RZ-5 A-Wing

Seeing use in many wars, The RZ fighter line originally saw success in the Outer Rim during the Clone Wars by smugglers and farmers both. In the advent of the Galactic Civil war the RZ series saw its shining moment as combat fighters for the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Seeing their exceptional use with skilled pilots the Third Republic's Winged Arts Academy specially requested their construction.

Structural Identity
A longer forward hull with a slimmer silhouette, the RZ-5 has been upgraded to accommodate the previous versions' weaknesses.

With a longer hull with additional vents and air-intakes, the engines are placed farther away from the cockpit to avoid overheating with taller maneuvering fins to adjust for the increase in speed. With a wider wing span, the RZ-5 overall is larger than any prior A-Wings allowing for more hull integrity and more stable controls.

Equipped with a light offensive loadout, the RZ-5 comes with a pair of MM12 Royal Laser cannons that pack more a punch when compared to the previous A-Wings and are attached to the main body instead of on pylons. On the other hand, these laser cannons are short-range with a firing distance of 650 meters. Also equipped with a Concussive Missile launcher the RZ-5 A-Wing is great for dogfighting but can do very little to anything above a corvette class.

While having short-range sensors and short-range communication the small vessel comes equipped with intense Concord Dawn type ion thrusters far exceeding prior A-Wing's speeds. While there is little additional power for enhanced shielding, it makes up for it with a special and very hard to build Tectom Hull plating. A special plating that while not 100% effective can deflect or ricochet laser shots as long as they are not point-blank or head-on.