Nantex-class territorial defense starfighter/Legends

Nantex-class territorial defense starfighter "The last Human who tried to fly one of our ships crashed into the N'rakti Lava Fields. Your pilots would fall out of the sky like damp moths."

- Archduke Poggle the Lesser to Count Dooku

The Nantex-class territorial defense starfighter, also known as the beak-wing fighter or Geonosian starfighter, was a starfighter used by the Geonosians to guard their territories against intruders.

Characteristics


The Nantex was a lean, needle-nosed fighter craft with great speed and superior agility, specifically designed for use by Geonosian pilots. The ship's complex multi-axis control yokes required a Geonosian's dexterity, while vital performance feedback was given to the pilot via a scent-stimulator mask that took advantage of the Geonosians' acute sense of smell. A single Geonosian pilot sat within a small cockpit with his head poking up to see out of a transparent bubble canopy allowing 360 degree field of vision.

The fighter's main weapon was a turret-mounted laser cannon cradled between its forward needles. This turret shot purple bolts, and its emplacement was modular, allowing other weapons to be switched in and out as necessary.

In addition to the modular weapon assembly, the fighter was also lined with dozens of small, independent-aiming tractor beam and repulsorlift generators. They could be used to give the Nantex increased maneuverability in an atmosphere, limit the mobility of enemy craft, and allow the laser bolts fired from the fighter to be guided and fired off-axis.

History


The Geonosians did not sell the fighter to outsiders, but it was seen piloted by InterGalactic Banking Clan B1 battle droids during the Battle of Muunilinst. A possible explanation could be the version used by the Separatists was a simplified version, modified to be flown by Confederate battle droids. The tractor beams were also probably taken out, as they did not seem to hinder the maneuverability of the Republic's V-19 Torrent starfighters during the battle.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 2"
 * "Chapter 4"
 * "Chapter 10"
 * The Clone Wars: The Pengalan Tradeoff
 * CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:2:29 Edition
 * Star Wars Republic 67: Forever Young
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 *  Jedi Starfighter