User:MasterDeathLi/Vulture-class atmospheric fighter drone

The Vulture-class Atmospheric Fighter Drone also dubbed as the Type-89 Vulture by ONI was a prototype automated atmospheric fighter created by ONI during the Spartan-00 program, this was until the die Einheit rebellion, these fighters were used alongside the Type-56  Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighters, and Type-89 Exo/atmospheric Bombers.

Design Details
The Vulture was designed to look like aircraft of the 21st century, but were heavily modified and were automated for the most part, they had an unusually rectangle shaped head which offered better protection for the automated systems, the wings were also had a sharpened cut like shapes which improved speed, agility, and cut down on wind-resistance and turbulence and increased the turning radiance.

They are capable of taking down Banshees, Seraphs, Longswords, and Sabers, being highly agile allowing for sharper turn rates allowing they to move in areas with tight corners and obstacles, they can still be destroyed by missiles, and lack any shielding they can be deployed in squadrons of 5 - 10 and use ambush style tactics. Like all Forgotten craft and warships they are stealth as the Forgotten has modified the prototype ONI stealth armor and made it automatically invisible to Human or Covenant sensors and Radar though they can be still seen with the naked eye, and when damaged.

Armaments
Being automated the Vulture has an advantage in term of armaments such as carrying more weapons, its main weapons included a forward facing Heavy rail cannon located under slightly under the drones sensor and eye, and 3 counter and clockwise based rotating gamma laser cannons underneath the nose. Secondary weapons include six Type-98 or Type-78 Marauder class and Whirlwind class missiles, and Type-889 Cluster Nova bombs which are located underneath the wingtips of the Vulture drone.

Operational History
Though developed during the late Colonial to early Insurrection era for the UNSC, they were mostly used by The Forgotten during the battle of the Shield World Latina, in which they proved useful against the Flood controlled Forerunner and Ancient Human defenses, Monitor 00018 "Lifeworker" was impressed by the Vulture in its ability to successfully combat the flood. They were later used during the Battle of Nimbus Station as a squadron was carried by a Sigma-class carrier which had penetrated the stations artificial atmosphere, they were also used in Instillation 09 against the Guardian during the 2nd battle of Instillation 09 and instillation 00 against the Banished, Flood remnants and UNSC during the battle of Pineridge.

Fireteam Blue and Fireteam Osiris transport ship were escorted by a squadron when they were "rescued" from Cortana by the Forgotten AI Slade during the battle of  Luna.