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The '''FSS-1000 Anti-Ship Spaceplane'''{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=158}}, commonly known as the '''Sabre''', is a highly classified planetary defense [[starfighter]] used by the [[UNSC Air Force]] in surgical orbital combat.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}<ref name="Waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/sabre/499ce36f-da85-4733-a409-13b61fc0b886 ''Halo Waypoint'': Sabre] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314221945/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/sabre/499ce36f-da85-4733-a409-13b61fc0b886 Archive.org])</ref><ref name="e3">[[Halo: Reach E3 Campaign Demo|''Halo: Reach'' E3 Campaign Demo]]</ref><ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=2010E3 ''Bungie.net'': Halo: Reach E3 2010 Trailer]</ref>

Originally designated as the YSS-1000 Sabre during the prototyping phase,{{Ref/NoteReuse|YSS}} this fighter was designed in partnership by [[Ushuaia Armory]] and [[Misriah Armory]] to compete in the [[Emergency Defense Fighter|Emergency Defense Fighter initiative]] against the [[S-930 Pegasus|Pegasus project]]{{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}}, to offer the UNSC a swift, versatile, and lethal defense interceptor that could engage Covenant forces in deep space and low orbit, preventing them from establishing a dominant position before ground engagements.<ref name="WFCarriers">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', ''Carriers'', p. 40-41</ref> It can be launched vertically from a ground-based launch platforms using a system of [[seven]]-stage detachable rockets to propel itself out of a planet's atmosphere into low orbit{{Ref/Reuse|e3}}<ref>''[[Halo: Reach Official Strategy Guide]]'', p. 437</ref> without the use of [[Mass driver|asynchronous linear-induction]], [[Fusion drive|nuclear technology]],{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} or other traditional means of surface-to-orbit transit. The Sabre also possesses powerful [[Energy shielding#Human energy shielding|energy shielding technology]], which covers all areas of the craft and quickly recharges when depleted.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}{{Ref/Reuse|e3}}

The Sabre is designed for the dual purposes of peak acceleration and maneuverability in orbital combat, due in large part to a powerful afterburner system. This emphasis on speed and responsiveness enables the Sabre to perform feats that other human single ships cannot accomplish, and even allows the craft to compete favorably with the [[Covenant]]'s more technologically advanced [[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 Seraph fighter]]. The Sabre is capable of performing complex [[wikipedia:Aileron roll|aileron rolls]], [[Wikipedia:Split S|Split S]] maneuvers, and [[Wikipedia:Immelmann turn|Immelmann turns]].{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}} The starfighter's engines are maintained and repaired by [[engine service module]]s in [[UNSC Sabre engineering facility|Sabre engineering facilities]] inside orbital [[refit station]]s. The [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Aviator]] helmet is recommended for use by Sabre crew members,<ref name="h4evg">''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 147</ref> and the [[Mariner]] helmet is optimised for Sabre flight systems alongside those of the [[F-29 Nandao|Nandao]] and [[S-14 Baselard|Baselard]] fighters.{{Ref/Game|MCC|Mariner helmet description}}

The Sabre (then-known as the '''YSS-1000 Prototype Anti-Ship Spaceplane'''){{Ref/Note|Id=YSS|The "Y" in the designation designates the Sabre as a prototype vehicle in accordance with the [[Wikipedia:1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system|1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system]], while page 17 of ''Halo: Warfleet'' clarifies the "SS" hull code to designate an Anti-Ship Spaceplane.}} was developed by the Sabre Program in [[2547]] in competition to win the [[Emergency Defense Fighter|Emergency Defense Fighter initiative]] against the [[S-930 Pegasus|Pegasus project]].{{Ref/Reuse|fb125}}{{Ref/Reuse|CFDigsite}} The Sabre Program was a top-secret project in which [[SPARTAN-B312]] was a [[pilot]] at some point.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} However, the fighter proved too expensive to enter full production given the loss of critical [[Inner Colony]] manufacturing hubs to the [[Covenant]] and the shortage of skilled pilots, though most of these issues had been resolved by 2552.{{Ref/Reuse|fb125}} The craft's existence has been denied by three separate administrations{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}} and the program has remained secret throughout its existence.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}

Multiple Sabres were stored in launch facilities across the surface of the planet [[Reach]], including [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range|the newest facility]] near [[Farkas Lake]].{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}} In addition, the orbital platform ''[[Anchor 9]]'' had several Sabres stored in its launch bays,<ref name="LNoS">''Halo: Reach'', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', multiplayer level ''[[Anchor 9 (map)|Anchor 9]]''</ref> and [[Gamma Station]] was equipped with repair facilities to service Sabre fighters.<ref name="condemned">''Halo: Reach'', multiplayer level ''[[Condemned]]''</ref> When the Covenant arrived in the [[Epsilon Eridani system]] in the [[2552|summer of 2552]], the UNSC replaced select [[F-41 Broadsword]] squadrons with Sabres to combat the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|fb125}} During the [[Fall of Reach]], SPARTAN-B312 and [[Jorge-052]] of NOBLE Team used a Sabre during [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], in which multiple Sabres were used to board the [[Ceudar-pattern heavy corvette|Covenant corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' in order to use it to deliver a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine#Atypical uses|makeshift slipspace bomb]] to the [[Sh'wada-pattern supercarrier|Covenant supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]''. Before assaulting the corvette, the Sabres were used to defend ''Anchor 9'' against several [[Elsedda-pattern Banshee|Banshee interceptors]], Seraph starfighters, and {{Pattern|R'shwupa|Phantom}}s.{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}} SPARTAN-B312 and the other pilots were able to land on the corvette after disabling its engines and destroying its fighter escorts in order to use it and the slipspace drive to destroy the supercarrier.{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}} The mission succeeded but the Sabres were destroyed, as the strike team was unable to return to them due to damage to the corvette and was thus forced to abandon them.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|LNoS}}<ref>''Halo: The Essential Visual Guide'', p. 7</ref>

Following the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] but before the [[Created conflict]], the Sabre was secretively put into limited production as the FSS-1000 Sabre,{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} and then deployed to important UNSC sites.{{Ref/Reuse|cflegendend}}