Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-25356210-20160316023355/@comment-26258526-20160320221045

Colonial Imperium Fighters and Bomber: The first fighter to be produced by the Imperium was the Thanderbolt, a heavy fighter/bomber that was large but small enough to be made in a fabricator. With an engines mounted under each wing and one in the tail the Thanderbolt didn't lack in speed, but was far from nimble. Armed with las machine guns on the front side of the fuselage for anti fighter use and two autocannons above them for strafing runs the Thanderbolt is armed for all mission types. The replacement for the Thanderbolt ended up not replacing it at all, but showing that the Imperium had been without a good dog fighter for too long. Armed with two machine lasguns and powered by two engines in the tail the Lightning became an instant success among it pilots.