Designed for the New Republic but made famous serving General Leia’s Resistance, the Incom
FreiTek T-70 X-Wing functions as the successor to one of the most legendary starfighters
in galactic history, and succeeds in seamlessly improving upon the older design of the T-65B
without sacrificing any of the classic model’s reliability.
Taking full advantage of developments in technology following the Galactic Civil War, the T-70
boasts improvements in Armor plating, torpedo loadout, sublight acceleration and subspace
communication.
The ship was brought into service after the Battle of Jakku and served as the mainline
fighter craft of the New Republic for many years, during this time the ship became popular
with local militias and planetary defence forces, and this great demand led to the craft
becoming highly abundant across civilised space.
12.48 Meters long and bearing the classic cruciform frame of its predecessor, the T-70’s
visual aesthetic is fully representative of its improvements over the T-65B.
Where once there were four separate Electromagnetic Gyroscopes, the ship now carries only two,
but separates them at the centre when opening its S-Foils, this gives the T-70 a far sleeker
profile than the T-65B.
The T-70 is also coated in sensor-scattering ferrosphere paint, making the fighter far
more difficult to detect.
The T-70 is extraordinarily well armed for its size, carrying 4 Taim and Bak KX12 laser
cannons, an advanced rapid-reload torpedo system loaded with 8 miniaturized proton torpedoes,
a pair of secondary launchers compatible with both concussion missiles and mag pulse warheads
and an underslung blaster turret.
In spite of this extensive loadout, the T-70 not only manages to maintain the speed and
manoeuvrability of its predecessor but in-fact surpasses it, creating a truly lethal space
superiority fighter, with the armament of a light bomber and the agility of an interceptor.
Though the T-70 proved popular with New Republic Pilots across its career, the Military Disarmament
Act ultimately led to the ship being withdrawn from service, and replaced in fewer numbers
by the new T-85 X-Wing.
Though no longer at the cutting edge, the T-70 remained readily available from various
starship manufacturers, allowing several sympathetic senators to provide General Leia’s Resistance
with multiple T-70 Squadrons for use against the First Order.
In spite of its increasing age, the T-70 remained superior to the First Order TIE fighter in
combat, this divide was mostly owed to the First Order’s general design philosophy,
electing to produce massive numbers of simpler, lower-cost fighters, much like their Imperial
Predecessors.
The T-70 was compatible with a wide variety of Astromech Droids, and featured a ventral
loading socket which automatically varied its housing size to suit different units.
Much like its Alliance forbears, the T-70’s use of Astromech Units allowed for minor in-flight
repairs as well as providing redundancy for the ship’s astronavigation and data storage
systems.
The location of the T-70’s loading socket also greatly increased the ship’s scramble
speed, negating the need for an Astromech loading crane.
One particular T-70 X-Wing, codenamed Black One, saw extensive modification at the hands
of its pilot, Commander Poe Dameron.
From behind the Controls of this fighter, Commander Dameron led the famous Black Squadron,
and went on to command Resistance Forces during the Assault on Starkiller Base.
Though much of the Resistance’s fleet of X-Wings was lost during the assault, the T-70
played a crucial role in the destruction of the First Order’s Superweapon.
The small fighter’s unusually large torpedo complement allowed Resistance forces to neutralise
the weapon’s thermal oscillator, causing a cataclysmic chain reaction which led to
the destruction of the entire planet.
Even years after its official decommissioning the T-70 remains one of the most versatile
and well-rounded starfighters in the galaxy, and continues to serve the Resistance well
in their continuing fight.
Sleeker, Faster and tougher than the T-65B, the T-70 improves upon its predecessor’s
iconic design flawlessly, and in battle with the First Order, the ship has time and again
proven itself more than worthy of the name X-Wing.