SHADO Interceptor



The SHADO Interceptor formed the first line of defense against alien attack.

=Profile= Operating in flights of three launched from the SHADO Moonbase, the interceptors are directed towards incoming UFOs, which they attempt to destroy using the large missile fired from the nose. =Spec= Maximum speed: Initially SOL 0.78 (78% of the speed of light); later increased to speeds in excess of SOL 1.127 (1.127 times the speed of light), before 1983, when a B142 deep space probe followed a UFO back to its homeworld.

=History= The type was eventually replaced in service by the more effective and flexible Mk 9 Hawk