| Name | Cheetah | 
| Manufacturer | Vertico | 
| Type | (Light) Fighter | 
| Tonnage | 210 tons (displacement: 910 tons) | 
| VEP | 70 | 
| Crew | 1 / 3 / 5 | 
| Dimensions | Length: 40 m · Width: 34 m · Height: 14 m | 
| Armour Class | 6 | 
| Maneuverability | 1 (Ini: +1 / AC: -1 / Pilot: +10%) | 
| Cargo | 8 tons | 
| Weapon spaces | 12 | 
| Armour Plating | 70 | 
| Skill Modifiers | Pilot: +10% | 
| Options | Short Range Sensors, NLS Engine, Foldspace Drive, Foldcomm, Artificial Gravity | 
| Speed | 40 km/s | 
| Cost | 1.8 Million Cr | 
| Availability | 25 % | 
| Range | 218 light-years (redundancy: 10 tons, 5%) Speed: Standard (300 ly/day) · Cost: x0.55 (11 cr/ly, 1.816 ly/fp)
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| Year | 60 RTC | 
| Atmospheric | None (cannot operate in atmosphere) | 
| Last Edited | 24. Feb 2007 at 08:17 (Nonnib) | 
| Description | Cheetah is the first ship produced by Orion based Vertico, and it looks like their first craft is a winner, as it has already been sold in large quantities to the Orion military as well as Forte and Utopia. |