An advanced single seat multipurpose light fighter designed for states with versatile needs yet limited resources. This fighter packs a lot of fight into a small package.

Credits:
The SALAMANDER (named for the mythical fire elemental of lore, not the amphibian) is a light multirole fighter consistent in design with the other planes of the Archon Chancellery. Of course, all the actual modifications are the products of you wonderful folk here on SimplePlanes--I have neither the capacity nor the knowledge to do those myself. I would specifically like to thank Seme4ka for the wonderful micro-missiles that are the basis of my Fang and Talon missiles batteries, dfsjoe for the weightless mega-fuel tank that I have reinterpreted as the Umbra Reactor, and Spefyjerbf for many amazing weapons, especially the Generation Gamma HevGun Mx 1, which is the heart of the Magnetar gauss Rifle.

Background Story:
Around the middle of the seventh cycle of the XIX Dynasty the Archon Chancellery was commissioned to design and build a small, light weight all purpose fighter to satisfy the needs of many a less prosperous client. The Chancellery accepted this challenge and developed the SALAMANDER, a small, light, single-person tactical fighter designed with extreme versatility in mind. The Chancellery utilized a modified lifting body concept, incorporating a blended wing/body design. The Chancellery included its standard CONSTELLATION integrated engine system, powered by the UMBRA dark energy reactor, giving the new plane virtually unlimited range together with VTOL and high mach dash capabilities. The resulting aircraft was fast (with a top speed of approximately Mach 4.5), maneuverable, and quite heavily armed for an aircraft of its size. The SALAMANDER features several advanced weapons systems, including the MAGNATAR spinal mounted Gauss Rifle that throws high density slugs; twelve FANG air-to-air missiles and eight TALON air-to-ground missiles; a pair of wing mounted weapons pods, each containing a STAR BURST and a STAR FIRE laser weapons system; a pair of additional wing pods housing STAR STREAM high capacity wide beam laser cannons; a pair of high power SHOCK CANNONS; and finally, a pair STAR SPIKE needle laser that can be used for light defense or targeting.

Activation Groups:
1 - Engages the CONSTELLATION integrated engine system, which includes an enhanced gyro-stabilization unit (on whenever AG-1 is active), the QUANTUM DRIVE indirect thrust/boost engine (VTOL bar up), and the anti-gravity GRAVITON VTOL motor (VTOL bar down).
2 - Activates the twin high power SHOCK CANNONS.
3 - Engages the forward MAGNETAR spinal mount, a molten slug throwing Gauss Rifle.
4 - Activates the FANG advanced AA missile system (Interceptor based).
5 - Activates the TALON advanced AG missile system (Cleaver based).
6 - Activates the STAR FIRE dual beam laser cannons and the STAR BURST stern-chaser pulse cannons.
7 - Activates the twin STAR STREAM high capacity wide beam Laser Cannons.
8 - disconnects the STAR SPIKE auxiliary laser guns and the main UMBRA reactor, deactivating all active sensors (shown by extinguishing the various engine and running lights).