V-wing airspeeder

The V-wing is the New Republic's first vehicle designed as a high-atmosphere combat fighter craft. As the struggle with the Imperial Remnant continued, New Republic engineers addressed the need for a long-range airspeeder with a greater flight ceiling to take on vehicles such as TIE/D Fighters and TIE Bombers. The V-wing airspeeder was completed just in time for the Battle of Mon Calamari.

It was designed by the Verpine Slayn & Korpil hive colonies which also developed the B-wing starfighter. The V-wing's sole crew is one pilot. The airspeeder's standard repulsorlift system is paired with efficient ion afterburners to provide the V-wing with fantastic speed. The V-wing's top combat speed is 1,000 km per hour and when equipped with a powerful Chab-Ylwoum scramjet booster-which when activated, increases the craft's speed to 1,400 kph. Unfortunately, combat at such a speed can be dangerous. The scramjet is therefore reserved for hasty retreats. The V-wing's weapons are two fire-linked blaster cannons on either side of the vehicle with an effective range of about 2 km. The pilot must use his craft's size and speed to its full advantage during skirmishes with enemy starfighters since it lacks a deflector shield of other defenses. V-wings are kept at docking bays at planetary bases and on board large starships. Whenever it is deployed from space, the airspeeder must rely on V-wing Speeder Transports which can carry either 4 or 6 V-wings for transportation into planetary atmospheres since they are strictly atmospheric vehicles.