XM002 Passalla AstroFighter

Description

Xygritt Matriarchy

Scale: Fleet (very nominally 1:1500th)

Four squadrons (48 fighters) supplied.

Size (Bounding Box, Sprue/Base): 27.4mm x 38.2mm x 8.3mm (7.8mm x 8.8mm x 4.3mm individually)

The Passalla AstroFighter is considered an advanced fighter in the Matriarchy, which merely means it is on a par with most medium fighters of other powers. It has quad lazer cannons and a light torpedo tube armed with anti-ship torpedoes mounted above the cockpit.

The Passalla is piloted by female pilots, as male pilots are considered too much of a flight risk, given that the Passalla has a GV drive. Unlike their hapless male counterparts flying the Haophs, the female pilots are not drugged into stupor. Given the disposable nature of the Haophs and their pilots, that the Passalla is more likely to survive a combat (as it actually has shields), this has led to a fleet-wide inflated sense of superiority among the pilots, which occasionally leaves them to under-estimate the quality of enemy pilots, especially if they are assumed or are known to be males. Conversely, an enemy used to the barely-competent Haophs can be taken by surprise by the Passallas which are flown with some degree of skill.