The "Punishment Divine"


Name/Model: XM-1 Missile Boat
Class: Medium range heavy assault fighter
Manufacturer: Cygnus Spaceworks
Crew: 1 pilot
Hyper Drive: Cygnus HD7 Hyper Drive Activator Unit
Maximum top sub light speed: 140mglt
Weapons: 1 Taim & Bak KX6 Laser Cannon, 2 SFS M-s-8 Advanced Concussion Missile Launchers (20 missiles each), 2 General Purpose Warhead Launchers, Std. Combat (20 warheads each)


The "Missile Boat" is similar to the Assault Gunboat, but has better engines and a greater missile payload. Superior shielding, speed and multiple warheads make this fighter a dangerous opponent for Alliance fighters.

The Missile Boat was the result of a design created by Grand Admiral Thrawn to compete with the TIE Defenders owned by the traitor Admiral Zaarin. The design was strongly based on the Cygnus Spaceworks Assault Gunboat with the idea in mind of achieving superiority over the TIE Defender through use of speed and overwhelming firepower.

The Missile Boat is an extremely maneuverable and fast fighter. Speed can be increased by up to 200% by a revolutionary engine technology developed by the Empire called the SLAM system or Sub-Light Acceleration Motor. Simply put, they operate by drawing immense amounts of energy from the laser cannons to the engines. Since the Missile Boat had only one laser cannon, this energy didn't last very long, but it allowed the fighter to achieve speeds in excess of 244 MGLT.

Truly the most impressive and devastating feature of the Missile Boat is its firepower. The missile boat has two dedicated advanced concussion missile launchers that can hold up to 20 missiles each. Two general purpose warhead launchers are also installed on the fighter and can carry an equal capacity of concussion missiles, or 30 proton torpedoes, or 20 heavy proton rockets, or ten heavy concussion bombs.

Very few Missile Boats were ever produced by Cygnus, but they ultimately brought the downfall of Admiral Zaarin's forces once and for all. There was an incident where a Missile Boat was nearly captured by the Rebellion, but quick thinking by Grand Admiral Thrawn kept such an event from happening. However, even the Missile Boat (or for that matter the Emperor himself) could not stop the defeat of the Empire at Endor.



Picture of the cockpit