In order to improve their fleet and to keep from being out-paced by the Empire, the Alliance enhanced the popular Z-95 Headhunter with cross-body strakes, which reduce overall heat and allow the chassis to support more mass. Considered one of the most capable fighters of its day, it boasted a distinctive bubble canopy and a set of triple blasters mounted at the ends of each of its two variable geometry wings; later versions dispensed with the swing wings and bubble canopy in favor of more precise maneuvering thrusters and canopy instrumentation. Its sleek, yet rugged, design was attributed to Seti Ashgad, a scientist in Incom's Hyperdrive Design Division.It was named after the Coromon Headhunter, a predator native to the Coromon Islands on Fresia, the planet where Incom was headquartered.