DELTA-7 JEDI STARFIGHTER
Type: Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor
Manufacturer: Kuat Systems Engineering
Affiliation: Jedi Order
Weapons: 2 dual laser cannons
Length: 8 meters
Crew: 1 (+ 1 astrodroid)
Debut: Attack of the Clones
Though the Jedi protected the Republic through tactful diplomacy and non-agressive solutions to problems, there were times when they just needed a lightning fast starfighter to bring about justice...presenting the Jedi Starfighter...
The Delta-7 can accomodate one Jedi - though space at the back of the cockpit usually reserved for spare parts could just about fit a prisoner - and one astrodroid. As Jedi pilots do not need the extra targeting and navigation an R3-D droid would provide, most Jedi Starfighters are fitted with R4-P astromechs - many of which are actually truncated units fixed permenantly into the starfighter. The Delta-7 is too small to carry a hyperdrive, and must rely on a hyperspace transport ring to reach lightspeed, though a number of advanced starfighters were later fitted with hyperdrives.
The Jedi Starfighter was first tested by Adi Gallia during the lead-up to the Clone Wars, where she flew it in combat against Captain Toth's hex weapons. The Delta-7 passed its flight and fight tests, and was soon a mainstay of the Jedi Order. It was later used by Obi-Wan Kenobi to find the 'missing' planet Kamino, and to track the bounty hunter Jango Fett to Geonosis. Following Obi-Wan's investigation, many Jedi Starfighters were used to aid the Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. These Starfighters were given a turquoise hull, rather than the red which showed a Jedi's neutrality in conflict. |
