// Threat Assessment · Hostile
Classification: S.C.A.R. Small Craft
◀ Small Craft Registry
Scab Fighters
Converted Small Craft
S.C.A.R. · UGA Threat Assessment
// Scab Scimitar · Observed Livery
Fleet SlangScab
OriginRecovered Fleet hulls · civilian conversions
Most CommonGladius
Most DangerousScimitar
SystemsFleet software removed on capture
Replacement SystemsVary by hull
OperatorS.C.A.R. cells
Assessed ThreatLow to Fleet assets · significant to unescorted merchant traffic
Status Active Threat
"Same airframes. Different hands."
// Assessment Summary
Scab is Fleet slang for any small craft flown by S.C.A.R. The word stuck because nothing better was ever proposed.
Most scabs began as Fleet hulls. Some were recovered as wreckage and rebuilt. Others left with their pilots. The rest are civilian craft with weapons fitted wherever the frame will hold them.
Fleet software is removed on capture. What replaces it varies by hull, and by whoever did the work.
Most scabs began as Fleet hulls. Some were recovered as wreckage and rebuilt. Others left with their pilots. The rest are civilian craft with weapons fitted wherever the frame will hold them.
Fleet software is removed on capture. What replaces it varies by hull, and by whoever did the work.
// Known Variants
The Gladius is the most common. It is plentiful, simple to keep flying, and forgiving of poor maintenance. In S.C.A.R. hands it does the work it was built for: close, quick, and short-ranged.
The Scimitar is the most dangerous. It is harder to capture and harder to keep running, so there are fewer of them. The ones flown by pilots the Fleet trained are the ones patrols report first.
The Scimitar is the most dangerous. It is harder to capture and harder to keep running, so there are fewer of them. The ones flown by pilots the Fleet trained are the ones patrols report first.
// Scab Gladius · Overhead Reference
// Threat Assessment
Low to Fleet assets. Significant to unescorted merchant traffic.
Scab fighters rarely press an escorted convoy. Against a lone hull they screen for the boarding craft that follow.
Scab fighters rarely press an escorted convoy. Against a lone hull they screen for the boarding craft that follow.