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CUTLASS-8 LIGHT STARFIGHTER
AFFILIATION
Open market.
MANUFACTURER
SoroSuub Corporation.
CLASS
Light starfighter.
ROLE
Starfighter.
COMPOSITION
Titanium and transparisteel.
DIMENSIONS
Length - 12 meters.CREW
1 pilot.
PASSENGER CAPACITY
N/A.
CARGO CAPACITY
100 kilograms.
HANGAR CAPACITY
N/A.
CONSUMABLES
3 standard days.
SPEED/MANEUVERABILITY
The Cutlass-8 light starfighter has a top speed of 100 MGLT and has excellent maneuvering characteristics.
ARMAMENT
- 2x medium laser cannon.
EQUIPMENT
- 1x ejection seat.
DESCRIPTION
The Cutlass-8 light starfighter is a small combat spacecraft manufactured by the SoroSuub Corporation. A relative of the more full-featured Cutlass-9 patrol starfighter, the Cutlass-8 was meant to compliment the '9 in SoroSuub's catalog, being cheaper and easier to maintain than its counterpart, though with correspondingly fewer features.In many ways, the Cutlass-8 is like the TIE fighter, a contemporary design. Armament is sparse, consisting of only a pair of medium laser cannons; top speed is around 100 MGLT, and the fighter's maneuverability is excellent. It lacks shields or a hyperdrive, however.
The Cutlass-8, like SoroSuub itself, unfortunately found itself on the wrong side of the Clone Wars. Alongside the Mankvim-814 light interceptor, large numbers of Cutlass-8s were built to equip the organic pilots of the CIS. After the war, many of these ex-Separatist craft would find their way onto the black market, and SoroSuub was even permitted to keep making them. As a result, these craft saw service with rebels, pirates, mercenaries, corporate forces and planetary militias; these continue to be their most common careers in the present day.
LEGALITY
Legal. Though they are technically starfighters, Cutlass-8s are considered only light craft under most jurisdictions, and are not restricted in most systems.INTENT
To bring a vessel from canon into our site's fanon.