| The Tej is considered by many to be the best starfighter ever created by the Avun. Looking somewhat like a bird of prey, the Tej is one of the last things many fighter pilots want to see on their tail as they know that their shields will be usless against it.
The engineers at Leb Cinio designed the Tej specifically to carry the experimental electron particle cannon(EPC) The EPC was designed to counter shields by streams of firing highly energized electron particles at enemy fighters. The EPC fires these particles in such a way that they come out as neither an energy weapon nor a particle weapon, but rather both. The EPC stream is slightly slower than a laser bolt, blaster bolt, or ion bolt, which allows it to pass through energy shields. Because the particles are energized, they are able to pass through particle shields.
Yet the EPC has it's drawbacks. For one it doesn't pack as much of a punch a laser. But the biggest drawback is that it takes a greater amount of time to recharge, leaving the Tej almost defensless during the recharge period. To compesate for this, the Leb Cinio engineers added the neutron missile launchers and gave the fighter more powerful shields and greater maneuverability. | 
