Blade-32 superiority fighter

The Blade-32 Superiority Fighter was the craft of choice for many Adumari pilots.

Designed, developed and produced by Tarrvin-on-Kallik, the Blade-32 was used for planetary defense and capital ship support. A direct descendent of the highly collected Blade-30 fighter, the ship was popular in jet black, and after the unification of Adumar in 13 ABY, red in honor of Red Flight. New ships cost 82,000 credits, with used ones generally available at 46,000, although the ships were not made available off Adumar until after the treaty with the New Republic. Despite this, they managed to find their way into several private collections and mercenary squadrons that were willing to deal with the craft's use of Adumari measurements over standard.

At 18 meters in length, the standard "razor-wing" shape of the Blade-32 lent it impressive atmospheric manueverability. The twin engines peaked at 900 kilometers per hour in atmospheric flight, although the ship was considered less effective in space combat than it contemporaries in the New Republic. Derek "Hobbie" Klivian, famed Rogue Squadron pilot, described the Blade-32 as, "a pretty sturdy starfighter, though it certainly handles better in atmosphere than space. The nearest analog I can think of isn't an X-wing, it's a Y-wing. A fairly sluggish Y-wing by our standards, but when we lost our X-wings, those Blades came through for us." In more general terms, the Blade-32 was considered comparable in manueverability, deflector shield and armor plating to the Z-95 Headhunter, although more heavily armed.

Two pairs of fire-linked laser cannons and a pair of missile launchers were the Blade-32's standard weapons. As with most fighter craft, cargo and consumables were at a minimum, as 150 kilograms and 3 days, respectively. For space combat, Blade-32s were upgraded with a Class 2 hyperdrive, pressurized atmosphere supply and two proton torpedo launchers each with magazines of eight missiles. The standard craft became known as the Blade-32 Alpha and the space-ready craft the Blade-32 Beta.

The Blade-32 was still the top-of-the-line strike craft of Adumar as late as 18 ABY while work on a successor model, the Blade-34, continued.