USFI Star Falcon IV

== Summary ==
F-414d USFI Star Falcon IV was operated by Star Force between 2512 and 2514 as a fourth-generation fighter. The Falcon IV design deliberately decreased armaments, losing two MP750 phasers compared to the preceding Star Falcon III, in minimal compliance with the Federation's demilitarization campaign following its unpopular wars. The design otherwise remaining unchanged from the well-optimized Falcon III frame.
The Falcon IV marked the last of the heavy Star Falcons based on the original and largely unchanged design of the first Star Falcon, already 12 years old at the time of the IV's launch.
Despite USFI's best efforts to quickly convert the experimental Star Falcon L frame into a production fighter craft, and while facing in-house competition from the contemporary Star Phoenix IV, legacy would defer leadership unto the Star Falcon IV. The fourth Star Falcon would yet serve, albeit awkwardly, the role of Star Force's principal fighter...
...Until the launch of its fifth-generation replacement, the purposefully lighter but technologically superior and all-new Falcon V. With this, the fundamentally ancient Star Falcon IV was gracefully welcomed into retirement.
File:Star-Falcon-IV-Class-Star-Fighter-2.jpg|Side
File:Star-Falcon-IV-Class-Star-Fighter-1.jpg|Fore
File:Star-Falcon-IV-Class-Star-Fighter-3.jpg|Ventral angle
Category:Aerospacecraft
Category:Star Trek
Category:USFI Star Falcon