V-wing Airspeeder

The V-wing airspeeder was a combat airspeeder developed by the New Republic to replace aging cloud cars and allow more expensive starfighters to focus on space combat.

Characteristics


The Verpine Slayn & Korpil hive colonies, famous for their development of the B-wing starfighter, designed the single pilot airspeeder. The airspeeder's standard repulsorlift system was paired with efficient ion afterburners to provide the V-wing with fantastic speed.

The V-wing's top combat speed was 1,000 kilometers per hour. Additionally, when the powerful Chab-Ylwoum scramjet booster was employed, the craft's top speed was increased to 1,400 kilometers per hour. Unfortunately, combat at such a speed was potentially dangerous, and overuse of the scramjet could cause dangerous overheating of the drive system, so the scramjet was reserved for hasty retreats.

The V-wing's weapon systems included two fire-linked blaster cannons on either side of the vehicle with an effective range of two kilometers. The V-wing's lack of deflector shields required the pilot to use the craft's size and speed against enemy speeders and starfighters.

Because of their unusually high flight ceiling, V-wings could be deployed from both ground-based hangars and from hangar-equipped starships. When deployed from space, the airspeeder relied on V-wing airspeeder transports which were capable of carrying up to four (later models carrying six) V-wings for transport into planetary atmospheres. A large capital ship, such as a Star Destroyer, could carry up to ten of these transports, allowing dozens of V-wings to be rapidly deployed to a world under siege.