Stiletto

Slender and graceful, the F-71 Stiletto looks every bit as fast as it actually is. A cylindrical center section houses a bubble canopy, with one of the fighter's three engines behind. The other two engines are embedded into the swept-delta of the ship's wings, which are upturned at the ends to form a pair of vertical stabilizers. Two more stabilizers rest atop the engine pods embedded in the wing. Ahead of the wing, two sets of short canard foreplanes are mounted, one angled up and the other down. Protruding from the leading edge of the wing are a pair of mass driver cannons.

It has been said that a pilot doesn't sit in a Stiletto, they put it on. The cockpit almost seems to have been designed to occupy as little of the ship's volume as possible. A high-backed leather chair is present in the center, sized comfortable for the average human. The chair sits close enough to the forward bank of consoles that the pilot's legs actually slide underneath the bank of electronics containing the radar display. Two multi-function display units are availible, one located to each side of the pilot's seat, angled slightly upwards for easier viewing. Visibility to all sides is excellent, blocked only by the struts that mark the location where sheets of clearsteel intersect. Centered in front of the cockpit are perhaps the two most important items to a pilot's combat life expectancy: the radar display and above it the weapon charge indicator.