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They also comprised a proportion of Skywalker's fighter forces aboard his flagship, the Resolute during the Malevolence crisis. Following a recent string of defeats to Grievous in the Outer Rim Campaign , Gold Squadron , led by Anakin Skywalker, used V starfighters to lure the cyborg general to a trap in Bothawui.

However, the fighters were seemingly outmatched by the firepower of the Munificent -class star frigates of Grievous, resulting one of them being shot down. Anakin then ordered his squadron to break off the attack as he had AT-TE walkers under the command of Rex to destroy the Separatist fleet, giving victory to the Republic, though Grievous escaped the ensuing chaos. During the Battle of Quell , several V fighters were deployed to defend Aayla Secura 's crippled fleet from vulture droids while she was waiting for reinforcements led by Anakin Skywalker.

However, they were caught in a trap and overwhelmed, resulting Tano's second-in-command Axe being killed by a vulture droid. The squadron was forced to retreat, with only two V's left out of the 15 that took part in the engagement.

Vs also took part during the evacuation of Felucia , led by Plo Koon to protect several gunships to aid in the evacuation of Tano, Skywalker, Kenobi, and their forces as they began to be surrounded by Separatist ground forces. Koon ordered his wingman Warthog to protect the gunships while he took out Separatist fighters over their path. They reached the atmosphere after breaking through the blockade but were pursued by a group of vulture droids.

Warthog was pursued by two of them, but Koon was able to turn back and shot both droid ships down, but the crashing vulture droid careened and destroyed an AT-TE walker, nearly killing Anakin and Obi Wan.

Following a failure to retrieve the holocron from Cad Bane following the Battle of Devaron , Bane, disguised as clone trooper " Denal ," stole a V Torrent from the Resolute.

Though Anakin ordered Yularen to deactivate the hyperdrive docking ring , it was too late as Bane used it to escape. Throughout the war, V's would later be replaced by Aggressive ReConnaissance starfighters , though V's participated in a few battles such as the Battle of Malastare where they escorted Y-wing bombers and ARC starfighters to assist in the dropping of the electro-proton bomb.

During the reign of the Galactic Empire , these fighters were used by planetary defense forces , including the Botajef Defense Force , which mounted a rebellion against the Empire. The starfighter was still well-respected, with Imperial officers recognizing the starfighter for its versatility and durability. They drew inspiration for the fighter's folding wings from the real-world F4U Corsair. This article needs appropriate citations. Help us improve this article by referencing valid resource material.

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Remove this message when finished. The V Torrent starfighter was an assault fighter with exceptional speed and maneuverability used by the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. It was a predecessor of the Alpha-3 Nimbus -class V-wing starfighter , in terms of purpose and usage.

The V was unique in that it had two pairs of folding airfoils S-foils that gave the ship added maneuverability and provided pilots with easy access to the cockpit's sliding canopy. The lower, hinged S-foils coupled with enhanced repulsorlift engines made the V an exceptional vertical take-off and landing VTOL fighter.

Its armament consisted of two laser cannons one on each wingtip and two concussion missile launchers. The number of concussion missiles carried by the V was at least six. At Muunilinst , it was shown that these missiles were capable of independently acquiring and tracking their own targets. Anakin Skywalker took advantage of this feature to destroy a swarm of Nantex -class starfighters and a gun platform. After the prototypes proved successful during the First Battle of Geonosis , the Republic quickly began full scale production of Vs to add to the arsenal of the growing clone army to compensate for the LAAT gunships ' ineffectiveness against enemy starfighters.

However, due to the months of training it took for the Republic's clone trooper pilots to become proficient with the vessel, the fighter was not available in large numbers for many of the early engagements of the war. They did not make a prominent showing until the Battle of Muunilinst , where Vs were carried into action by the Nevoota Bee , an Acclamator -class assault ship modified as a carrier.

When Skywalker tried to land in the hangar, the vulture droids overtook them on a suicide run, crashing into the hanger and destroying all the Vs in there, making it impossible for the general to land.

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