All fifty fighters: the full roster.

How to read the table

Each fighter has seven stats, rated from 1 to 9. A 5 is the neutral rating.

• Speed: top speed in a fight.
• Turn: how quickly she swings her nose.
• Armour: how much less damage every hit does.
• Shields: how many hits a shield takes before the hull, and how fast it grows back.
• Weapons: damage of her guns and how often her missiles fly.
• Cooling: how long her guns fire before they overheat. A higher number is better.
• Stealth: how hard she is to lock on to and to hit with a missile.

The Gun column shows whether she fires pulse cannon or plasma. The Mount column shows how her guns fire: one muzzle, alternating muzzles, or both at once. Free fighters are marked Free. The rest are Store items.

Human navy

Fighter	Role	Free or Store	Spd	Trn	Arm	Shd	Wpn	Cool	Stl	Gun and mount	Strengths
Viper Interceptor	Fleet interceptor	Free	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	Pulse, single	Good at everything, best at nothing. Everyone starts with one.
Falcon Scout	Recon scout	Free	7	6	3	4	5	4	6	Pulse, single	Quick and hard to see, but thin-skinned.
Hawk Striker	Strike fighter	Store	6	5	4	3	7	6	4	Pulse, alternating	Two guns that take turns, a lot of bite and little else.
Osprey Gunship	Gunship	Store	5	6	5	4	7	6	2	Pulse, both	A twin-gunned flying wall, brutal up close.
Harrier Bomber	Missile bomber	Store	5	3	4	4	9	6	4	Pulse, single	Racks of missiles on a lumbering frame.
Condor Heavy	Heavy fighter	Store	2	4	8	6	6	7	2	Pulse, both	Armour on armour behind a shield.
Swift Courier	Fast courier	Store	8	6	3	3	3	6	7	Pulse, single	Built to outrun trouble.
Kestrel Lancer	Long-range lancer	Store	5	5	3	5	7	6	4	Pulse, single	The best shot at the longest reach.
Raptor Ace	Ace's fighter	Store	7	8	3	4	6	3	4	Pulse, alternating	Turns on a coin. The pilot must be good.
Sentinel Guard	Escort guard	Store	4	5	7	7	4	4	3	Pulse, single	Armour and shield in equal parts, for flying next to a carrier.
Talon Hunter	Missile hunter	Store	6	6	4	3	6	4	6	Pulse, single	Quiet on the scanners, quick with a missile pair.
Aegis Defender	Shield defender	Store	4	5	6	9	3	5	3	Pulse, single	The biggest shield in the navy, and it grows back.

Human civil, pirate and racer

Fighter	Role	Free or Store	Spd	Trn	Arm	Shd	Wpn	Cool	Stl	Gun and mount	Strengths
Dash Racer	Sprint racer	Free	9	6	4	5	2	6	4	Pulse, single	All engine. Fast to be in front, easily broken if caught.
Comet Racer	Slalom racer	Store	8	9	3	5	2	3	5	Pulse, single	Threads gates and swings through anything.
Rocket Rod	Drag rocket	Store	9	5	3	3	4	7	5	Pulse, both	Very fast in a straight line, very cool-running, very fragile.
Cutter	Light cutter	Store	7	7	4	4	5	4	4	Pulse, alternating	Slices in, fires, slices out.
Corsair Raider	Pirate raider	Store	6	5	6	2	6	5	5	Pulse, both	A pirate hull with a missile for every occasion.
Marauder	Marauder brawler	Store	5	4	7	3	6	7	3	Pulse, both	Plated, loud and in your face.
Scrapper	Scrap brawler	Free	4	5	7	3	5	6	5	Pulse, alternating	Takes a beating and gives one back.
Smuggler	Smuggler's runner	Store	6	6	3	3	4	4	9	Pulse, single	Missiles lose it, and patrols never see it.
Prospector	Mining tank	Store	4	3	8	5	4	7	4	Pulse, single	Thick plates and guns that never seem to overheat.
Wrecker	Ram heavy	Store	5	4	7	3	5	7	4	Pulse, both	Wins by not stopping.
Nomad	Long-haul wanderer	Store	7	5	5	6	2	7	4	Pulse, single	Quick, shielded and cool-running, with a pop-gun.
Gambler	Glass-cannon gambler	Store	6	7	2	2	9	5	5	Pulse, both	All in on the guns. Win the first exchange or lose the ship.

Alien hive

Fighter	Role	Free or Store	Spd	Trn	Arm	Shd	Wpn	Cool	Stl	Gun and mount	Strengths
Skitter	Swarm runner	Free	6	7	4	3	5	5	6	Plasma, alternating	Turns before you have finished aiming.
Stinger	Stinger	Store	7	7	2	2	9	5	4	Plasma, single	One long sting, sharp and gone after one hit.
Mantis	Ambush hunter	Store	6	6	3	3	6	4	7	Plasma, alternating	Waits, folds and strikes.
Wasp	Wasp interceptor	Store	8	7	4	2	5	4	5	Plasma, alternating	The hive's fast answer to any intruder.
Leech	Heat sapper	Store	5	4	7	6	3	7	4	Plasma, single	A membrane shield and guns that never get hot.
Drone Fly	Drone skirmisher	Store	9	9	2	2	3	4	7	Plasma, single	Cannot be pinned down, and cannot take a hit.
Scarab	Chitin bulwark	Store	3	4	9	5	4	6	4	Plasma, both	Slow, round and very hard to break.
Widow	Web sniper	Store	5	5	3	4	7	5	6	Plasma, single	Sits back and spins a long, heavy bolt.
Locust	Rush swarmer	Store	7	7	3	3	7	5	4	Plasma, alternating	Cheap, fast and all over you.
Thorn	Spined guard	Store	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	Plasma, both	Spines out, hull in. Awkward to hit.
Moth	Dusk decoy	Store	6	6	2	7	3	4	7	Plasma, single	Pale wings the scanners take for something else.
Hornet	Missile hornet	Store	6	5	5	3	7	6	3	Plasma, single	Spits spore-darts in a swarm.
Brood Runner	Brood courier	Store	8	5	4	4	3	7	5	Plasma, single	Quick, and cool enough to run for ever.

Alien crystal and precursor

Fighter	Role	Free or Store	Spd	Trn	Arm	Shd	Wpn	Cool	Stl	Gun and mount	Strengths
Shard	Crystal cannon	Free	4	5	3	6	7	5	5	Plasma, alternating	A good shield and a lot of light thrown, on little hull.
Prism	Refractor	Store	4	6	4	8	5	4	4	Plasma, alternating	Bends hits away with a deep shield on a fragile frame.
Lance	Light lance	Store	5	4	3	4	8	6	5	Plasma, single	The heaviest bolt a fighter carries.
Monolith	Monolith	Store	3	3	7	6	5	6	4	Plasma, single	Armour, shield and no hurry.
Halo	Ring guardian	Store	4	5	5	7	5	5	4	Plasma, alternating	A ring that keeps its distance and its shield.
Needle	Needle	Store	7	7	2	4	5	4	6	Plasma, single	Goes through the field before it knows it is there.
Warden Wing	Wingman	Store	5	5	7	6	4	5	3	Plasma, both	Well rounded, calm and a little dull.
Ripple	Wave jammer	Store	5	5	4	6	4	4	7	Plasma, single	Leaves wave-fronts behind that fool the seekers.
Vector	Speed striker	Store	6	5	3	5	6	5	5	Plasma, single	Points at the target and goes.
Sigil	Rune caster	Store	4	6	4	6	5	2	7	Plasma, alternating	Glows when it fires.
Obelisk	Siege obelisk	Store	2	4	4	7	7	5	5	Plasma, single	The slowest thing in the sky, with missiles that make up for it.
Glint	Ghost scout	Store	7	7	2	5	3	4	7	Plasma, single	A flash on a far screen, then no longer there.
Veil	Veil stalker	Store	6	5	3	4	5	4	8	Plasma, alternating	Folds the light round itself and stalks.

Which to choose

• New to flying: the Viper, or the Dash Racer if you like speed.
• Hard to hit: the Smuggler, Moth, Ripple or Veil.
• Hard to kill: the Scarab, Monolith or Aegis Defender.
• Biggest punch: the Stinger, Gambler or Lance, but they are fragile.

For how fights are flown, read Dogfighting. For how a fighter finds its mothership, read Ships and fighters.

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