Introduced as a successor to the Iruka class (and sharing several of its design features), the Dragonfly became nothing special to those who flew it; while quite a capible fighter in itself, the Dragonfly was excessively boring as one pilot put it.
This fighter marked the first use of two popular technologies to this date: Neutronium armor and torpedoes. With a 10% neutronium armored shell, the Dragonfly's top speed is only slightly hampered, thanks to it's Iruka-style vectored thrust engines, making it the fastest fighter at the time.
The Dragonfly's weaponry is remarkably limited, especially for a design that is still in use to this date, though many an enemy were caught by surprise when the Dragonfly suddenly sprouted disruptor cannons from hidden compartments on both its dorsal and ventral surfaces. Her torpedo system was isolated to a small 'roll bar', carrying 20 neutronium units and 250 anti-torpedo interceptor missiles.
The fighter's main design flaw are its twin outboard warp nacelles, which have practically no armor and are extremely vulnerable. This problem has been offset somewhat by adding shear-point ejection systems to the nacelle pylons, though this feature has been implimented on only a handfull of the fleet.
While the Dragonfly was once an effective fighter, with today's advanced technology it is horribly outdated. If their usefulness is to be extended, a major refit will have to be performed on all Dragonfly units. Building these vessels as they are is a waste of both time and resources.
