Space Demon

Space Demon

Deep Space Fighter craft of the Union -

First prototype completed and tested in 5040

The Space Demon never saw production but all the new design features were incorporated into the Warbird series that is going to replace all Union Fleet fighters by 5050 as the new Uni Design 2.0 fighter.

As mentioned before, only few space faring civilizations ever considered the use of One pilot craft in space battle scenarios.

Of the few species that did the Terrans built the most powerful, the Dai the most manouverable and agile and the Nul perhaps the most robust and reliable fighters.

In 5040, the formost designers of these three societies (former enemies no less) came together and created the Advanced Space Combatant Design Bureau and the first design that incorporated elements of all three civilizations was the KWN (Kaywe-En). The USN ordered 5000 for field testing. While the KWN was an elegant machine and superior to any Wolfcraft of even Khari Wolf, but the KWN was overengineerd and too difficult to fly. UNS demanded a fighter that was more intuitive to pilot and in an emergency could be flown with limited Computronic assistance.

The KWN could not be flown without extensive Computronic assistance. Also it was deemed to big and did not fit in the revolver starters of Battleships and Fleet Carriers.

The second fighter the team came up with was the Space Demon. Arguably the finest fighting machine ever devised in the know Universe. However it had one flaw, it was too expensive even for the mighty Union and its deep pockets. The new fighter was supposed to replace all Wolfcraft and Khari Wolfs and become the new core fighter of the Union.

The team went back to the design boards and introduced the Union Warbird. Captain Har-Hi provlaimed it the best fighting machine ever and while it was still 4 times as expensive as the latest Wolfcraft, it was not like  the 10 times more expensive Space Demon.

The ten produced Space Demons were made on board fighters for the USS Tigershark (refit)

prototype in 5040