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The TIE/ln Space Superiority Starfighter (also known as the TIE/LN Starfighter and commonly called the TIE Fighter) are a series of Imperial combat starfighters that appear in the Star Wars universe.
Used by the Galactic Empire, TIE fighters served as the Imperial Navy's primary attack forces and space patrol. Small and quick, they can easily take out a single fighter or overpower a small vessel. However, since Imperial TIE fighters lack shielding and life support systems, they can become easy vulnerable targets against the enemy.
After the Imperial Navy approved the designs for the TIE Fighter, Sienar Fleet Systems began mass production of the craft in factories across the galaxy. The Empire's official name for the craft was the Twin Ion Engine line edition space superiority starfighter, which Sienar abbreviated as TIE/in. It is estimate that Sienar manufactured a minimum of approximately 4.6 million Imperial TIE Fighters for Star Destroyers, other Imperial Naval vessels, and Imperial garrisons and defense stations.
Sienar manufactured the TIE/in so that every fighter was identical, inside and out. Imperial technicians and mechanics followed strict procedures to ensure that each TIE was fully operational before leaving the hanger. The TIE Fighter's lack of deflector shields reduced manufacturing costs and increased maneuverability, but the deficiency left the fighter vulnerable to direct hits from military lasers or heavy blasters; in fact, the TIE Fighter had innumerable design flaws, such as poor visibility affording Rebel pilots the ability to catch pilots by surprise, limited offensive capabilities, lacking life support systems (pilots had life support built directly into their suits), a rudimentary ejection system that was only installed as a formality, and thin armor that afforded zero protection. However, these vulnerabilities motivated Imperial pilots to compensate by shooting first, making each shot count, and attacking in large numbers. Rebel pilots routinely used the slang term "eyeballs" in reference to TIE Fighters, as each TIE cockpit pod and viewports resembled a large eye.
In The Last Flight of the Harbinger, since the rebels have taken control the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Harbinger, Luke Skywalker and Sana Starros took a couple of stolen TIE Fighters as the patrol to check out if there's the rebels or the allies which they're friends, or the Empire it means the enemy.
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TIE Fighter on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
