Wraith medium fighter

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The Wraith Medium Fighter is a fictional type of spacecraft in the Wing Commander universe.

The Wraith fighter was successful in being the highest-performance medium fighter ever developed. Wraiths saw service oboard the TCS Lexington special operations carrier in 2669 when the Empire of Kilrah deployed its' Shok'lar-class stealth fighters in the Jakal System. However, its expense limited it to the special operations role, the standard main medium fighter of the Confederation forces was the F-86 Hellcat V.

It was developed by Terran Tech Laboratories in New York in the late 2660s. The Terran Confederation Space Naval Academy's CyberSchool's holographic simulator began qualifying pilots on Wraith prototypes in 2667 and on 2669, a larger production variant of the Wraith starfighter entered the service of the Terran Confederation. The Wraith briefly held a record for being the fastest ship in space but the title was later passed on to the Arrow V starfighter.

The Wraith's standard weapon compliment included 2 Reaper Cannons, 2 Particle Cannon ,2 Leech missiles, 2 Spiculum IR missiles, and 2 Dart DF missiles. The Wraith was also one of the few fighter classes that was equipped with a Jump Drive.