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Predator-class fighter
Production information
Manufacturer	Sienar Fleet Systems
Product line	TIE series
Model	Predator-class fighter
Class	Starfighter
Cost	Not available for sale
Technical specifications
Maximum speed (atmosphere)	1,500 km/h
Engine unit(s)	Equipped
Hyperdrive rating	Class 1
Hyperdrive system	Equipped
Shielding	Equipped
Targeting systems	Equipped
Navigation system	Navigation computer
Armament	Medium laser cannons (4)
Crew	Pilot (1)
Cargo capacity	70 kg
Consumables	1 week
Usage
Availability	Military
Role(s)	Space superiority fighter ; Interceptor ;
Era(s)	Legacy era
Affiliation	Fel Empire ; Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire ; Empire-in-exile ;

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The Predator-class fighter, also called TIE Predators^[2] and nicknamed Eyeballs by the Galactic Alliance, was a starfighter produced by Sienar Fleet Systems and used by the new Galactic Empire as of 130 ABY.

CharacteristicsEdit

Considered a successor to the older TIE/In interceptor, the Predator-class fighter was still highly maneuverable and heavily armed, but unlike most previous TIEs, it was also equipped with hyperdrives and a deflector shield generated through its blade-shaped wings. As with the earlier Chiss Clawcraft, these wings could adjust to a variety of positions, aiding the starfighter's maneuverability. They folded back fully for docking mode.

Predator-class fighters with classic TIE-style cockpits were flown by squadron leaders. Other pilots flew fighters with horizontal slats across the front of the central fuselage.

HistoryEdit

The Predator-class fighters served as the primary fighter craft for the Fel Empire during the Sith-Imperial war. After the war's end they continued to stay in use throughout the Second Imperial Civil War in service to both the Empire-in-exile and Krayt's Empire until the Sith-Imperial starfighter came into service in the latter to supplant them.

In 130 ABY, Predator-class fighters were used by Moff Rulf Yage's forces in the attack on the Jedi Praxeum on Ossus. When a Jedi transport attempted to flee, they moved to shoot it down but were intercepted by Cade Skywalker's in a X-83 TwinTail starfighter, who managed to defeat several Predators before being shot down, buying time for the Jedi transport to escape.

Imperial Knights would commonly fly Predator-class fighters. In 137 ABY, Antares Draco and Ganner Krieg would take two of those fighters to Vendaxa to save Princess Marasiah Fel from the Sith.

The Outer Rim Third Fleet used these fighters at the Battle of Dac.

Behind the scenesEdit

The Predator-class fighter was designed by Sean Cooke, a designer/illustrator handpicked by Dark Horse Comics editor Randy Stradley for the job of designing Legacy-era Imperial spacecraft.

When the first images of the Predator appeared, some fans speculated that the fighters with a "slatted" central pod were pilotless droid starfighters, but this idea was ruled out by subsequent comments from the creators: in an online chat, Jan Duursema explained that the traditional cockpits were reserved for lead fighters, and in an interview for Star Wars Insider 89, Cooke discussed the redesign: "I wanted to make sure it didn't look so much like the classic TIE fighter, so I redesigned the front cockpit screen, taking that kind of octagonal design and putting more vertical lines through that to simulate jaws or even prison bar cells, giving it this angry look."

AppearancesEdit

SourcesEdit

Star Wars: Legacy 0 (First mentioned)
"The Art of War"—Star Wars Insider 89
Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition)
Star Wars: Legacy 0½
The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Legacy Era Campaign Guide
The Essential Guide to Warfare

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 Legacy Era Campaign Guide
↑ Star Wars: Legacy 37: Tatooine, Part 1

TIE starfighter variants

Imperial starfighters
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Experimental starfighters
TIE Experimental M1 · TIE Experimental M2 · TIE Experimental M3 · TIE Experimental M4 · TIE Experimental M5
Non-Imperial starfighters
Advanced Project ship · Aleph-class starfighter · Chir'daki · Clutch · Gand starfighter · Lone Scout-A · Nssis-class Clawcraft Red TIE Fighter · TIE Reconnaissance Fighter · TIE/rpt starfighter · TIE stealth · TYE-wing · X-ceptor · X-TIE · Y-TIE · Z-'ceptor
Non-starfighter models
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