ONI

Introduction
High speed tactical bomber that can also function as an acceptable low-speed dogfighter.

Usage
The ONI is useful for quickly taking down singular powerful targets like DREDNAUTs and CARRIERs, as well as striking larger buildings. Its higher speed, but slightly lower durability and acceleration sets it apart from the ZULU in that it is best suited for dashing in straight lines than loitering at high altitude and plinking from above.

At top speed, dogfighting is virtually impossible due to its long deceleration time and abysmal turning rate. Maintaining its attack speed heavily reduces its array of evasive options to a straight dash.

However, given enough time to properly slow down, it can adapt into a fantastic low-speed fighter. Give it enough time to speed up, and it can also dash out of a bad situation quickly.

While it cannot outrun AA-IRs, its high pitching power at low speed allows it to get behind even light dogfight-oriented aeros such as the SCHWALBE and FALKE. Adding defensive weaponry (such as a GUN-TAIL) allows it to defend itself even more effectively from multiple angles. Like most bombers, it has increased yawing power, making it easy to adjust bomb run paths.

"Oh yeah. It can dogfight too."
Being a swing-wing aircraft has perks in that the ONI becomes frighteningly maneuverable, even when not upgraded. In addition, like the other swing-wing aircraft its micromissile launch ports are close together, making TWIN-GUNs easier to focus on a single target. This does not make it an invincible dogfighter; it is still prone to stalls at low speed and its low acceleration, compounded by its large size means that a pilot must still remain vigilant, especially if one has chosen to kick a hornet's nest of VETs or ACEs.

"Tacticool Bomber Set"
The Yumi is a natural fit for the Oni, as its long range and large targeting radius allow for pilots to decimate singular targets while barely even looking at them. Compliment this bomb with a Morningstar or Flak, and with an interchangeable array of micromissiles and/or Guns, and the result is a plane that can swoop in and nail a priority target without so much as decelerating. And while its speed gives it few advantages over the usual crowd of fighters and interceptors, it's still plenty fast enough to take broad, circuitous routes around defensive fighter swarms. After that, it's a simple matter of dropping a Yumi right on the defended target, then skipping away without even being spotted by the swarm.

Trivia

 * The ONI is named after a form of mythological Japanese demon or troll.