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this was the common name of the Koensayr BTL Longprobe Starfighter. Originally designed for long range reconnaissance, this J-type snub fighter has twin-propulsion systems behind a single cockpit. The BTL-A4 is a 16-meter-long, one-man fighter with space for an astromech droid. The BTL-S3 is a two-man fighter, also equipped with an astromech droid. They can make 80 MGLT at sublight speeds, and can maneuver at 1,000 kilometers per hour in an atmosphere. Because the Y-Wing required constant repairs, the Alliance - and many other independent parties - stripped off the outer hull covering the craft, aft of the cockpit, to make repairs easier to execute. The durability of the Y-Wing made it a staple in the Alliance's starfighter corps, and it was rumored that the Alliance lost more Y-Wings than any other ship type during the Galactic Civil War. It boasts the following shipboard systems:

Gax Revival Life Support System
R2 Astromech Unit for Navigation
2 ArMek SW4 Laser Cannons mounted on top
Titanium Reinforced Alusteel Alloy Hull (rated at 40 RU)
Thiodyne O-3R Ionization Reactor
Koensayr R300-H Hyperdrive Motivation Unit
Long Range Phased Tachyon Detection Array Model Number PA-9r
Short Range Primary Threat Analysis Grid Number PG-7u
2 Disk Ventrals for maneuvering
Cryogenic Power Cells
Subpro NH-7 Avionics Control Package
Fabritech ANs-5d Sensor Unit
SI 5G7 Quickscan Vector Imaging Crosshairs
2 Koensayr R200 Ion Fission Engines
2 Taim and Bak KX5 Laser Cannons mounted on nose (early versions and many BTL-S3's used IX4 cannons)
Novaldex Power Generator
Chempat Shield Projector (rated at 75 SBD)
Fabritech ANc-2.7 Tracking Computer
Arakyd Flex Tube Proton Torpedo Launchers (2 racks of 4 each)

Note that there was a specially-built version of the Y-Wing bomber which appeared in the Marvel Comics Star Wars series, which had a cockpit that was big enough for four beings to move about in comfortably. It even had an airlock which allowed its occupants to move from ship to ship.