The Fantamic Flitterwing

As a more luxurious offering to their very successful low priced ship the Cobalt Cuckoo, Avente Shipyards released the Fantamic Flitterwing. Design and development of the Flitterwing was a troubled project from the start. The first prototype suffered from badly designed Jarnell controls, resulting in a fatal accident killing all on board (the whole ship fell into Rigel). The second prototype made a crash landing on the plains of Krokinole, when its atmospheric propulsion failed during take off. By sheer miracle, the test pilot - the famous Waldo Kickering - survived to tell the story.

Shaken by two subsequent disasters, Avente Shipyard decided to go back to the drawing board and reiterate the design from the ground up. Within 16 months a third prototype was brought to the test. With this design Avente Shipyards had surpassed themselves and delivered a marvel of engineering, making the Fantamic Flitterwing one of the highest customizable ships in the industry, a feature for which it's widely known and loved today.

During development the code-name of the project was "Bald Eagle", referring to the birdlike shape of the craft. "Bald" in this context was obviously referring to the excessive amounts of courage the development team had and not to the state of their scalps.

Up to today, the Fantamic Flitterwing remains a hugely popular ship despite its high price tag of 850.000 SVU for the base model. A fully fitted model can push the bill all the way to two million SVU, however the proud owner is then traveling in the highest possible comfort.