Jack of Harts

The F-101 Fury-class heavy fighter was the preeminent Pre-Contact space fighter according to most military history enthusiasts, and the Republic of Texas Space Force certainly swore by it. It was the first of a new generation of space fighters that would have forever revolutionized fighter combat, and nearly every heavy fighter squadron in Texas service had adopted the fighter in the years before Contact. It also filled out several high-profile United States squadrons, including the famous Thunderbirds. It had better armor and a more powerful spinal laser than the competition, and the trio of missile packs could savage any enemy fighters. Then the Peloran made Contact and gave us gravitic propulsion technologies that made the Fury obsolete overnight. The United States chose to build an entirely new class of starfighter for the modern age. The Texas Space Force did not follow their example.