Mimbari Flyer

These Minbari ships are commonly used by the military as scouts and communication ships, and also used as shuttles and light transports by Civilians and Diplomats. Even though they are shuttles, They are incredibly maneuverable. The military versions of this ship are are heavier armed than most of the younger races fighters and could even probably beat some of the less advanced races smaller capital ships such as the Drazi Sun-hawk. These shuttles have destroyed a pretty large number of Earth Force fighters in the Earth Minbari war. Like the Minbari fighter, the shuttle is very capable in an atmosphere as well as in space.

The flyer is incredibly maneuverable because it uses a gravity based propulsion system and the flyer also has a powerful inertial dampener. The controls are more standard hand controls than the Minbari fighter which cause the flyer to be less maneuverable than the Minbari fighter is. Also unlike the fighter, the flyer has an internal artificial gravity. Because of inertial dampener, the fighter can make maneuvers that would turn the pilot into jelly without it. The ship is not quite large enough to have a jump engine and instead uses jump gates to travel from system to system but is designed for long distance travel.

The hull of the flyer is constructed out of a Crystalline material that is much stronger than materials used to make Earth Force fighters, shuttles, and ships. The Minbari have not mastered shield generators on a ship the size of the flyer but even without shields, the ship is still very tough and can withstand multiple hits from most weapon systems.

Civilian versions of this ship are unarmed but military versions have two powerful neutron cannons. These weapons are very powerful and equal to capital ship secondary weaponry but can still be targeted on starfighters.

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