| 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) |
| 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. |