Editing New Space: Ships (section)

==Fighters==

main articles: [[Light Fighters]], [[Heavy Fighters]], [[Very Heavy Fighters]], [[Super Heavy Fighters]]

A fighter is a (para)military spaceship primarily designed for attacking other small vessels. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and maneuverable. They are the most commonly used class of ships in the Colonies. The Fighter class is split into 4 subclasses:

'''Light Fighter''' is the collective noun given to the most nimble craft among the Figher class. They are extremely agile, but this comes at the price of heavy armor and firepower. Light Fighters are used for racing, scout missions, intercepting heavier Fighter and Bomber vessels and civilian transport.


'''Heavy Fighters''' are a hybrid class between Light Fighters and Very Heavy Fighters. They are more agile than the latter, and pack more armor and gun slots than the former. They are sometimes used in interceptor roles, though often overlooked in favor of their bigger brothers.


'''Very Heavy Fighters''' are the tools of trade of military pilots and elite security personnel. They are fairly well armored and can rain down blazing death upon their enemies; especially Bombers will quickly fall victim to their guns.


'''Super Heavy Fighters''' are rather unique ships; some of them, like the [[Thunderbird]], are deep space reconnaissance craft, and others, like the Junkers [[Recycler]] come close to ultralight Gunboat-Bomber hybrids. The only things they all have in common are their low Bomber-like agility, a huge powerplant and the thickness of their hull plates.