The modern Dralthi IX was an update designed to combat the Nephilim threat. The fighters, which exist in three significant versions, were developed from the Dralthi IV spaceframe. The IX was designed to allow distributed production - hundreds of thousands of the powerful fighters were put together in underground caves and in rudimentary facilities hidden within asteroids. Kilrathi designers expect to replace this workhorse with the Dralthi X by 2710.

Flown by Kilrathi pilots in 2701, the Dralthi IX features three distinct variants.

Two hundred years of development and ten major revisions of the spaceframe have led to this: the Dralthi IX. The Striker design is an evolution of the spit-and-glue Dralthi IV models flown by Bloodhunters at the start of the Nephilim conflict. The result is a fighter which has repeatedly proven itself in action both against and alongside the Confederation’s Hurricane II and the Border Worlds’ Predator-class front line military fighters.

So-named for their style of fighting, the Shank is a ship oriented for close range battles. Carrying neutron guns and a huge array of Paw missiles, Shanks move in unnoticed and then stab a knife through their target’s ships. The design is also ideal for hunter-killing missions, as it possesses both a cloaking device and a Sonar system.

The heaviest Dralthi ever flown, the Rhino was built to counter the introduction of Nephilim Puffer class ships. Coated with layer after layer of Durasteel armor, the Rhino abandons remarkably few of the classic Dralthi flight characteristics in exchange for the arms and armor of a heavy fighter.