Aegis (Raiden Fighters)

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Full Name	Aegis class fighters
Alias(es)	GD-1 (RF) Aegis-4 (RF2 and RF JET)
Origin	Raiden Fighters
Occupation	Rebel fighter craft (RF) New Cranassian military's fighter craft (RF2 and RF JET)
Powers / Skills	Flight Balanced firepower Weapon master Moderately spread main shots Napalm missiles (M-based) Homing lasers (L-based) Chargeable special attacks (M or L based) Controls Slave pair Co-op chargeable special attack possible (RF2 and RF JET) Photon blaster bomb
Hobby	Turning Dictator's war machines to scrap metals and junks
Goals	Destroy the dictator's military and put an end to their menace. Protect Planet Cranass from Dictator's forces.
Family	Cranassian revolutionary forces (RF) New Cranassian air force (RF2 and RF JET)
Friends / Allies	Raiden Fighters Beast Arrow Chaser Devastator Endeavor Raiden Fighters 2 and beyond Beast Wing Griffin Flying Ray Chaser 2000 Death Header Eraser Hell Diver Raiden Fighters Jet Ixion Interstellar allies Raiden Mk. II and Mk. II Beta Judge Spear Blue Javelin Dark Sword Miclus Fairy Slave pair
Enemies	Former Cranassian dictator's military
Type of Hero	Military Legacy Successful

The Aegis class of fighters is the main line of fighters in the Raiden Fighters series. The first game has the Aegis, with the designation GD-1. The second and third games has the alternative fighter called Aegis IV, which the only difference is the color of its laser weapon and a gray-colored nose. The secret Aegis II-C appears only in Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive, and has different capabilities from the other fighters in its class.

Aegis II-C

Aegis II-C is a camouflage-colored variant of Aegis IV, with different weapon plans. Occasionally, Aegis II-c is the plane that sometimes joins you in the Allied Airport Stage (sometimes two even), fighting alongside you as a CPU, but can get gunned down, but if it survives, you get a 1,000,000 points. It respectively appears first in Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive as a hidden fighter, but reappears in Raiden Fighters Jet as one of Aegis IV's altered colors.

It is also an all-around fighter like it's counterpart, the Aegis IV, average in everything, for firepower and defense. Aegis II-C's Enhanced Rapid-Fire Homing Rays are faster and are shot out more rapidly than Aegis IV's, The Missile is shot out in a more rapid rate as well. But unlike the other standard ships, Aegis II-C does not have a charged special, but the rapid firing weapons make up for that and don't even need to charge.

Powers and abilities

The fighters in the Aegis class are well-balanced. Their Lasers are Homing Rays, and their Missile weapon is a group of simple Cruise Missiles that do an average amount of damage to enemies. The fighter class has no outstanding strengths and weaknesses, which makes this fighter class a great choice for beginners.

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