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Firehawk's Arsenal

The Firehawk is equipped with each of these speciality craft.

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Badger Class Starfury Fighter
The Heavy Starfury is a two-seater, with a gunner positioned looking backwards. It has better armor and weapons than the Light Starfury, but it is slower and not as maneuverable. Its main role is attack, and therefore it is always stationed on starships with offensive capabilities. Firepower: 4 40 mm Heavy Pulse Cannons, 2 30mm Medium Pulse Cannons, 4 or more Fussion Missiles. Firehawk has 18 of these on board.

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Nial Class Fighter

The Nial Class Fighter is an extremely maneuverable and fast fighter, and it is 22 meters long. Its weapons are three beam weapons positioned around the cockpit, angled 120 degrees apart, that fire in short bursts. The design is heavily based upon Minbari aesthetics, where the triangle is the perfect shape, so the Minbari Fighter has a triangular shape when viewed from ahead. The three "wings" also swept forward, in a reverse delta-wing shape. The pilot lies down looking forward during flight.

The Firehawk has 14 of these aboard in new launching bays that was used as Marine quarters. The pilots and fighter support crew is the bulk of the Minbari presence on board Firehawk.

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Frazi Class Heavy Fighter

The Frazi Class Fighter is the workhorse of the Narn military, used for many purposes. It has a crew of one pilot, and is armed with two cannons, located on either sides of the cockpit. The Frazi fighter is capable of atmospheric flight, but it is not as maneuverable in space as its Centauri and Earth counterparts. It is about 25 meters long.

On Firehawk, these are used to support the Earthforce Marines and Narn ground troops during planet surface operations along with the Thunderbolts.

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Breaching Pod

The standard Breaching Pod is a small short range spacecraft designed for one purpose only, to breach ship or station hulls and deliver ground forces. A Breaching Pod approaches the target slowly, matches velocity, and then attaches itself to target. Then the drilling system creates a hole for the boarding troops to pass through. Firehawk has eight of these on board.

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Ground Attack Gunship

The Ground Attack Gunship is the backbone of the Earth Alliance infantry. It has two roles, ground support/attack, and as a personnel carrier. The Gunship is primarily, but not exclusively, designed for atmospheric battle. It is capable of space flight, but it is flown by itself mostly to and from orbit. Once in orbit the Gunship usually docks with its carrier. Firehawk has 200 of these on board.

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Thunderbolt Class Fighter

The newest Earth Alliance fighter is the Thunderbolt, a heavily modified and improved Starfury design. It is much more aerodynamic, capable of atmospheric as well as space combat. It has small fins mounted on the engines that are extended during atmospheric flight to improve control. The Thunderbolt is around 15 meters long, with a full wingspan of almost 20 meters (fins extended). Usually a these fighters are only armed with a powerful gatling plasma cannon, but they also have at least four hardpoints for attaching missiles if needed. The Thunderbolt seats two, the pilot in the front seat, and the co-pilot/navigator in the rear seat. Firehawk has a 18 of these on board.

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Shuttle

The Earth Alliance standard Shuttle is versatile little craft that can is used for many tasks. It is around 25-30 meters long, and can carry around 100 persons when packed, and the cockpit has room for 3 people. Countless Shuttles are in use all over the Earth Alliance, where they are mostly used for transporting people and goods over short distances from ship to ship or station. They are also capable of extended trips in hyperspace and can be used for long trips, although the comfort level for such a trip is not very high. Firehawk has two of these on board.

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Atmospheric Shuttle

The Earth Alliance Atmospheric Shuttle is similar to in form and function to its Centauri counterpart. it is 30 meters long, with a full wingspan of 43 meters. The atmopsheric shuttle is capable of landing and lifting off from a planetary surface. They land and take off on runways, but also vertically if space is tight. There are several minor variations to this model, each designed for a particular purpose. Firehawk has four of these on board.