Editing Emergency Defense Fighter

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[[File:HR Digsite Pegasus 3.jpg|300px|thumb|The Sabre and the Pegasus; the twin competing prototypes for the Emergency Defense Fighter contract.]]
The '''Emergency Defense Fighter''' ('''EDF''') was a late [[Human-Covenant War]] initiative by the [[United Nations Space Command]] to adapt newly reverse-engineered [[Covenant]] technologies for [[Space warfare|orbital and close-orbit]] [[Space fighter|interceptors]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDigsite|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-digsite-dissection|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection|D=28|M=07|Y=2023}} The initiative was considered highly secret, with the Sabre component's existence being denied by three administrations.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}

==History==
===Competition===
Two sets of corporations would create at least two entrants into the competition; [[Ushuaia Armory]] and [[Misriah Armory]] would create the [[YSS-1000 Sabre]], while [[SinoViet Heavy Machinery]] and [[Chalybs Defense Solutions]] would create the [[S-930 Pegasus]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}} The Sabre would be developed in [[2547]],{{Ref/Book|Id=fb125|[[Halo: Fleet Battles]]|Section=Core Rulebook|Page=125}} with a focus on engagement in orbit over [[Inner Colonies|Inner]] [[Human colonies|Colony]] [[world]]s{{Ref/Site|Id=Waypoint|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/sabre/499ce36f-da85-4733-a409-13b61fc0b886|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Sabre|D=14|M=3|Y=2011}} and would feature [[energy shielding]].{{Ref/Level|Id=lnos|HR|Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace}}

16 Pegasus prototypes had been created, with nine rated as "combat ready" by [[2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}} The earliest known combat deployment of the Sabre was on May 10, 2552{{Ref/Game|HR|[[Manual]]}} with a few hundred Sabres being built by the end of the war.{{Ref/Book|Id=Warfleet|HWF|Section=Carrier|Page=40-41}} All nine "combat ready" Pegasus prototypes were destroyed during the [[Battle for Tribute]],{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}} while numerous Sabres participated and were lost in the [[Fall of Reach]].{{Ref/Reuse|lnos}}{{Ref/Map|HR|Condemned}}{{Ref/Map|HR|Anchor 9 (map)|Anchor 9}}

Eventually, the Sabre would win the EDF for service with the [[UNSC Navy]].{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}

===Legacy===
The Sabre would secretly go into production as the FSS-1000 sometime following the Covenant War but prior to the [[Created uprising]]. It would then be deployed to important sites{{Ref/Site|Id=cflegendend|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-legendary-endings|SiteName=Halo Waypoint|PageName=Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings|D=17|M=12|Y=2021}} and given to various units such as the [[22nd First Response Wing]].{{Ref/Map|HINF|[[Launch Site]]}}

Following the war, a "stripped down" version of the Pegasus remained in production and was undergoing evaluation with [[Tribute]]'s defense forces. This version was tentatively selected to replace the [[UNSC Air Force]]'s inventory of [[S-14 Baselard]]s in [[2570]]. The rise of the [[Created]] has rendered this impossible for a time.{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}}

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