Union Warbird

Union Warbird is the name of the new Union Fighter, proposed to be the replacement of all Union Fleet (Wolfcraft and Khari-Wolf) Fighters by 5050 as part of the Uni Design 2.0 Fighter.

The Warbird design was the third design to be tested after the KWN (Kaywe-En) and Space Demon designs. While both other designs were superior to it in some ways, they also had flaws that would prohibit them from being used fleetwide (although some elite fighters and fighter units have recieved a number of each.)  The tradeoff was considered acceptable by all personel responsible for making the order.

History
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. Testing showed that the KWN was an elegant machine and superior to any Wolfcraft and even the 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 proclaimed 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