Earth Alliance Thunderbolt-class Starfighter
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		Length: Shields: Jump Engines: Armament: F v F Rating:		15.60 meters None No 6 Light Pulse Cannons 4		The upgrade on the Starfury, the Thunderbolt is an atmospheric-capable fighter more heavily armed than its predecessor. Gaining favor quickly with top commanders like General Hague, the fighter was spread throughout the fleets to replace the old Starfuries. During the Civil War, the Thunderbolt often proved a deciding factor in the fighter battles between forces loyal to Clark and those fighting for Hague, often times breaking through to attack opposing capital ships before turning to sweep back enemy fighter craft.      The Earth Alliance Navy has made a priority of procuring as many Thunderbolts as possible in an effort to ward off raiding vessels in the Alliance systems. Thus far the tactic has proven successful as Thunderbolts have been able to hold their own against lesser craft. Arguably the second-best Starfighter in the galaxy, after the Minbari Nial Starfighter, the Thunderbolt has proven itself more than a match against Starfighters in use by the Centauri Republic, Narn Regime and League of Non-Alligned Worlds.
		Thunderbolt Starfighters enroute to the Proxima III Colony. Moments later, the Thunderbolts launched missiles which destroyed the outer dome and killed over four hundred civilians on the orders of President Clark