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HISTORY & DETAILS

The Starfleet Attack Fighter is one of the Federation's most durable and adaptive combat craft. It is designed solely for tactical missions, with little regard in its construction for diplomatic or other non-combat functions. The ship is first brought into service in 2369 to 2370. The basic 30-meter long design is equipped with warp and impulse propulsion, as well as thrusters for delicate and precise manoeuvres. The equivalent of warp nacelles are wrapped around the craft's squarish main body, visible only as familiar blue grilles, and twin impulse engines arranged on the aft roll bar.

While the Starfleet Attack Fighter is only a cramped two-seater vessel, it is heavily armed. It has a forward phaser emitter, fitted on its underside just below the nose, and each wing carries three launch tubes. In recent years, the launchers have been easily upgraded to handle quantum warheads instead of older photon torpedo loads.

By the time of the Dominion War, the vessel has proved to be highly adaptable in interstellar dogfights, and in attack raids against Dominion/Cardassian forces. The fighters have been a key element in fleet tactics since the start of the war, and were instrumental in the initial attack against the Dominion/Cardassian forces in the battle to retake Deep Space Nine. As well as operations in the Dominion conflicts of 2374 and 2375, this ship has also operated against Starfleet forces, as several early models were captured or otherwise appropriated from Federation bases and shipyards by the Maquis renegades for use against the Cardassians in the Demilitarized Zone.

In 2370, these craft take part in the first skirmish between the Maquis and the Federation, with the Fighter holding its own against Sisko's Danube-class Runabout.

Source: The Official STAR TREK Fact Files
Published by GE FABBRI Ltd
Produced by Aerospace Publishing Ltd

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