X-9 Ghost is an experimental AI controlled UCAV developed to replace VF-11 Thunderbolt as the UN Spacy primary aerospace superiority fighter. Though its introduction wasn't finalized due to an incident.

Unlike most other UN Spacy fighters the Ghost cannot transform and is a pure fighter.

NOTE: The Variable Fighter it is fighting against in most of the feats is controlled by a neural interface, jettisoned most of its transformation systems to lighten the craft, and the pilot is literally killing themselves with the g-forces required to keep up with the Ghost.

In a somewhat gruesome example, towards the end of the fight the g-forces destroy the pilot's eye.

So the fact that particular Variable Fighter can keep up isn't really an anti-feat against its superhuman performance.

Maneuverability

• [Speed] Goes fast enough that shock heating causes its leading edges to a glow.

• [Speed] Goes from beyond visual range to passing the camera's perspective in seconds.

• [General Maneuverability] A showcase of Ghost dogfighting. Notably X-9 maintains its speed well enough that it is still glowing/ablating due to speed even despite all the turning.

• [General Maneuverability] It is comparable to High Maneuverability Mode YF-21 which manages to avoid this large volley of missiles.

• [Translation*] When approaching targets Ghost jitters erratically to avoid enemy weapons fire.

  ^{NOTE According to The Variable Fighter Master File VF-19 Excalibur, the particular Gunpod that YF-19 uses has a muzzle velocity of 4000 m/s.}

  • *Translation is the axis of motion perpendicular to the main thrust vector. You could also describe it as shifting the craft up/down and/or left/right without turning the craft.

Weapon Systems

• [Guns/Power] I's lasers causes large explosions when hitting a cliff face.

  ^{NOTE: YF-21 (its target) is ~20 meters long}

• [Guns/Power] YF-21 gets torn apart by direct hits.

• [Guns/Range] Attacks and nearly hits a target from beyond visual range.

• [Missile/Power] Some Zendradi micromissiles, which should be at least somewhat comparable to U.N. Spacy weapons, fragment an asteroid that is larger than a VF-11.

  ^{[Slow FPS version] Because it is somewhat hard to see.}

• [Missiles/Power] Causes large explosions.

• [Missiles/Magazine Depth] Launches a decent sized volley of missiles.

Durability

• [Durability/Limit] Ghost only actually gets hit once, and that is getting rammed by YF-21 which does kill the Ghost.

• [Durability/Speculation] Being that they were competing for the same program built with similar technology the X-9 Ghost is probably somewhat comparable to YF-19 and YF-21 in terms of durability. Though entirely speculation I only include this because Ghost only has one feat otherwise.

  • YF-19 and YF-21 can survive being hit through buildings.
  • YF-19 can survive an uncontrolled atmospheric reentry.
  • YF-19's airframe can survive a shot from a gunpod though the pilot was gravely injured.
    • Gunpods can fragment sizable asteroids (For scale the battle suit that flew behind the asteroid is ~18 meters tall)