Fighters & Space Fighters



Atmospheric Fighter: With the advent of the Space Fighter program, the earlier models were referred as atmospheric fighters, this is, planes able to fly on the Earth or inside of a colony. Due to a lack of space for maneuvering, the type of plane allowed inside colonies is restricted only to propeller engine types and other slow aircrafts. This limitation was obvious and well accepted by the governments. Few planes are spotted inside the colonies, aside from the vintage planes that enthusiasts and collectionists construct and fly on their own inside the restrictive colony walls. However in the Earth jet engine aircrafts are widely used by the UCW, where they perform as fighters, attackers, bombers and multiroles. The most notable example is the Lockheed-Boeing stealth fighter F-85 Raptor II

Space Fighter: The term space fighter refers to a type of craft specially designed for space warfare. Since the colonization of the space begun, it became obvious that wars would occur in space as well. The first space fighters prototypes appeared long ago, in AC2067, when the pre UCW called for a contest to build the first space fighter. In the contest starred designs from the group Northrop-McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Martin in association with Boeing. Both crafts featured stealth properties, high atmosphere supersonic flight, laser weaponry and good maneuverability thanks to its apogee motors. The contest was tough and the winner was the XSF-50 Shooting Star from Lockheed-Boeing. This craft was produced as the SF-01 and remained in service until AC2099.

In the hands of an skilled pilot, a space fighter can be as deadly as an Ashigaru, and its speed and stealth properties makes it hard to lock on.