- Starfighter
"Starfighter" is a
science fiction term used to describe small, fast, usually one-manned craft designed for armed combat (cfstarship ).The appearance and use of fictional starfighters is often modeled on
fighter aircraft , with little regard for the actualphysics ofspaceflight . Exceptions include the Gunstar from "The Last Starfighter ", the Viper from the reimagined series ofBattlestar Galactica , and theStarfury from "Babylon 5 ", which are capable of multidirectional orientation.Starfighters are popular as the subjects of
flight simulator -like space combatvideo game s, such as the "Wing Commander" and "X-Wing" series. This connection was made explicitly as early as the 1984 film "The Last Starfighter " in which a video game on Earth is used as a recruiting device for an alien civilization whose starfighters require the same skills as the video game.In the "
Star Wars " Universe, a Starfighter is a blanket term for all small combat space craft, regardless of shields, hyperspace capability, weaponry (unless it carries none), armour, maneuverability and crew. "Snubfighter" (a term first used in ), though no concise definition has been given, often refers to a fighter carrying shielding, secondary weapons systems such as Proton Torpedoes or concussion missiles, and being hyperspace capable.Examples
The following are some examples of starfighters from various
media franchise s:Babylon 5 *The Earth Alliance (
Starfury fighters)
**SA-23E Aurora
**SA-25A Badger
**SA-32A Thunderbolt
*The Minbari Federation
**Nial-class Fighter
*TheNarn Regime
**Frazi-class Fighter
*TheCentauri Republic
**Sentri-class FighterBattlestar Galactica *The
Twelve Colonies
**Colonial Viper (the Viper Mark II and Viper Mark VII of the 2003 miniseries were modified to maneuver more effectively in space)
**Colonial Blackbird (2004 series)
*The Cylons
**Cylon Raider
**Cylon Heavy Raider (2004 series)Buck Rogers in the 25th Century *The Earth Defense Directorate
**Star Fighter (2-person capacity in tandem configuration, four person capacity in side-by-side configuration)
**Star Fighter mk II (a tandem-seated Star Fighter with two extra stabilizer fins, used in the second season)
*The Draconian Empire
**Draconian MarauderMacross *U.N. Spacy
**VF-1 Valkyrie
**VF-3000 Crusader
**VF-4 Lightning III
**VF-5000
**VF-6
**VF-9 Cutlass
**VF-11 Thunderbolt
**VF-14 Vampire
**VF-17 Nightmare
**YF-19 and VF-19 Excalibur
**YF-21
**VF-22 Sturmvogel II
* The Barota
**Fz-109 Elgerzorene
*The Zentradi
**Fighter Pod
**Variable Device
**Variable Glaug
* Parallel World U.N. Spacy
**VF-XX Zentradian Valkyrie
**VF-2SS Valkyrie II
**VF-2JA Icarus
**Metal Siren Robotech *
Robotech Armed Forces (Veritech fighters)
**VF-1 Valkyrie
**Condor
**VFA-6 Alpha
**VFB-9 Beta
*Army of the Southern Cross (Veritech fighters)
**VF-8 Logan
**VFH-10 Veritech AGAC Fighter/Helicopter
*Zentraedi
**Fighter Pod
=*The
United States Marine Corps
**SA-43 Hammerhead Endo/Exo-Atmospheric Attack Jet"
StarCraft "*The
Protoss
**Corsair-class support fighter
**Interceptor-class attack drones
**Phoenix-class superiority figher
**Scout-class superiority fighter
*The Terrans
**Banshee-class gunship
**Valkyrie-class frigate
**Wraith-class superiority fighterStargate *
Tau'ri /Earth (USAF fighters)
**X-301
**X-302, later put into production as theF-302
*TheGoa'uld
**Death glider
*The Wraith
**Wraith dart
*The Ancients
**Gateships (referred to asPuddle Jumper s)Star Trek *
Starfleet /Federation
**Federation Attack Fighter [http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Federation_attack_fighter]
**Raider Class Attack Ship
**Valkyrie-class Fighter (seen in )
*Bajoran s
**Bajoran raider
**Bajoran interceptor
*Cardassian s
**Hideki-class patrol ship
**Cardassian Pursuit Vessel (Mentioned byGul Dukat )
*The Dominion
**Jem'Hadar fighter
*Romulan Empire
**Reman Scorpion (seen in "Star Trek Nemesis ")
**Romulan Interceptor (Mentioned byQuark )
*Vulcans
**Vulcan fighter (seen on "")
*Talaxians
**Talaxian FighterStar Wars *
Galactic Republic
**ARC-170 starfighter
**V-19 Torrent starfighter
**V-wing starfighter
**Jedi starfighter
*Rebel Alliance/New Republic
**A-wing
**B-wing
**X-wing
**Y-wing
*Galactic Empire
**TIE Fighter
**TIE Interceptor
**TIE Advanced
**TIE Bomber
*Confederacy of Independent Systems
**Droid starfighter
**Geonosian starfighter
**Droid Tri-Fighter Other Properties
*Andromeda
**RF-42 Centaur Tactical Fighter (Slipfighter)
*Darius series
**The Silver Hawk
*Exosquad
**Exofighter Space E-frame #CR-001
**Neofighter Space E-frame #EL-909
*Farscape
**The Peacekeeper Prowler
*Gradius
**The "Vic Viper "
*Halo universe
** UNSCC-709 Longsword Interceptor
** Covenant Seraph
*Honorverse
**Cimiterre (Havenite Design LAC)
**Ferret (Manticoran Design LAC)
**Katana (Grayson Design Space Superiority LAC)
**Shrike (Manticoran Design LAC)
*Perry Rhodan
**Moskito-Jet
**Lightning-Jet
**Space-Jet (various designs, unlike the above disk shaped, not like a plane)
*Star Fox Series
**Arwing
**Wolfen
*Super Robot Wars 'sBanpresto Originals
**YAM-008-2 Altairlion
**YSF-34 Vegalion
*R-Type
** R-9 Arrowhead
*The Last Starfighter
**Star League Gunstar (first major movie to use CGI for space battle sequences)
**Xurian Deckfighter
*Xevious
**TheSolvalou fighteree also
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F-104 Starfighter
*Starship
*Starship class
*Spacecraft
*Space battleship
*Mother ship
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