TIE stealth

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The TIE stealth was a modified TIE/ln starfighter, optimized as an infiltrator and commando transport, in use by the Imperial Remnant around 23 ABY. It was an ideological descendant of both the Scimitar and TIE Phantom. It is unknown whether this was a production model of the TIE series or if it was a specialy modified TIE/ln starfighter.

=Characteristics= Though not nearly as advanced as its forebearers, the TIE stealth was a capable craft in both of its roles as an infiltrator and as a fighter. It was equipped with a secondary set of smaller Low-emissions engines and a sensor dampening hull coating, possibly reflec, to reduce detectability on infiltration missions. It may have also been equipped with enhanced sensors, as the only known example was able to detect and fly through the narrow gap between the Jedi Praxeum's deflector shield and the tops of surrounding trees. Its flight controls were easy enough for either an Imperial commando or the teenaged Jaina Solo to fly effectivly, though both had presumably had some flight training first. Aside from being specialy equipped as an infitrator, it was still fully functional as a fighter.

History
The only known example of the TIE stealth was used by an Imperial commando to infiltrate the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 before the combined attack by the Imperial Remnant and Shadow Academy. After flying through a narrow gap between the Academy's deflector shield and the tops of the surrounding trees, the commando pilot strafed the academy's power generator, cutting off power to the deflector shield, and leaving the academy open to attack. During the ensuing battle the commando landed the fighter in order to carry out his second mission of placing explosives inside the Jedi Academy. The commando was eventually killed by his own explosives but not before a Jedi trainee, the young Jaina Solo, commandereed his craft. Piloted by Jaina, the TIE stealth proved itself as a fighter, as Jaina used it to shoot down several Second Imperium fighters before being damaged and forced to crash land.

Appearances

 * Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Under Siege