When the peaceful world of Nexus Ortai was brought into the war, the V-19 served as the principal defense fighter against the Separatists in the space portion of the ensuing battle. The fighter also saw action during the Battle of Kiros, where Skywalker and his Padawan freed the Togruta colony world from Separatist forces. They also comprised a significant portion of Skywalker's fighter forces aboard his flagship, the Resolute, especially during the Malevolence crisis.
When Skywalker tried to land in the hangar, the vulture droids overtook them on a suicide run, crashing into the hanger and destroying all the V-19s in there, making it impossible for the general to land. General Kenobi, with aid of Odd Ball, led the squadron against Separatist Vulture droids. V-19 fighters were present during the Battle of Teth, when Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived with reinforcements to assist General Skywalker. They did not make a prominent showing until the Battle of Muunilinst, where 156 V-19s were carried into action by the Nevoota Bee, an Acclamator-class assault ship modified as a carrier. However, due to the months of training it took for the Republic's clone trooper pilots to become proficient with the vessel, the fighter was not available in large numbers for many of the early engagements of the war. Anakin Skywalker took advantage of this feature to destroy a swarm of Nantex-class starfighters and a gun platform.Īfter the prototypes proved successful during the First Battle of Geonosis, the Republic quickly began full scale production of V-19s to add to the arsenal of the growing clone army to compensate for the LAAT gunships' ineffectiveness against enemy starfighters.
At Muunilinst, it was shown that these missiles were capable of independently acquiring and tracking their own targets. The number of concussion missiles carried by the V-19 was at least six. Its armament consisted of two laser cannons (one on each wingtip) and two concussion missile launchers.
The lower, hinged S-foils coupled with enhanced repulsorlift engines made the V-19 an exceptional vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter. The V-19 was unique in that it had two pairs of folding airfoils ( S-foils) that gave the ship added maneuverability and provided pilots with easy access to the cockpit's sliding canopy.
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