The Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor, sometimes referred to as the hero interceptor due to its extensive use by many Heroes in the multiverse, was a Republic starfighter used in the First, Second, Third wars that shared design elements with the Republic's Delta-7 and Delta-7B starfighters, as well as the TIE fighters of the later Galactic Empire.
At 5.47 meters in length, the Eta-2 was significantly shorter than the already diminutive Delta-7. The new fighter's mass was further reduced by removing much of the forward space-frame, leaving the front of the ship in a forked shape. Like its predecessor, it was also too small to hold an onboard hyperdrive. Because of this, the Eta-2 had to rely on carrier vessels or hyperspace transport rings for long-distance travel. However, the Actis did have a full astromech droid socket, instead of a truncated unit as was seen in the early models of Aethersprite starfighters.
Combat Performance[]
While mainly used by Jedi the Eta-2 was recognised as the "Hero fighter", fast and agile the only weakness of this craft is that it didn't have any effective countermeasure to both missiles and Buzz droids that could slice the astromech droid. Having no shields the Eta-2 could be brought down by any weapon from the Pol universe as long as this weapon can do lasting damage (and a lot of luck to hit the Eta-2 in the first place). Against the Am6 zero and other Pol universe fighters the Eta-2 was evenly matched with the Eta-2 having poor air-to-air missile capabilities with dogfights relying to the old main gun of the craft. The Eta-2 was a fast superiority fighter with its two main heavy rapid firing blaster cannons allowing effective destruction of ground units. The Eta-2 was most of the time mistaken for a Tie fighter as it made the same screeching sound though a higher pitch wich rivals even the Stuka dive bomber's siren. Several incidents of blue-on-blue cases were reported over the many wars in the Multiverse of Eta-2 being shot at by ground forces during night fighting.
People who used this starfighter[]
- William "B.J." Blazkowicz (brown-colored) (Vulcan One)
- Allison Jakes (dark-blue) (Lady Firefly)
- Aeryn Sun (Silver plated)
- Anakin Skywalker (Filo) (yellow)
- Darth Vader (Black)
- Maya (Ruyti) (Yellow-Blue)
- Akira Howard (Blue)
- John Crichton (Jet-blue)
- Pagan Min (Light-red)
- Alexi Scott (Teal, modified to fit his height)
- Marian Hawke (green) (Moldy Angel)
- Sylvanas Windrunner (corrupted and dark like)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Filo) (red)