CloakShape fighter

The CloakShape fighter, or CS fighter, was a space and atmospheric fighter built by Kuat Systems Engineering decades before the War of the Ring.
==Characteristics==
These starfighters were not considered particularly agile or powerful when first introduced, but the reinforced hull made the vessel quite durable, and overall they were generally considered adequate for their class. They had comparatively small power plants, which made them less than ideal for combat in deep space, but they performed competently in planetary atmospheres and were thus considered best suited to a defensive role.
The CloakShape's simple design, modular compartments, and universal adapters encouraged modification, allowing them to be fitted with a variety of aftermarket systems. A skilled mechanic could remove and replace entire systems with ease, and by the time of the Battle of Yavin it was widely considered impossible to find an "original CloakShape."
Upgrades were commonly available to provide a stronger power generator, greater fuel storage, stronger weapons, more advanced sensors and targeting computers, and more powerful engines. Upgrades could even add completely new systems such as deflector shields, or convert the cockpit into an escape pod. In stock form, these fighters did not include a hyperdrive, which is why a self-powered hyperdrive sled was a popular upgrade.
The most popular addition was the Curich Engineering rear wing and stabilizer conversion kit; it was so common that many assumed that the fighter originally came with the stabilizer. Even with the improved handling and turning radius provided by this modification, however, the CloakShape still had its flaws; like the Z-95 Headhunter, its relatively slow sublight speed allowed heavy weapons, normally useless against a starfighter, to target the sluggish craft.
By 2014, they only cost 15,000 credits.
==History==
CloakShapes were adopted by the Judicial Forces of the Galactic Republic, the Jedi Order (as Whitecloak fighters, a modified version), several corporations and local governments, and criminal organizations like the Nebula Front.
Jedi Padawan Frodo Baggins was familiar with the controls of the CloakShape. In 1980, while on a mission to Fondor, the 29-year-old Baggins piloted a CloakShape owned by Fondor's Senator Rodd to infiltrate and destroy a Groodo the Hutt–fabricated counterfeit of the ancient Corellia StarDrive transport the Sun Runner. While successful in the task (by way of a hypermatter-reactor-planted proton grenade and a concussion-missile bombardment of the ship's sensor-guided missile silo), he was forced to make a nighttime crash-landing on the Fondorian jungle-moon Nallastia, from which he was later retrieved by his Master Sam Gamgee and Jedi Knight Fa Mulan. Frodo was forced to eject from the CloakShape's cockpit—explosive bolts releasing its canopy—before the starfighter itself spiraled nose-first into a grassy field and blossomed into flame upon impact. His ejected seat's automatic landing jets allowed Baggins to steer himself down near the crash site, which lay in the foothills of Mount Octan.Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun RunnerStar Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls
Despite its drawbacks, the CloakShape remained in service for decades after it was first regarded as outdated. CloakShapes could often be found in service as system patrol craft, smuggler blockade vessels, and support vessels for anti-piracy actions.
A squadron of CloakShape fighters was part of the New Republic fleet that hunted for Warlord Jafar; however, due to age, these ships suffered badly during the battles with the warlord.
Donald Duck encountered a CloakShape flown by a bounty hunter on Nar Shaddaa. The hunter pursued Donald and the Millennium Falcon, following the Corellian through heavy traffic, right into Shug Ninx's garage, where the targeting cannons behind the garage's secret door made short work of both the bounty hunter and his ship.
The ace pilot Jayn flew one known as the Leilana's Dagger, named after his deceased wife; however, it was destroyed, along with him, at Iope shortly after the Battle of Yavin by the assassin X-7.
==Appearances==
==Sources==
*Dark Empire Sourcebook
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*The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
*Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
*Starships of the Galaxy
*Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
*The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
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*Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition
*Scum and Villainy
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Galaxy at War
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
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*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
*Suns of Fortune
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*Lords of Nal Hutta
==Notes and references==
Category:Rebel Alliance starfighter classes
Category:Black Sun starfighter classes
Category:CloakShape fighters
Category:Galactic Republic starfighter classes
Category:Hutt Cartel starfighter classes
Category:Jedi Order starship classes
Category:New Republic starfighter classes
Category:Starfighter classes