As a result, the fighters constantly maneuver to avoid being hit. Even so, these ships are extremely fragile when compared to larger vessels and normally one direct hit from a capital ship will disable or destroy the warp fighter. These fighters are better protected than their predecessors with both heavier shields and heavier armor. These fighters are also pretty capable in an atmosphere and this enables them to make ground strikes. These vessels do carry powerful impulse engines that make them quite agile in normal combat. Of course, in most cases the vessels are operated from either from bases or larger starships. Even though they do not have a berthing area for their two man crew and take days to travel one light year, they have been used by both the Maquis and the Federation for limited interstellar missions. It is believed that production of these tiny vessels will be slowed down with the end of the war but that production will continue.Įven though they carry warp drives, these vessel are not as fast at warp speeds as most larger vessels and are not meant for interstellar missions. Large numbers of these fighters were destroyed in the war against the Dominion but they gave as good as they got and were one of the better vessels against the Dominion's smaller vessels. Some were stations from Akira class cruisers while others were carried by makeshift carriers that were converted from cargo vessels. The Peregrines entered into the war and fought hard. In a few of the early battles, the Federation was forced to use older fighter designs.
Luckily, just as the Federation went to war with the Dominion, the Peregrine class fighter was ready to enter full production. Some people suspect that in reality the ships were given to the Maquis by Federation Intelligence to test the new design. Several prototypes were stolen by the Maquis where they fought well against the Cardassian's ships. For this reason, a new warp fighter was developed to replace all older Federation fighters including both warp capable and non warp capable fighters. The old Argus class warp fighter was too old to fill the role and runabouts were too general purpose. The wanted a vessel that could also be rapidly produced. The Borg had destroyed many Federation vessels and they needed ships to take up some of the burden of large starships. The Federation went away from the use of fighters for many years and it was not until just before the Federations War against the Dominion that they started to reconsider the idea. 2.2 Twin Barrel Pulse Light Phaser Cannons.
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