Lightspeed Panthers

The Lightspeed Panthers were a starfighter wing of T-65 X-wing starfighters who served the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War against the Galactic Empire. They were famed for their decorative fang-jawed nose art that adorned their fighters.

Equipped with Incom Corporation T-65 X-wing starfighters, the Lightspeed Panthers performed with distinction during the Fei Hu campaign, destroying at least 286 Imperial TIE/LN starfighters during the first nine months of the engagement, while the Lightspeed Panthers only lost four craft. The success of the Lightspeed Panther's efforts—along with the overall success of the T-65 during combat engagements—forced the Empire to respond by introducing the Lancer-class frigate and TIE/IN interceptor starfighter in an attempt to level the battlefield and prevent one-sided campaigns such as the one at Fei Hu.

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