Assault Gunboat
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| Star Wars craft | |
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| Assault Gunboat | |
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| Manufacturer | Cygnus Spaceworks |
| Specification | |
| Type | |
| Length | 15 meters |
| Weapons | 2 Taim & Bak KX5 medium laser cannons 2 Borstel NK-3 ion cannons 2 warhead launchers |
| Shield | Forward/Rear Projecting Cygnus 4K7 Novaldex Shields |
| Hull | Quadanium Steel Armoured Titanium Hull |
| Crew | 1 |
| Top Speed | 90 MGLT |
| Troop Capacity | none |
| Affiliation | Galactic Empire |
| Cargo Capacity | N/A |
| Passengers | N/A |
In the fictional Star Wars expanded universe, the Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing Assault Gunboat is an Imperial starfighter constructed by Cygnus Spaceworks.
It is 15 meters long and it has one pilot. It is armed with two Taim & Bak KX5 medium laser cannons under the nose, two Borstel NK-3 ion cannons above the cockpit and two warhead launchers (8 missiles each, 6 torpedoes each, or 4 heavy rockets each) on each side of the fuselage, with an ion engine behind each. In the X-wing computer game series, the ship was rated to have a speed of 90 MGLT giving it the same speed as a B-Wing Fighter. It is notable for being the Empire's first general-use starfighter with shields (both ray and particle), ion cannons or a hyperdrive. The combination of all three makes it a formidable strike fighter, escort and (thanks to its ion cannons) even a convoy raider able to disable enemy ships. Lastly, the Gunboat is durable even without shields as it has a much stronger hull than TIE fighters, although this hampers its manuverability making it less suited for dogfights. Imperial Star Destroyers carry 5 Assault Gunboats to complement their TIE squadrons.
Aesthetically it looks like a smaller, slimmer Lambda-class shuttle made by Sienar Fleet Systems, but has two additional, diagonal wings on the engines/launchers that also fold upward, intended to aid atmospheric flight thus the name "Star Wing". Based upon the Assault Gunboat, Cygnus Spaceworks developed the faster and more powerful Missile Boat.
The Assault Gunboat was never featured in the Star Wars movies; it was, however, featured in the games from the X-wing computer game series and could be flown by the player in all games but the first (in the first X-Wing, during the Imperial Pursuit expansion, the Gunboat featured as a new enemy craft). For example, in [[Star Wars: TIE Fighter]], Maarek Stele pilots an Assault Gunboat in various deployments, first defeating the Rebel cruiser Lulsla's starfighters, then clearing a minefield and finally destroying the Lulsla itself.
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