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The destruction of the Ko-Dan command ship under Kril marked the beginning of a very dangerous time for the Star League. Xur had escaped in defeat but had not given up his mad dreams of dominion, the Frontier was no longer the barrier to invasion it had been for thousands of years, and the Ko-Dan would almost certainly want revenge for the annihilation of their forces by an upstart Starfighter. To defend itself and the thousands of worlds within the League, bold action had to be taken, and many decisions previously thought unthinkable were no longer beyond the pale. For one thing, the Star League needed Starfighters more than ever, and the highest of standards under the old Excalibur Tests had to be rolled back to a more practical degree. This meant that non-member worlds such as Earth were no longer off limits to recruitment (Alex Rogan, the new head of the Starfighter Legion, had put paid to that.) The Gunstar in its advanced configuration as flown by Rogan and Grig became the new standard, and was upgraded even further to the very limits of Rylan technology. Finally, Starfighter bases began to pop up throughout the Star League, each capable of maintaining squadrons of 10 to 12 Gunstars (though in reality, 5 to 7 were all that were available to most of these.)

This Starfighter Base is located on a double planet system coreward of the Ko-Dan incursion near Rylos. The Gunstars based here have only just arrived, and still bear the Rylos Sector designator on their hulls, indicating that this may be a temporary deployment.

Modeled with Trimble Sketchup. Rendered with Kerkythea. Gunstar original design by Ron Cobb.

Description
The destruction of the Ko-Dan command ship under Kril marked the beginning of a very dangerous time for the Star League. Xur had escaped in defeat but had not given up his mad dreams of dominion, the Frontier was no longer the barrier to invasion it had been for thousands of years, and the Ko-Dan would almost certainly want revenge for the annihilation of their forces by an upstart Starfighter. To defend itself and the thousands of worlds within the League, bold action had to be taken, and many decisions previously thought unthinkable were no longer beyond the pale. For one thing, the Star League needed Starfighters more than ever, and the highest of standards under the old Excalibur Tests had to be rolled back to a more practical degree. This meant that non-member worlds such as Earth were no longer off limits to recruitment (Alex Rogan, the new head of the Starfighter Legion, had put paid to that.) The Gunstar in its advanced configuration as flown by Rogan and Grig became the new standard, and was upgraded even further to the very limits of Rylan technology. Finally, Starfighter bases began to pop up throughout the Star League, each capable of maintaining squadrons of 10 to 12 Gunstars (though in reality, 5 to 7 were all that were available to most of these.)

This Starfighter Base is located on a double planet system coreward of the Ko-Dan incursion near Rylos. The Gunstars based here have only just arrived, and still bear the Rylos Sector designator on their hulls, indicating that this may be a temporary deployment.

Modeled with Trimble Sketchup. Rendered with Kerkythea. Gunstar original design by Ron Cobb.