FB-01 Fighter-Bomber

The FB-01 Manta Ray is a Fighter Bomber currently in use by the ETDC Navy. At 42.5 meters in length, 60 meters in width, and 15 meters in height. It is the largest space craft currently in use by the Navy that is not designated a warship. Due to its use of ion thrusters, it can only be used on moons with low gravity, and space. Although it can be used in the very upper atmosphere of planets, this is not encouraged because the craft can be easily brought down to the surface.

**Role**

It has several purposes. It can engage warships, do bombing runs on ground targets, and fight other fighters and bombers in space and the sky of moons or planets. It also commonly escorts friendly warships around. And performs patrol duties. However, its immense size prevents it from fitting inside hanger bays of warships. So, it can only operate around outposts on moons or asteroids.

**Interior**

At the very back of the ship was some ladders and 2 control consoles. the consoles could be used to opened up some large doors, and the ladders to climb into the ship. In the entrance / exit room there was two more consoles that could be used to close the doors. From there you could enter a corridor that spanned the length of the ship. On the right was a large room. The room contained 3 cryo pods, storage, and a bathroom and shower. On the left at the very end of the corridor the ventilation system could be assessed. And at the very end you could get into the cockpit. Which contained two control seats. There were large lights on the walls and ceiling that properly lighted up the interior.

**Early Combat History**

2 operational units were sent to a ETDC outpost on a moon sometime after the new ship classification system came into effect. 1 flew several kilometers away to a pirate outpost, where it came under fire by a pair of gatling turrets. It did a little amount of damage on the first attack run. But it did heavy damage during the second run. The back of the ship also accidently collided with the roof of the outpost. Tearing the roof of and doing damage to itself. The Turrets managed to destroy the remaining parts of the outpost. The ship was then repaired back at the friendly outpost. Minor armor deformations were found all over the hull of the ships. 1 interior turret was also disabled. And 3 missile pods were destroyed, with 1 disabled. A small hole was also found below the cockpit window that was caused by gun fire. But that was patched up before it returned to base. Another hole was also found beneath the door that led to the entrance / exit and was caused by the collision. That was also patched up before it went back to base. The remaining compartment remained pressurized throughout the entire event. Shortly after being repaired the same craft was sent out again (With a different flight crew) to pursue an unregistered freighter that was passing by the moon. But the freighter managed escape, so it the Fighter-Bomber had to return back to base. But it accidently went to fast and crashed into the ground just 350 meters away from the base. Luckily the pilot pitched the front of the ship up just before it hit the ground, so the back ended up absorbing most of the damaged. Most of the ship was pulverized by the explosion (except for the cockpit) and the wounded crew was quickly evacuated from the wreck.