UPDATE:
I replaced the guns to provide the impression that this is an older generation fighter. I also moved the front landing gear back a little bit.

HISTORY:
The SF-5 Dugan, named after Xenan's first one-world king, was the third in the line of concept prototypes being developed by the Xenan State Aerospace Administration. The SF-5 was special because it's fuselage and engine configuration was based off of the SF-1 but its wings were based off of the delta configuration used on the SF-2. The SF-5 is arguably both the most stable and the most maneuverable star fighter in the Xenan military arsenal. The SF-5 was meant to replace the SF-4 after it was copied by enemy forces, but in a harrowing twist of irony, it too ended up being copied. The preliminary design of the SF-5 was stolen by Echelon agents when several SF-5s were used to escort a research vessel for the Alpha Dynamic Research Institute. It was proven that the agents embedded themselves into Alpha disguised as scientists and stole the design by discretely scanning the fighters mid-flight. Echelon was then able to produce their own bootlegged copy of the SF-5, making it the second ISC fighter to fall into enemy hands.

ARMAMENT:
14x short ranged unguided air-to-ground rockets
4x medium ranged radar guided fire-and-forget air-to-ground inferno missiles
2x medium ranged radar guided air-to-air guardian missiles
2x long ranged radar guided fire-and-forget air-to-air interceptor missiles
Dual 50 cal. KVA-2 MKI machine guns

OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE:
Action group 1 engages the main thrust engines.

Action group 2 engages the gyroscope.

Action group 3 engages the VTOL engine.

Action group 4 engages the VTOL RCNs.

Action group 5 illuminates the exterior lights.

Action group 6 jettisons all munitions.

Action group 7 deploys the arrest hook.

Action group 8 primes all munitions.

Do not pitch down too hard and too fast while launching any missiles or rockets, otherwise they might collide with the craft mid-flight and destroy it.

To use the VTOL, first engage action groups 2, 3, and 4. Next, throttle up until the craft starts levitating upward. Once a suitable altitude has been reached, rotate the VTOL nozzles backward (VTOL slider up) to push the craft forward. Then drop the throttle all the way down, deactivate action groups 2, 3, and 4, and activate action group 1. This step must be done relatively quick. While action group 1 is engaged, throttle back up again to start flying forward.

The RCNs (AG4) can be activated at any time, they can help maneuver the craft even when not in VTOL mode. This would be useful while flying in regions with low air density.