugglers, Outer Rim organizations, local system defense forces and bright-eyed youngsters with dreams of becoming fighter jockeys.

Owing to its longevity, it is not surprising that many variants of the Z-95 have come into existence due to the efforts of starship mechanics and hotrod pilots throughout the galaxy; these include a split-wing version, a courier version that can accommodate a single passenger, variants with various alternative weapons loadouts, and a trainer version that was commonly used by the Rebel Alliance until replaced by the T-65X, the trainer variant of the X-wing.

Some of the known users were: Jaden Korr (during the events of Jedi Knight: Academy) and Corran Horn (during the events of X-Wing II wedges gamble)

References

In The PC MMORPG Star Wars: Galaxies, if you join the Rebellion, you receive the Z-95 for free

External links

• Category:Starfighters on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki