Peregrine Superiority Fighter

*"Fournier, the only reason why you're in the skies is because of me!"*

- Capt. Dylan Bykowski, in response to Capt. Fournier's famous declaration
## Tactical Analysis

* **(Title 1):** The worlds fastest (conventional) fighter jet, surpassing even the Allies feared Achilles. The Peregrine Fighter's speed lets it not only appear anywhere within seconds but while in motion its speed makes it almost invulnerable to anti-air fire, as most either misses or just glances off its armour, and its exceptionally heavy front armour lets it resist counterfire. And once within attack range the Peregrine MRL releases a storm of metalstorm rockets that can rip a Kirov into shreds.

* **(Title 2):** Using its four scramjet afterburners and its prototype anti-gravity generator. The Peregrine can streak back to the Launch Pad at hypersonic speed, creating sonic booms that stun anyone unfortunate to be near it when it goes.

* **(Title 3):** For all of the Peregrine firepower it suffers from multiple, glaring, heels that should be considered before construction. Firstly it’s *more* expensive than the Achilles. Secondly, its speed comes at the cost of needing to completely stop before it can fire, otherwise, it’ll fly into its own rockets, meaning that small fighters like the Tengu can outmaneuver them in a dogfight, which is not helped by the Peregrine short attack range and slow turn speed. Finally, it’s actually rather frail when it’s not moving, due to its many important and fragile systems, and like every Contingent force, its complete lack of rear armour means that any attacks to its rear when still will see these planes crashing into a fireball.

* **(Title 4):** Theoretically, it's possible for the Peregrine to fly slow enough that it won't accidentally fly into its own rockets, giving them a modicum of dogfighting capability. But the speed range it must maintain to fire while moving and not crash for being too slow is so small that only the greatest ace pilots can perform the maneuver flawlessly.

## Decrypted reports of ACIN agent “Roland”: Project AURORA

*"After months of covert operations. I have come to confirm that our reports on “unidentified spacecraft”, that led to “Achilles” being spotted by Japanese and AVRN had come from Australia. And that said spacecraft were of Allied design, more specifially project AURORA. The supersonic bomber jet that was meant to complement the Achilles proposed by the late general Granger.*

*However. Unlike the proposed plans and prototype. The Australians modification on AURORA, which we have codenamed “**Peregrine**”, has basically gutted everything from the AURORA that it only shares the frame with AURORA.*

*Firstly. The entire system has been shifted. Whereas the AURORA had the cockpit at the front, bomb bay in the middle, and engine in the back. The Peregrine has moved the cockpit to the rear end, the engines to the middle, and the entire front being taken by its new weapon, MRL holding fifty "metalstorm" rockets.*

*Secondly. The Peregrine is not a bomber but an interceptor, where its similarity to the Achilles is noted. Replacing its bomb bay, which was infamously inaccurate that led it to being tested in Australia, with its MRL have been shown to tear apart mockups of Kirovs and Chinese "flying junks" as if they were made of paper, though observations have noted that it has to come to a complete stop before it fires, where it somehow floats despite there being no vertical jets, though I have observe that some pilots are able to fire when moving at a slower pace. Then there's the engine...*

*When the AURORA was conceived it was to have a nuclear fusion engine at the back like the Achilles. But seeing as the Contingent doesn't have access to our nuclear fusion they have instead mounted four scramjet engines on its large wings. And the test I had seen had shown it surpassing our Achilles in speed. And that is before it fires its afterburners where it moves fast enough to create a sonic boom.*

*As for why the pilots aren't deafened by their engines is that the pilots are, for some god-forsaken reason, wearing bulky suits fitted for space exploration, including an oxygen tank and said suit being pressurized. Their cockpit is as equally pressurized, liken to more of a rocket ship than an aircraft, and can detach and fly off via retro thrusters like an escape pod.*

*As for the Peregrine itself we have noted that it contains heat shieldings that lets it reenter the earths atmosphere and its engines contains enough fuel to reach space. Combined with with auxiliary steering thrusters and its pressurised cockpit the Peregrine can conduct small distance space travel and combat.*

*Now the question is why would the Australians do this. From data we've gathered they could have easily made the AURORA the deadliest bomber on earth yet they rebuilt it as a supersonic interceptor can can engage in atmospheric and spaceflight. They've essentially created a starfighter that can fight aircraft and spaceships."*

## Feats of Captain Dylan Bykowski

* Escaped from a Bird of Prey ambush while flying above Guangzhou's ruins during a Peregrine test flight. The Peregrine took no damage whatsoever.
* Shot down a section of Jet Tengu while inebriated during Australia Day. He was reprimanded by superiors afterwards.
* Flew near the edge of space near an Athena Control Satellite, and resisted the urge to give it the one-finger salute.
* Gained F.C. Captain Sukhdev Bhattacharya's respect and rivalry after rescuing his plane from 'nanite airships' atop the southwestern Indian Ocean. Cpt. Bhattacharya has yet to beat him in a race after 18 matches.
* Skywrote *"Will you marry me?"* to his then-fiancée Olivia complete with punctuation marks at the skies above Alice Springs, her hometown.