Vehicle:Mirage

Mirage is the name of a series of French superluminal strike craft. Named after the Dassault Mirage line of fighters and bombers of the twentieth century, they have seen extensive service in the French Starfleet and French Army and have been exported to a number of countries.

History
The success of the aging Aigle Voltigeur spawned a revolution in French fighter doctrine, definitively proving the viability of FTL-capable strike craft. This sparked a shift away from small point-defense fighters and subluminal bombers, whose short range restricted their use, to heavier and more independent strike craft. The program for an FTL-capable omnirole strike craft, originally entitled Comète, began in 2749. A working prototype was ready by 2753, and ordered by the French Army in 2754. The craft was rechristened Mirage Comète shortly before delivery because a French official remarked its similarity to the delta-wing design of the Dassault Mirage of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Super Mirage
hyperspace-capable strategic bomber