The Templar was, together with the Martyr, the OTHER notable God's Marines aircraft, the sole component of their air force. A similarly light, cheap aircraft, it nevertheless was up to par with the aircraft more typical of the Atlantic Seaboard up North. Designed as a cheap, simple and rugged aircraft, it's performance was perfectly up to par with foreign fighters while possessing great STOL performance and rolling ability. However, this came at the cost of lacking essential features such as radios and a light armament and, while the latter was compensated for with sheer numbers when up against Eastern Seaboard giant aircraft, superior Fortian tactics wrought from past defeats made the aforementioned lack of radios into a crippling handicap. Nevertheless, Fortian industry would still copy and even enhance the Templar as an aircraft to provide to it's allies.