Jem'Hadar Fighter
Jem'Hadar Attack Ship
History of Jem'Hadar Fighter
A Jem'Hadar fighter, or Jem'Hadar attack ship, was a small type of warship that formed the bulk of the Dominion fleet. These versatile starships were also known to perform the roles of patrol ships and scout ships. Extremely sturdy, these warships were capable of surviving the impact onto a planet's surface. As well, Jem'Hadar fighters were able to land intact on a planet and take off again. Once landed, the Jem'Hadar could land troops from the warship from a large access hatch on the belly of the ship. While capable of making planetary descents, they were not capable of conducting battle maneuvers while in sub-orbital flight. Although highly maneuverable, they lacked the edge in maneuverability that Starfleet's Danube-class runabouts possessed. Despite this, they still heavily outgunned the smaller Federation vessels. They were equipped with ventral jets. Jem'Hadar fighters generated a 39 Cochrane warp field and were capable of achieving the speed of warp 7. Early engagements resulted in disastrous outcomes for the Starfleet vessels that engaged them, due to the fact that the shields of Federation starships were initially incapable of deflecting the phased polaron beams employed by the fighters as weapons. However, the Federation overcame this handicap fairly quickly, after which Jem'Hadar fighters became relatively easy for a large starship to destroy. A few solid phaser or photon torpedo hits were enough to cripple or destroy one, therefore, they usually operated in groups of two or three during routine operations, and in much larger swarms in large battles so that the loss of one or two would not make much difference.
Jem'Hadar Fighter is also known as; Jem'Hadar Attack Ship
