Name: Xm-1 Missile Boat

Designer/Manufacturer: Cygnus Spaceworks

Type: Advanced Space Superiority Fighter / Heavy bomber

Users: Empire

Length: ? meters

Crew: 1

Cargo: ? kg

Speed Rating: 122 MGLT (with SLAM) 244 MGLT

Acceleration: 21 MGLT/sec.

Maneuver: 91 DPF

Power System: Iotek 11k Ion Power Cell and Ionization Reactor

Propultion System: Cygnus 5K9 Dual Line Ion Engines

Hyperdrive: Cygnus HD7 Hyperdrive Activator Unit

Flight Control System: Miradyne RCS-8 Flight Avionics System

Nav Computer: SFS N-s9.6 Navcon Computer System

Sensor Systems: Unknow?

Combat Computer: Unknow?

Hull: Quandanium Steel armored Titanium hull (hull rated at 19 RU)

Shield: Forward/Rear projecting Novaldex Shields (shield rated at 120 SBD)

Weapons:

• One Taim & Bak KX6 Laser Cannon
• Two SFS M-s-8 Advanced Concussion Missile Launchers (40 advanced missiles)
• Two General Purpose Warhead Launchers (20 SFS Intruder missiles or heavy proton rockets)

The Missile Boat was the result of a design created by Grand Admiral Thrawn to compete with the TIE Defenders owned by the traitor Admiral Zaarin. The design was strongly based on the Cygnus Spaceworks Assault Gunboat with the idea in mind of achieving superiority over the TIE Defender through use of speed and overwellming firepower.

The Missile Boat is an extremely manueverable and fast fighter. Speed can be increased by up to 200% by a revolutionary engine technology developed by the Empire called the SLAM system or Sub-Light Acceleration Motor. Simply put, they operate by drawing emmense amounts of energy from the laser cannons to the engines. Since the Missile Boat had only one laser cannon, this energy didn't last very long, but it allowed the fighter to achieve speeds in excess of 244 MGLT.

Truly the most impressive and devestating feature of the Missile Boat is its firepower. The missile boat has two dedicated advanced concussion missile launchers that can hold up to 20 missiles each. Two general purpose warhead launchers are also installed on the fighter and can carry an equal capacity of concussion missiles, or 30 proton torpedos, or 20 heavy proton rockets, or ten heavy concussion bombs.

Very few Missile Boats were ever produced by Cygnus, but they ultimately brought the downfall of Admiral Zaarin's forces once and for all. There was an incident where a Missile Boat was nearly captured by the Rebellion, but quick thinking by Grand Admiral Thrawn kept such an event from happening. However, even the Missile Boat (or for that matter the Emperor himself) could not stop the defeat of the Empire at Endor.