After the Kepler Aerospace Industries merged with the Kepler 90 Space Industries, Its became the KASI, or Kepler Air and Space Industries. In the middle of the Kepler - Gliese War, the Kepler 90 Space Armada needed a new attack and deep strike interdiction spacecraft. To have more stability, the KASI had to sacrifice maneuverability, but as it is usually escorted by KAI/KASI 96 and KAI/KASI 42 it is not a big problems. Also, few craft in the fleet are capable of operating that long without refueling. Its default payload is 2 KWI 50s, which are 500lb, lithium-cobalt bombs, 4 KMI 13s, which are short range, semi-active, highly radioactive cobalt 60 packed, air to ground missiles, 2 rapid fire HEAPI 47mm miniguns and 2 KMI 47s, which are short range, air-to-air, semi-active, antimatter missiles for self defense against air targets. The payload can be tweaked according to the task, but this is the default one for Deep Strike Interdiction and Ground Attack. Once in the war, the Kepler 90 task force 4 sent 80 of these packed with 2 11000lb breaching missiles each (in space due to them being too heavy) to destroy the Gliese 876 blockade protecting their core worlds. They were protected by 40 KAI 96 and 40 KAI 42. Every single one of the planes got back and the breaching mission was a success, as 60 Gliese 876 heavy blockade cruisers were destroyed, 42 were put out of action or heavily damaged and 34 were lightly damaged but unable to return to an atmosphere for repairs due to wings being ripped off or such. The other 13 quickly dispersed and ran away. Press 1 to detach landing gear. Belly land. The hull is resistant