Overview[]
They are sleeker than the pods and entered from the top like a jet fighter. They had a longer body with a triangular design. Armaments were attached on the sides, depending on the deployment. The wings were shorter than what would be necessary for real flight since they needed to stay within the bubble of anti-gravity. Bethany Anne had been amused when she was shown the x-wing configuration.
The railgun descends from underneath when deployed, but the missiles were tiny antigravity engines connected to a hockey-puck-looking piece of tungsten. [1] The pucks are dense and went through steel and cement block tests when accelerated to Mach 10. With the ability to move the device up to Mach 30, they would be considered weapons of mass destruction should they impact the ground. Each stubby wing had twelve of these devices, so a deployment of four wings provided forty-eight weapons that could take out missiles, planes, ships, and small towns. [1]
Summary[]
The Kurtherian Gambit[]
It's Hell to Choose[]
The first appearance of the Black Eagles are when they are used to screen the mining ships from the French air force.