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A Sparatan SP-51 Sparfighter screeching through the idyllic desert skies. The JR-2300 plasmafan engine glows in front, while its various guns spew fire at the enemy.

[Sci's Datapad: Entry: SP-51 Sparfighter:

The SP-51 was primarily known for its use in the Solarian Great War which unified what is now known as the Desertae cluster, the solar system to which Sparata belongs. In this conflict, the SP-51 was the primary atmospheric fighter and escort craft for the larger Sparatan bombers, like the SR-17. The SP-51 had a surprisingly long lifepsan, however after the Solarian War, it was mostly used in reserve squadrons.

The SP-51 was one of the only plasmafan powered Sparatan crafts, as it was invented during the transition from physical turbofans to ionjet propulsion systems. The SP-51, while it was was spaceworthy, was mainly used in atmospheric combat due to it's distinct placing on the evolutionary track.

Though later SP-51 models, namely the SP-51p and SP-51s, were used in the super-orbital war of Kraeia, most pilots were trained and issued SP-86, SP-104, and SP-105 starfighters for the majority of the conflict.

Additionally, the Sparfighter had a distinctive sound due to it's rather dirty propulsi... [data corrupt]...]