This fighter was developed for the Zorian Air Force as a successor to an aging fighter design which, while advanced for it's day was showing it's age. It eclipsed it's predesssecor with a 1,100kw radial engine and a top speed of 585km/h. It's armament included four wing mounted 8mm machine guns and a trio of 20mm nose mounted cannons ideal for blasting apart enemy aircraft. It's enclosed pressurized cockpit improved pilot effectiveness considerably, as did it's sleek shape. It's first flight was a year before the onset of war, with production beginning two months beforehand in small numbers. The sudden onset of war led to a crash redevelopment program to retool assembly lines and indeed set up new factories from the ground up to defend Zoria against the invaders. Even so, while the their numbers were limited at first the invaders soon learned to fear it's sleek silhouette as it out performed them in everything save range. As they began to arrive in significant numbers, the tide of war began to turn.