The term attack fighter (or fighter or attack ship) is a starship classification that is applied to small, maneuverable, and heavily armed starships. The main purpose of attack fighters, is that they can perform duties that larger starships are not able to perform.
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In starship classification, an attack fighter (fighter, or attack ship) is a relatively small, maneuverable, and heavily armed starship. It is primarly used to carry out assaults that larger vessels — such as dreadnoughts or Galaxy-class explorers — cannot perform.
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