Aleph-class Starfighter

The Aleph-class Starfighter is a Starfighter built and designed in secret by Sienar Fleet Systems. The fighter has earned various nicknames such as the Pondskipper but is most commonly known as the Aleph or Twee. The fighter in general is a two seater Starfighter and unless rushed will not see full scale production of this craft for five more years.

What makes this fighter unique is the fact that it is a deviation from the previous path Sienar in the Starfighter market. This fighter shares very few characteristics to the TIE Fighter series and even sports an Astromech port. The purpose of this design was the counter the larger threats in the galaxy. Unknown to Sienar the Xin Chi have invaded the galaxy and this could further force the speeding up of the Aleph-class Starfighter testing currently being put forth at Sienar’s Corulag base.

In testing the fighter has handled itself rather well in a controlled environment. The hull was designed to be tough and was reinforced to house power generators to feed strong deflector shields. It’s main weapons are two flanking quad laser that boast a wide field of fire plus forward mounted proton and concussion missile tubes.

It’s top speed is in line with the Eta-5 interceptor and is very fast within the confines of the atmosphere but accelerates slightly slower than the X-Wing Starfighter. Though fast the Starfighters main weakness is in it’s maneuverability as was discovered in initial testing.

To remedy these situation rows of thruster ports were placed along the hull enableing the Starfighter to make vertical jumps and sidestep to the left and right. Many of the test pilots after testing still say that the backup system is no substitute for the grace and maneuverability of smaller snubfighters.