Piranha light scout fighter
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The F-106 Piranha was a light scout fighter deployed by the Confederation in the fictional Wing Commander computer game. It was deployed in the 2680s. The Piranha replaced the earlier Arrow in most of its roles, including long range armed reconnaissance and point defense.
The F-106A was armed with two ion cannon, a laser cannon and a stormfire installation. Four heatseeking missiles and two image-recognition missiles rounded out its armament. The F-106C was armed with three ion cannon plus the standard missile loadout.
While it was quite agile and had a high top speed, it was not capable of absorbing punishment. However, it performed competently in its designed role as a scout fighter and could acceptably engage enemy light and medium fighters such as the Nephilim Skate light fighter and Moray medium fighter. It performed poorly against enemy heavy fighters; its armament was insufficient to penetrate their shielding and armor. The Piranha's gun capacitors also suffered an amusing drawback: they were just large enough to permit the Piranha, firing all three cannon, to deplete a Moray's shields... But not enough to continue. The Piranha pilot, faced with an undefended Moray, was nonetheless reduced to keeping up a steady stream of laser-cannon fire, and a keen eye and quick hand on the control stick was required to exploit the weakness. Fortunately, the Piranha possessed maneuverability in ample amounts; and canny pilots could always activate the Stormfire gatling gun as well.