Earth Alliance YSA-29A Tornado Long-range fighter YSA-29A Tornado Specifics The Tornado Starfury was intended to replace the Aurora Starfury as the standard heavy fighter for the Earth Alliance. Produced as an experiment into a longer ranged fighter, and enhance the the firepower and survivability at the same time. The fighter resembled a backwards Aurora Starfury with a Thunderbolt's nose section. Instead of a gatling pulse gun, the Tornado was armed with four uni-pulse guns and capable of carrying six missiles. A promising fighter, unfortunately it was developed during the Earth-Minbari War. It, along with its companion fighter, the Sabre Interceptor, was developed at the main orbital starbase at Proxima III. When the base was destroyed, all production facilities for the new fury were also destroyed. Only 60 Tornados and 240 Sabres were completed before the Battle of the Line. Almost all examples of both fighters were lost. They had the misfortune of being assigned to both Titan class Warcruisers at The Line (24 Torndoes to the Jupiter, and 48 Sabres to the Odin . The remainder were assigned to the ships supporting the Titans). They were destroyed almost immediately. After the war, another project was begun instead of continuing development of the Tornado. The Badger Starfury was easier to build and maintain than the Tornado. The remaining Tornados (15 in all) were assigned to the Mars Defense force until they were replaced by Thunderbolts in 2260. All Tornadoes were relegated to various Air Museums located throughout the Earth Alliance. Tornado Long-Range Fighter SCS