K-Wing

The K-wing, also known as the Koensayr BTL-S8 K-Wing Assault Starfighter is a bomber class fighter as shown in the Star Wars book trilogy The Black Fleet Crisis. It was one of the most recent starfighters produced by Koensayr which was the same company responsible for producing the Y-wing for the the New Republic's ongoing conflict with the Imperial Remnant. Like the X-wing and A-wing starfighters and most other New Republic starfighters, the K-wing was designed to perform a special role in combat. The K-wing starfighter's missions included precision bombing of planetary targets, slow moving capital ships and space stations, close-range combat and can also serve as both an escort fighter and short-range reconnaissance vehicle.

The K-wing consists of two large maneuvering wings connected to a large, fixed stabilizer. Primary thrust turbines located at the junction between the stabilizer and wings provide the K-wing with sublight speed similar to the Y-wing's top speed despite its greater size. An ion engine mounted near the rear of the main stabilizer allows extremely fast acceleration for short bursts. The K-wing however lacks a hyperdrive and must rely on large fleet carriers. To fulfill its role in the New Republic Defence Force, the K-wing supports a deadly arsenal for a vehicle of its size. There are 18 hard points which spread across the vehicle's 3 wings that allow New Republic engineers to arm the vehicle with a large variety of weapons including concussion missiles, sublight torpedoes and floating mines. The disadvantage to this system is that once a K-wing fires its last weapon, it has to return back to its docking bay to rearm. When it is attacked by enemy fighters, the K-wing can open fire with a short-range quad turbolaser turret and a medium-range twin laser cannon turret mounted on its command module. It is also equipped with a deflector shield. Because of its large amount of weapons, the K-wing requires a gunner. The pilot and gunner sit in small cockpits on either side of the command module. The command module can also detach from the rest of the ship to serve as an escape pod.