The F-419C Sabre a carrier-based, twin-engine, two-seat, short range interceptor used by the United Nations Space Command Navy before and during the Swarm War. Introduced in 2570, the F-419C was the third incarnation in the Sabre series, a family of fighter craft which originally represented humanity's most advanced starfighter class seeing combat against the Covenant. Possessing blinding speed and agility, the Sabre was an interceptor craft, a lightweight, well armed fighter craft that sacrificed range, endurance and payload for high performance. The Sabre was designed as a carrier-based craft, its small size, good short range performance and large engines making it well suited for exoatmospheric, carrier-based operations. As an interceptor, the Sabre differed from the F/A-352B Longsword