C709 Longsword
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The C709[12][11] Longsword is a fighter/bomber craft produced by Misriah Armory. They are the largest and most common vehicles in the GA-TL1 Longsword family of spaceplanes, and are heavily utilised by the United Nations Space Command as capable multirole aircraft including space interception and terrestrial bombing.[11]
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The C709 is a more common model of the GA-TL1 Longsword line,[13] and retains features such as a wide delta-wing shape, an angular boom-like structure, and two engines mounted beneath the wings on either side of the fuselage. It is twice as large as the smaller C712 variant, with a wingspan of 75 metres.[1] It has a non-polarized canopy, and a diamond-shaped air intake that extends from the front of the engines.[8][14] As it is too big to fit into the hangar bays of most UNSC spacecraft, the C709 Longsword must dock to a warship via clamps and an access umbilical.[10] However, hangar bays of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn such as the Launch Bay 7 can dock the C709 Longswords.[15]
The interior of the C709 Longsword is divided into two levels connected by a staircase, with the bottom floor only used to access the retractable ramp used to embark and disembark from the craft. A corridor runs the length of the fuselage, with the back leading to the staircase and a large door that opens into an additional room: presumably leading to where its armored weapons locker lined with