Hhriss heavy fighter

The Hhriss heavy fighter is an experimental Kilrathi fighter in the original Wing Commander computer game. The only encounters with the Hhriss' come in the Secret Missions II series, which is a sequel to the main Wing Commander game. Their first appearance is as escorts to a Snakier carrier, which also makes its first appearance in that encounter.

In the original game, the Hhriss is easily the most formidable of all Kilrathi fighters, and probably superior to the human fighters as well. Its forward gunnery consists of two neutron guns and two mass drivers, matching the heavy forward armament of the Raptor heavy fighter. In addition the maneuverbility of the Hhriss is far superior to what is normally expected of a heavy fighter. Fortunately, the skill of the Kilrathi pilots (or rather the skill of the game's artificial intelligence) is still inferior to that of the human pilots.

The few weaknesses of the Hhriss are a poor supply of missiles (the Hhriss has only two) and its fairly low speed of 380 kps, but this is still faster than the Gratha heavy fighter and the Jalthi heavy fighter.