FALKE

The FALKE is a light interceptor designed for hit-and-run attacks. It also functions as a capable dogfighter, but has minimal anti-ground ability.

In-Game Description
"Fast, specialized for jousting"

"A fast and flexible jousting aero, and one of the three aeros deployed by the now defunct Taylor Industries. Designed and produced by the Taylor sisters during the early years of the crimson state, an ever popular design which provided invaluable data from the field for future designs."

Usage
The FALKE offers a respectable degree of functionality within its designated role for an affordable price. The FALKE's minimal payload stat bars it from using most dedicated ground-attack options, it still has the capacity to mount light options such as the MICRO-RKT or TWIN-GUN.

The FALKE is the second fastest aero in game, only beaten out by the RAIJU — though it accelerates quicker and handles better at high speeds.

Like the RAIJU, it can outrun Diamondback missiles in a dive or level flight.

Like the SCHWALBE, it is fragile — it will go down in one or two hits from dedicated air-to-air weapons.

Standard
The FALKE is the first interceptor to be encountered in the game, andcan spawn any time between Days 1-7. The standard variant spawns far less in the later four days, being superseded by its tougher variants. It fires a pair of standard micromissiles, and flies in a standard, less-aggressive pattern.

FALKE-VET
This version of the FALKE trades its micros in for a Javelin missile, and appears between Days 5-12. While this missile can one-hit-kill more fragile aeros, it has very low homing power, and can be easily avoided with some deft maneuvers. This version of the FALKE also makes better use of its agility, and will not deliberately leave itself as open to counterattack as its predecessor does.

FALKE-ACE
More aggressive and evasive than the VET, the ACE also benefits from a Mk 2 upgrade to its plane. Prone to flying in extremely tight evasive loops at high speeds, this plane's main weakness when dogfighting lies in the Javelin that it still carries, leaving it with few options once the player starts hounding it. In a swarm or at long range, however, this enemy will provide a challenging encounter for most pilots.

Trivia

 * "Falke" is German for "falcon".