Super Valkyrie Class Attack Fighter

The XF-2 "Venator" is an experimental fighter-class starship, primarily designed to carry out assaults that larger vessels could not perform.

History

Designed on a joint Star Fleet Special Operations Command and Dhar'hyyk Defence Force committee, the XF-2 Fighter was meant to act not as a replacement for current Star Fleet Fighters, but to supplement them and provide Fighter Support to ships not normally large enough to carry a Squadron.

Designed and built on Dhar'hyyk in the same hangars that built the F-86 Valkyrie over thirty years earlier, the XF-2 was built to maximize combat efficiency while keeping a small profile. While officially designated a 'Light Fighter', the XF-2 can fulfill almost any role from Reconnaissance to Interception to Strike Missions - a trait that would prove useful during the Second Romulan War, where convoys were often only guarded by smaller vessels incapable of carrying larger fighters such as the F-1 Fighter. To facilitate the need for a compact vessel, the wings were designed to fold when in the hangar, the Warp Nacelles also slide forward by almost a full meter when the engines are offline.

Initial tests proved that the XF-2 was a very agile fighter, in atmosphere and in space. When equipped with jamming pods, it was near-undetectable to modern scanner arrays and its firepower put even the A-1 Fighter to shame. The only drawback of the design was that the overcharged engines would overheat and overload when travelling at Warp Five for longer than fifteen minutes - such an overload would effectively neutralize the fighter's Warp Drive and require a complete overhaul on returning to base.

The XF-2 would get its trial by fire against Romulan fighters on Dhar'hyyk. A patrol led by Commander Paul Braggins and Admiral Joseph Daher (who was undergoing training to qualify on the XF-2 at the time) was ambushed by the Romulans and claimed the majority of them shot down among the mountains while both returning to base intact. The action itself, the presence of the XF-2 and indeed the role of Admiral Daher and Commander Braggins is highly classified and known only to the upper echelons of the Dhar'hyyk Defence Force and Star Fleet Command. It was after this combat that the fighter recieved the nickname 'Venator' - Latin for 'Hunter'.

Currently, the XF-2's only active deployments with Star Fleet are with the First Special Operations Group of Star Fleet Special Operations Command.

Specifications

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Type:	XF-2
Size
Length:	14.2 Meters
Width:	8.1 Meters
Height:	3 Meters (1 Deck)
Weight:	35 Metric Tons (Empty)
Crew
Standard:	1 (1 Pilot)
Emergency:	None
Warp Engines
Type:	2 Type 1B Nacelles (Fighter Sized)
Cruise Speed:	1.5
Sustainable Speed:	3.0
Emergency Speed:	5.0 (0.25 hour automatic shutdown)
Impulse Engines
Type:	2 Main Impulse Engines (Type 7X - Fighter)
Max Impulse:	.9 C
Defensive Systems
Type:	Type 1 Deflector (Fighter)
Other:	None
Offensive Systems
Phasers:	2 banks of 2 Type G (F)
Torpedoes:	2 Micro-Launchers (2F) (4 Missile compliment per fighter)
Other:	Internal Weapons Bay (4 Quantum Torpedo compliment per fighter)
Computer Systems
Type:	DAF "Flight Guard" Computer System
Tractor/Repulsor
Type:	None
Shuttles
Type:	None
Fighters
Type:	None
Sensors
Type:	DAF "Eagle-Eye" Targeting System
Combat Ratings
Offensive:	30%
Defensive:	20%
Maneuvering:	75%
CER:	41.6%

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