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The ''K-wing'' is one of the most recent starfighters produced by Koensyr for the New Republic's ongoing conflict with the Imperial remnant forces and other threats. Descendants of the Y-wing, K-wings first appeared during the Black Fleet Crisis 16 standardized years after the battle of Yavin, and have been mobilized for nearly every subsequent conflict.
Like the X-Wing and other New Republic Starfighters, the K-Wing was designed to fulfill a specific combat role while maintaining some degree of versatility. The K-Wing's ideal mission profile involves close-range, precision bombardment of planetary targets, space stations, or slow-moving capital ships. However, it's also a competent escort fighter and short-range reconnaissance vehicle.
The Distinctive K-wing consists of two maneuvering wings connected to a large, fixed stabilizer. Primary thrust turbines located at the junction between the stabilizer and manuevering wings provide sublight speeds equivalent to a Y-Wing's top velocity despite the K-Wing's greater mass. A secondary ion engine mounted near the main stablizer allows extremely rapid acceleration for short bursts. The starfighter lacks a hyperdrive and must be transported by large fleet carriers such as the ''Endurance.''
As befits its role in the New Republic fleet, the K-Wing supports an unprecedented arsenal for a vehicle of its size.Eighteen hard points
spread across the three wings allow New Republic engineers to arm the
vehicle with a variety of physical weapons, including concussion missiles,
flechette missiles, sublight torpedos, thermal warheads, and floating
mines. The drawback to this system is obvious: once a K-Wing fires its
last weapon, it is without heavy firepower and must return to a docking
bay to rearm. When attacked by starfighters, the K-Wing can open fire with
a short-range quad turbolaser turret and a medium-range twin laser cannon
turret, both mounted on its command module. The craft is equiped with deflector shields as well.
Due to its proliferation of weapons, the K-Wing requires a dedicated
gunner. The pilot and gunner sit in small cockpits on either side of the
command module. The entire command module can detach from the wing
assembly to serve as an escape pod, although the pod has a very low
sublight speed and makes for a very inviting target.
"We're the heavy hitters. when you need a command bridge leveled or a
convoy of tanks wiped out, we get the call." ''-New Republic pilot
Miranda Doni shortly before her death at Doornik-319''
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