Nightwing Interceptor

[[Nightwings.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Flying strait through your Marauders.]] The Nightwings are the primary Eldar fighter/interceptor and are capable of going into combat where they are usually outnumbered by the enemy and still establish air superiority, performing maneuvers which would send lesser craft in an uncontrollable plummet and achieve speeds which would tear them apart.

Nightwings are meant for dogfighting and intercepting enemy aircrafts and are used in conjunction with the larger Phoenix; whereas the Phoenix are used to bombard the enemy with an obscene amount of payload while the Nightwings stay close and fend off any enemy aircrafts. A favorite tactic of Nightwing pilots is to descend upon an opponent without warning, destroying them, and then using their supernatural speed and agility to shake off any pursuit and it is not uncommon for Imperial Navy Wings operating in airspace contested by Nightwings to suffer losses of 75% in just a few days of combat.

Armament

The Nightwing, since it is a dogfighter/interceptor has weaponry that is geared more towards engaging and destroying enemy aircraft. Twin-linked long-barrled Shuriken Cannons mounted in the nose of the craft, along with twin Bright Lances ventrally mounted beneath the fuselage, gives it excellent firepower. The Bright Lances also give the Nightwing respectable anti-tank firepower should the opportunity present itself such as destroying a lumbering Baneblade or Battlefortress looming the battlefield.

As with other Eldar vehicles, the Nightwing relies on speed and agility to avoid damage rather than armour. Assisting it in this regard are banks of sophisticated systems which create a Holo-field designed to hide it from the enemy. Not only does this holo-field make it virtually impossible for enemy scanners and other devices to track the craft, it also throws out distorting visual images to confuse enemy pilots.