F-406 Katana

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"Swift and deadly, thats us."

- Captain Hannah 'Screamin' Eagle' Moreadu

The Fighter/Bomber-406 Katana was the main fighter craft of the UNSC, replacing the earlier longsword.The vessel was smaller and carried a similar number of armaments, though substanially smaller cannons. It carried a mixed ordinance of anti ship and anti aircraft missiles. The vehicle carried a pair of unique, cyclic launchers for thier ASVM-13 missiles, where a four barreled 'revolver' launcher carried four rockets and after each fire, would revolve to the next missile, saving room.

F-406 Wakizashi
Purpose: The Wakizashi is armed with a pair of cannons in place of its rotary launchers. This gives it less of a punch against capital ships but gives it a much greater swathe of fire against fighters. Armament:*4 50mm Rotary Cannons
 * 16 ASIM-11 CLAW Missiles
 * 2 80mm Rotary Cannons

B-406 Daikatana
Purpose:The Daikatana was a modified version that carried an extra set of rotary launchers instead of two of it's 50mm guns. This gives it less power against fighters, but enables it to back heavier loads against capital ships. Armament:*2 50mm Rotary Cannons
 * 16 ASIM-11 CLAW Missiles
 * 16 ASVM-13 TALON Missiles

AF-406 Daitō
Purpose:The Daitō was made especially for launching low level strikes against ground targets, using its reorganised payload to dead effect. Armament:*4 50mm Rotary Cannons
 * 16 AGM-76 PINCER Missiles
 * 16 AGM-64 BARB Missiles

EF-406 Tachi
Purpose:The Tachi's mission role is to scramble enemy communications gear, as well as translating it and discovering the direction of the source. Armament:*4 50mm Rotary Cannons
 * 16 ASIM-11 CLAW Missiles
 * 1 Subspace scrambler pod
 * 1 Radio scrambler pod

UNSC Comments
"The 50mm guns make a mess of enemy fighters and enemy tanks. Perfect"

"The Kantana and the variants are well liked, capable craft. No reason to even dream of replacing them in the next fifty years"

Notable Squadrons

 * Bravo-6 Squadron
 * Red Squadron
 * Black Knights Squadron
 * Eagle Squadron

Trivia
No such weapon as the Daikatana exists, its a pseudo word for a big katana, which is in fact called nodachi or ōkatana. Daikatana was simply used because of its higher familiarity and it just sounds better ;].