User:Useful Dave/SO/B-3 'Shortsword' Sub-Orbital Bomber

"You know, we're actually in space when we're dropping the payload some flights, how do you think we get those battle-com sats up so quickly?."

- FLt Diana Centuri, 35th Sub-Orb Squadron

In an age when even the standard interceptor of the UNSCN can easily make orbit if the engines are redlined, a sub-orbital craft might be something to be laugh at, the limited capabilities of it compared with a full sized vessel are rather apparent when considering where to station it. Of course, this is assuming you want to ensure the vessel is space worthy for a rather length amount of time thanks to the sheer vastness of space, where as a sub-orbital craft, no matter what goes wrong it will always return to solid ground.