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For the mirror universe counterpart, please see Terran raider.

The Federation attack fighter was a type of starship, employed by Starfleet as an attack fighter during the Dominion War. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")

History

The Maquis appropriated several of these ships and used them as attack fighters during their insurrection against the Cardassian Union. Prior to 2370, these ships were civilian Federation support couriers not used by Starfleet. In 2370 a couple of such ships led by former Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Commander Calvin Hudson attempted to attack a Cardassian weapons depot on Bryma, but they were engaged by Benjamin Sisko on the USS Rio Grande forcing them to a strategic retreat. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part II"; TNG: "Preemptive Strike")

File:Federation attack fighters attacking Dominion fleet.jpg

Fighters attacking the Dominion Fleet during Operation Return

Large numbers of these ships were used by Starfleet in the Dominion War. During Operation Return, eight successive waves of fighters were sent to attack the Cardassian ships of a Dominion fleet, hoping to provoke them into breaking formation and creating an opening for the Federation fleet. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")

This ship type was also used as an Academy flight trainer by Starfleet Academy. (VOY: "Drone", "The Voyager Conspiracy", "Life Line")

Tactical systems

Maquis fires on runabout — Firing Pygorian pulse cannons

The attack fighter was capable of carrying an impressive arsenal. When used by Starfleet in 2374, the ships had several forward torpedo launchers and at least one phaser bank with two forward emitters.

When used by the Maquis in 2370, the fighters were armed with whatever weapons were available. Pygorian weapons, including photon torpedoes, pulse cannons, ship-mounted high-energy disruptors and particle accelerators were among the weapons used when an attack was planned at a weapons depot on the Bryma colony. (DS9: "The Maquis, Part II")

Captain Keogh referred to these two vessels as "lightly armed shuttlecrafts," compared to the Dominion ships he expected to face. (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar")

Later in 2370, according to Gul Evek, the Maquis attacking his ship were armed with photon torpedoes and type 8 phasers acquired from an unknown source. (TNG: "Preemptive Strike")

Appendices

Appearances

TNG: "Preemptive Strike"
DS9:
- "The Maquis, Part II" (first appearance)
- "A Time to Stand"
- "Favor the Bold"
- "Sacrifice of Angels"
- "What You Leave Behind"
VOY: (all appearances from display graphics, referenced as an "Academy flight trainer")
- "Drone"
- "The Voyager Conspiracy"
- "Life Line"

Background information

File:Type18cockpit.jpg

The fighter cockpit interior reused unchanged as the type 18 shuttlepod cockpit in "The Search, Part I", "The Search, Part II" and "Destiny"

The fighter cockpit interior, seen in "The Maquis, Part II", was a modification of the Type 15 shuttlepod set. It was reused later from DS9: "The Search, Part I" onwards to represent the Type 18 shuttlepod cockpit.

In the script of "The Maquis, Part II", the phasers used by the Maquis attack fighter are identified as the pulse cannons mentioned earlier in dialogue. [1] The initial phaser blasts in the episode however seems like regular phaser fire from the extended bank under the nose of the ship. Photon torpedoes are seen being fired from the tube at the nose of the ship. When the torpedo tubes are damaged, the fighter opens fire with pulse cannon phasers from two wing mounted banks that are not visible on the model.

Federation attack fighter used by the Maquis firing — Firing type 8 phasers from nacelle mounted banks

Visual effects in "Preemptive Strike" show phaser fire pulses coming from the wings, where there are three visible tubes on each wing. Phaser fire is also seen coming from the front ends of the embedded warp nacelles. These banks seem to be targetable, instead of firing straight ahead like the Pygorian pulse cannons in "The Maquis, Part II."

The script of "Sacrifice of Angels" states that the attack fighters were firing a barrage of quantum torpedoes when attacking the Dominion lines. [2] The effects used for the phasers and quantum torpedoes of the fighters in this episode were not what is normally associated with these Starfleet weapons. The torpedo launchers were mounted on the wings and on the nose of the ship. In some shots, the wing torpedoes seem to be launched from the same spot where the pulse cannons were located in "The Maquis, Part II." In others, they seem to be coming from the three small visible tubes on each of the wings. These tubes would seem to be much too small to launch full-sized torpedoes.

In one shot of "Sacrifice of Angels," one of the fighters is seen firing a bluish-white beam from the one of the two forward phaser emitters, on the extended phaser bank, under the nose of the ship. When a fighter fired the phaser from the same location in "What You Leave Behind," the regular Starfleet phaser effect was used.

For information on the studio model, see here.

Apocrypha

According to Star Trek Online, the Peregrine-class mentioned, but not seen, in DS9: "Heart of Stone" was the class name for this ship type.

External link

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-{{Sidebar starship class|
+{{Sidebar starship class
 |Name=        	Federation attack fighter
-|Image=         Maquis fighters.jpg
+|image=         Federation attack fighters.jpg
-|ImageCap=    	A squadron of attack fighters
+|imagecap=    	A pair of attack fighters
-|Affiliation= 	[[Federation]] [[Starfleet]] and civilian use
+|Affiliation= 	[[Starfleet]]<br />[[Maquis]]<br />[[Federation]]
-|Type=		[[Attack fighter]]
+|Type=		[[Attack fighter]], [[courier]]
 |Active=	[[24th century]]
 |Crew=		1-2
 |Armament=	At least 3 [[torpedo launcher]]s and 2 [[phaser emitter]]s
 |Defenses=	[[Deflector shield]]s
-|Image2=	Federation attack fighter, aft ventral.jpg
+|image2=	Federation attack fighter, aft ventral.jpg
-|ImageCap2=	Ventral view
+|imagecap2=	Ventral view
 }}
+{{mirror disambiguation|Terran raider}}
-The '''Federation attack fighter''' was a type of [[attack fighter]] employed by [[Starfleet]].
+The '''Federation attack fighter''' was a type of [[starship]], employed by [[Starfleet]] as an [[attack fighter]] during the [[Dominion War]]. ({{DS9|Sacrifice of Angels}})
-==History==
+== History ==
-The [[Maquis]] appropriated several of these ships and used them as attack fighters during their insurrection against the [[Cardassian Union]]. Prior to [[2370]] these ships were civilian [[Federation]] support [[courier]]s not used by Starfleet. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part II}}; {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}})
+The [[Maquis]] appropriated several of these ships and used them as attack fighters during their insurrection against the [[Cardassian Union]]. Prior to [[2370]], these ships were civilian [[Federation]] support [[courier]]s not used by Starfleet. In 2370 a couple of such ships led by former Starfleet officer, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Calvin Hudson]] attempted to attack a [[Cardassian]] weapons depot on [[Bryma]], but they were engaged by [[Benjamin Sisko]] on the {{USS|Rio Grande}} forcing them to a strategic retreat. ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part II}}; {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}})
+[[File:Federation attack fighters attacking Dominion fleet.jpg|thumb|left|Fighters attacking the Dominion Fleet during Operation Return]]
-:''The fighter cockpit interior was a modification of the [[Type 15 shuttlepod]] set, reused later in {{DS9|The Search, Part I}} as the [[Type 18 shuttlepod]] cockpit. A line in {{DS9|Heart of Stone}} suggests the ship class may be called [[Peregrine class|Peregrine]].''
+Large numbers of these ships were used by Starfleet in the Dominion War. During [[Operation Return]], eight successive waves of fighters were sent to attack the [[Cardassian]] ships of a [[Dominion]] fleet, hoping to provoke them into breaking formation and creating an opening for the Federation fleet. ({{DS9|Sacrifice of Angels}})
+This ship type was also used as an [[Academy flight trainer]] by [[Starfleet Academy]]. ({{VOY|Drone|The Voyager Conspiracy|Life Line}})
-[[Image:Fighters attacking dominion.png|thumb|left|Fighters attacking the Dominion Fleet during Operation Return]]
+[[File:Academy flight trainer.jpg|thumb|left|Side view]]
+==Tactical systems==
-Large numbers of these ships were used by [[Starfleet]] during the [[Dominion War]]. During [[Operation Return]], eight successive waves of fighters were sent to attack the [[Cardassian]] ships of a [[Dominion]] fleet, hoping to provoke them into breaking formation and creating an opening for the Federation fleet. ({{DS9|Sacrifice of Angels}})
+[[File:Maquis fires on runabout.jpg|thumb|Firing Pygorian pulse cannons]]
+The attack fighter was capable of carrying an impressive arsenal. When used by Starfleet in [[2374]], the ships had several forward torpedo launchers and at least one phaser bank with two forward emitters.
+When used by the Maquis in [[2370]], the fighters were armed with whatever weapons were available. [[Pygorian]] weapons, including [[photon torpedo]]es, [[pulse cannon]]s, ship-mounted high-energy [[disruptor]]s and [[particle accelerator]]s were among the weapons used when an attack was planned at a weapons depot on the [[Bryma]] colony.  ({{DS9|The Maquis, Part II}})
-:''The script states the attack fighters were firing [[quantum torpedo]]es. The effects used for the phaser and the torpedoes were not what is normally associated with those Starfleet weapons.''
+[[Captain]] [[Keogh]] referred to these two vessels as "lightly armed [[shuttlecraft]]s," compared to the Dominion ships he expected to face. ({{DS9|The Jem'Hadar}})
-This ship type is also used as an [[Academy flight trainer]]. ({{VOY|Drone|The Voyager Conspiracy|Life Line}})
+Later in 2370, according to [[Gul]] [[Evek]], the Maquis attacking his ship were armed with photon torpedoes and [[type 8 phaser]]s acquired from an unknown source. ({{TNG|Preemptive Strike}})
-[[Image:Academy flight trainer.jpg|thumb|left|Side view]]
-==Tactical Systems==
+== Appendices ==
+=== Appearances ===
-[[Image:fighter and Danube_class.jpg|thumb|Firing Pygorian pulse cannons]]
-The attack fighter was capable of carrying an impressive arsenal. When used by Starfleet in [[2374]], the ships had several forward quantum torpedo launchers and at least one phaser bank with two forward emitters.
-:''The [[torpedo launcher]]s were mounted on the wings and on the nose of the ship. In some shots the wing torpedoes seem to be launched from the same spot where the pulse cannons were located in "The Maquis, Part II" and in others they seem to be coming from the three small visible tubes on each of the wings. These tubes would seem to be much too small to launch full sized torpedoes. In one shot, one of the fighters is seen firing a bluish white beam from the one of the two forward phaser emitters on the extended phaser bank under the nose of the ship. When a fighter fired the phaser from the same location in "What You Leave Behind" the regular Starfleet phaser effect was used.''
-When used by the Maquis in [[2370]], the fighters were armed with what weapons were available.
-[[Pygorian]] weapons were used when an attack was planned at a weapons depot on the [[Bryma]] Colony. Two attack fighters divided the weapons purchased from the Pygorians and had the combined mounted arsenal of 200 [[photon torpedo]]es, 12 [[pulse cannon]]s, 6 ship-mounted high-energy [[disruptor]]s and 3 [[particle accelerator]]s.
-:''The script of "The Maquis, Part II" calls for the fighter to fire phasers from its pulse cannons. The initial phaser blasts however seems like regular phaser fire from the extended bank under the ships nose. Photon torpedos are seen fired from the tube at the nose of the ship. When the torpedo tubes are damaged the fighter opens fire with phasers from two wing mounted banks that are not visible on the model. These shots look more like the pulse cannons called for by the script.''
-[[Captain]] [[Keogh]] referred to these two vessels as "lightly armed [[shuttlecraft]]s." compared to the Dominion ships he expected to face. ({{DS9|The Jem'Hadar}})
-Later in 2370, according to [[Gul]] [[Evek]], the Maquis attacking his ship were armed with photon torpedoes and [[type-8 phaser]]s acquired from an unknown source.
-:''Visual effects show phaser fire pulses coming from the wings, where there are three visible tubes on each wing. Fire is also seen coming from close to the front ends of the embedded warp nacelles in the nose section of the craft. these banks seem to be targetable instead of firing straight ahead like the Pygorian pulse cannons in "The Maquis, Part II". No torpedoes were seen fired by any of the ships.''
-== Appearances ==
 * {{TNG|Preemptive Strike}}
 * {{DS9}}
-** {{e|The Maquis, Part II}}
+** {{e|The Maquis, Part II}} (first appearance)
-** {{e|Shattered Mirror}} (as a [[mirror universe]] [[Terran raider]])
 ** {{e|A Time to Stand}}
 ** {{e|Favor the Bold}}
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 ** {{e|Life Line}}
-== External link ==
+=== Background information ===
+[[File:Type18cockpit.jpg|thumb|The fighter cockpit interior reused unchanged as the type 18 shuttlepod cockpit in "The Search, Part I", "The Search, Part II" and "Destiny"]]
-*{{NCwiki|Federation fighter}}
+The fighter cockpit interior, seen in "The Maquis, Part II", was a modification of the [[Type 15 shuttlepod]] set. It was reused later from {{DS9|The Search, Part I}} onwards to represent the [[Type 18 shuttlepod]] cockpit.
+In the script of "The Maquis, Part II", the phasers used by the Maquis attack fighter are identified as the pulse cannons mentioned earlier in dialogue. {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/441.txt}} The initial phaser blasts in the episode however seems like regular phaser fire from the extended bank under the nose of the ship. Photon torpedoes are seen being fired from the tube at the nose of the ship. When the torpedo tubes are damaged, the fighter opens fire with pulse cannon phasers from two wing mounted banks that are not visible on the model.
+[[File:Federation attack fighter used by the Maquis firing.jpg|thumb|Firing type 8 phasers from nacelle mounted banks]]
+Visual effects in "Preemptive Strike" show phaser fire pulses coming from the wings, where there are [[:File:Federation Attack Fighter studio model at auction.jpg|three visible tubes]] on each wing. Phaser fire is also seen coming from the front ends of the embedded warp nacelles. These banks seem to be targetable, instead of firing straight ahead like the Pygorian pulse cannons in "The Maquis, Part II."
+The script of "Sacrifice of Angels" states that the attack fighters were firing a barrage of [[quantum torpedo]]es when attacking the Dominion lines. {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/530.txt}} The effects used for the phasers and quantum torpedoes of the fighters in this episode were not what is normally associated with these Starfleet weapons. The [[torpedo launcher]]s were mounted on the wings and on the nose of the ship. In some shots, the wing torpedoes seem to be launched from the same spot where the pulse cannons were located in "The Maquis, Part II." In others, they seem to be coming from the three small visible tubes on each of the wings. These tubes would seem to be much too small to launch full-sized torpedoes.
+In one shot of "Sacrifice of Angels," one of the fighters is seen firing a bluish-white beam from the one of the two forward phaser emitters, on the extended phaser bank, under the nose of the ship. When a fighter fired the phaser from the same location in "What You Leave Behind," the regular Starfleet phaser effect was used.
+For information on the [[studio model]], see [[Studio models (DS9)#Federation attack fighter|here]].
+===Apocrypha===
+According to ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', the {{Class|Peregrine}} mentioned, but not seen, in {{DS9|Heart of Stone}} was the class name for this ship type.
+=== External link ===
+* {{NCwiki|Federation fighter}}
-[[Category:Federation starship classes|Attack fighter]]
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+[[it:Caccia d'attacco della Federazione]]
+[[ja:連邦戦闘攻撃機]]
+[[Category:Federation starship classes|Attack fighter]]