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Bay Personnel: 20
 
Bay Personnel: 20
 
| Grav Decks = 1 x 80 meters diameter
 
| Grav Decks = 1 x 80 meters diameter
| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 0/15
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| Escape Pods/Life Boats = 0 / 15
 
| Heat Sinks = 1200 single
 
| Heat Sinks = 1200 single
 
| BV (1.0) = 34,174<ref name=TRO3057R184/>
 
| BV (1.0) = 34,174<ref name=TRO3057R184/>
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A small WarShip, the ''Nightwing'' was most commonly deployed with ''[[Tracker]]''-class surveillance vessels, another Age of War–era WarShip which looked like a civilian JumpShip. Squadrons containing paired ''Nightwing''s and ''Tracker''s would routinely jump into a system and conduct long-range surveillance before continuing upon a preestablished patrol. The fact that the ''Tracker'' possessed a pair of docking collars aided in the ship's cover: by deploying with ''Tracker'' WarShips with DropShips in tow, the casual observer is much more likely to dismiss the squadron as a trade convoy.
 
A small WarShip, the ''Nightwing'' was most commonly deployed with ''[[Tracker]]''-class surveillance vessels, another Age of War–era WarShip which looked like a civilian JumpShip. Squadrons containing paired ''Nightwing''s and ''Tracker''s would routinely jump into a system and conduct long-range surveillance before continuing upon a preestablished patrol. The fact that the ''Tracker'' possessed a pair of docking collars aided in the ship's cover: by deploying with ''Tracker'' WarShips with DropShips in tow, the casual observer is much more likely to dismiss the squadron as a trade convoy.
  
In a twist, the advanced sensor suite of the ''Nightwing'' proved the class's undoing. As electronic warfare became more sophisticated, the ''Nightwing''&#39;s sensors required replacement, an extremely difficult task, due to being literally interwoven through the hull of the WarShip. The ''Nightwing's'' slow speed and high profile among its intended targets ultimately led to the Hegemony placing orders for new designs of surveillance ships in [[2525]]. The heir to the ''Nightwing'' was the venerable ''[[Bug-Eye]]'' surveillance vessel and the ''Nightwing'' was phased out over the next century.
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In a twist, the advanced sensor suite of the ''Nightwing'' proved the class's undoing. As electronic warfare became more sophisticated, the ''Nightwing''&#39;s sensors required replacement, a task that was extremely difficult, due to being literally interwoven through the hull of the WarShip. The ''Nightwing's'' slow speed and high profile among its intended targets ultimately led to the Hegemony placing orders for new designs of surveillance ships in [[2525]]. The heir to the ''Nightwing'' was the venerable ''[[Bug-Eye]]'' surveillance vessel and the ''Nightwing'' was phased out over the next century.
  
 
==Armament==
 
==Armament==

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