Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor

The Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor was a short-range light starfighter used by the Jedi Order during the War of the Ring.
==Characteristics==
The Delta-7B was manufactured by Kuat Systems Engineering, and initially saw use as Delta-7's were lost in battle. The main difference between the Delta-7B and its predecessor the Delta-7, was a relocation of the astromech socket from the port (left) side of the starfighter, to just in front of the cockpit. This, along with a slightly-enlarged center-hull, would allow for a full-size astromech droid to be used instead of the truncated units—such as the R4-P or the R3-D—seen in the earlier-model Delta-7. Also like the Delta-7, the Delta-7B had 4 twin laser-cannons (2 above the "triangular"-shaped hull, and 2 right below the "upper" cannons, on the underside of the hull). It also typically depended on other spacecraft or an external hyperdrive ring for faster-than-light travel.
==History==
Frodo Baggins flew at least one yellow and gray Delta-7B that was damaged during the Battle of Bothawui and later recovered. The fighter was also present for the Battle of Angmar, and Baggins later piloted the vessel during the Battle of Malastare, where it was seemingly destroyed by a monstrous Zillo Beast. Usually flying alongside as his wingmate was Eowyn, who used a red, green, and white Delta-7B.
Sam Gamgee flew a Delta-7B with an almost identical color scheme to his previous Delta-7 and utilized the same astromech droid, R4-P17.
Erza Scarlet flew a Delta-7B alongside Eowyn during the beginning of the Battle of Dol Guldur. It had the same hull graphic design as Sam Gamgee's Delta-7B, just with a different color scheme.
Eowyn flew a Delta-7B during the Battle of Angmar and later during the Battle of Dol Guldur.
Saesee Tiin piloted a Delta-7B during a mission to rescue a group of prisoners being held on Lola Sayu. It had the same hull graphic design as Eowyn's Delta-7B, just with a different color scheme.
Gimli flew a Delta-7B named the Blade of Dorin, which had the same color scheme as his later Delta-7.
Adi Gallia piloted a Delta-7B with the same hull design as Gimli's Blade of Dorin in a red color scheme. She piloted this fighter during the Battle of Lola Sayu.
Legolas flew a maroon starfighter with a light green emblem on the hull.
Luminara Unduli's Delta-7B had a green and gray color scheme.
Aragorn flew his Delta-7B with his astromech R8-B7 to check on the wreckage of the Endurance. When the bounty hunters came looking for Aragorn's body, R2-D2 took Windu's fighter to Rivendell to replay a message.
==Behind the scenes==
Hasbro originally identified this fighter as a "Delta-2,"Hasbro promotional image but Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide provided the Delta-7B designation.
The Hasbro toy version can split in two parts, with the pilot section heavily resembling the Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor.
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
*LEGO Star Wars III: The Lord of the Rings
*LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide 
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars Comic UK 6.24
*The Essential Guide to Warfare
*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Masters of the Force
==Notes and references==
Category:Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptors
Category:Galactic Republic starfighter classes