Osiris Starfighter

A new space superiority fighter in the image of the TIE.

Details
Designed to be a cheap replacement of the Tyr fighters, the Osiris quickly replaced the Tyr and Loki as the standard Confederate fighter. The excellent agility of the Osiris makes up for its lack of shielding. The Osiris is equipped with powerful repulsors, and has been clocked at over 2,300 kph in atmosphere. It is built to be as cheap as possible, with a titanium-ditanium alloy hull. The Osiris are built from components from manufacturers all over the Confederacy. These fighters only have a sublight drive fitted and lacks primary life support and ejection systems. Like the TIE, the Osiris fighter is short-range, requiring a nearby base of operations from which to obtain fuel and guidance. Because of the minimalistic design of this fighter, it has a high speed and very good manueverability. This high maneuverability has been shown to be a problem for some Confederate pilots, as some have torn the ship apart from too high stress on the hull when using advanced evasive maneuvers.

The Osiris is a quite clever design with its relatively small profile. This can make the fighter a hard target at times, even for an X-Wing pilot with four fire-linked lasers. Also, because of its small size, most ships can carry 2 Osiris for each normal fighter.