Hess class starfighter

Hess class starfighterThe Hess starfighter, was an assault fighter with exceptional speed and maneuverability, it was used by the Khoan Naval Task Force during the Stark Hyperspace war and The clone wars and was a bases for the V-19 Torrent starfighter.

By the time of the First Order, these fighters were outdated and rarely if ever seen, only in bits and pieces on battlefields not yet salvaged, or buried on some forgotten battle zone, former Republic/Khoan Naval officer Hellion Van Kaiser found a old Khoan Naval Task Force listening post on a uncharted planet, that would later become Starkiller base, one of his stormtroopers spotted several Hess starfighters in bad shape with only twenty out forty even running, it is believed that they weren't loaded up  when the Khoan forces abandoned the base after the battle of Se, they were restored and reassigned to be atmospheric fighters, and trainers for the First order.

Characteristics
The Hess had two small pairs of folding S-foil wings, the large wing can also fold similar to the later V-19 starfighters. The fighter had canopy covered by the wings, and can carry two crew members. Like the later V-19's, it was VTOL type fighter.

Armament
The Hess was armed with two rapid fire laser cannons that fired orange blaster bolts and 1 proton torpedo launcher.

Production
The fighters were manufactured by the Khoan engineering firm Khoan-MO, and were produced alongside the Nebula bombers.

In combat
The Hess first saw combat during the Stark Hyperspace war, and the Hassan Civil war, Hellion van Kaiser mostly notably used Hess fighters to destroy Skipray blastboats that were targeting Trade Federation transports, and against Zabrak Trade Union Vulture droids.

Later during the clone wars the Khoan and clone volunteers who volunteered in the Khoan Defense Task Force flew the Hess against the Separatist forces at the 2nd battle of Genosis, Battle of Dac, and the Battle of Kamino where Sion squad a squad of Khoan pilots lead by Jedi General Ram Kota defeated the droid's.

Design Varients
There are no known design variants expect for the V-19 which was based off the Hess, and the First Order modified some ancient Hess starfighters into atmospheric fighters and trainers.