I should probably clean this up, but mainly I just wanted to post it as an addendum to this recent Avania Mail comic which references the Sea Wasp. Apparently I've only uploaded one Viktoria sketch featuring one prior to now, but I've had the design in mind for a while! These sketches are from around 2017, so don't take them as anything more than as concept art, but the intention behind the designs is pretty solid.

The Osprian Navy employs the Sea Wasp as their workhorse carrier-based fighter and scout aircraft. Featuring powerful displacement systems, the Sea Wasp is capable of VTOL operation--though it may be more of an STOL ship when loaded with heavy ordnance--and is well-suited to use on smaller Osprian air carriers.

The Sea Wasp's bigger cousin, the Wasp (or Spider Wasp) is a state-of-the-art air superiority or strike aircraft, depending on configuration. It is primarily land-based however, as its greater wingspan and support needs make it unsuited to operation on most ON carriers.

The Sea Dragon is slightly longer than the Wasp, but is designed for carrier operation (albeit in more limited numbers than the Sea Wasp) and makes use of its larger size to carry a variety of anti-ship ordnance long distances.

The Stinger aerodyne interceptor (drawn larger in scale than it probably would be) is a small, mostly land-based craft, as it requires a proper runway to take off from and land on. However, it is fast, nimble (though not exactly in the same way the Sea Wasp is) and most importantly, economical and simpler to maintain compared to semi-displacement fighters.

And lastly, the ON Gunboat has the least refined design, so I won't say much other than it is a small fully-displacement craft used for boarding actions, raids, and close-range patrols.

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