118 Industries Falcon Class Heavy Fighter

    118 Industries Falcon Class Heavy Fighter Mk1

    118 Industries Falcon Class // Heavy Fighter

    118 Industries is proud to present it's first commercially available ship!
    The Falcon class Heavy fighter is a tough little fighter that makes up the majority of 118 Industries fighter squadrons. Commissioned in 2016 after a large amount of time in RnD, the falcon had many issues. With its heavy plating and large weapon payload the ship was very heavy and too slow, until some clever engineer decided it would be a good idea to strap on a pair of an old assault corvette's impulse engines. This gave the Falcon the power it needed to keep it agile and deadly, along with it's signature look from the over-sized engines tucked against its body.

    The Falcon comes equipped with:
    Two large repeater lasers (Cannon, 79%Cannon, 27%Penetration)
    Two Small lock on missiles
    One small AMS turret (Can be configured to aim at pilots current target)
    Stable Radar Jammer

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    The "Booty":


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    Engine Detail:


    Small Interior with systems and jumpseat (Located behind pilots chair):


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    118 Industries thanks you for your time and welcomes feedback!
    We hope you enjoy your shiny new Falcon!
    Fly safe, Fly Secure, 118 Industries.

    [Please note. This is my first upload and really my first proper ship. I joined the Starmade community quite a while back, but forgot about it all due to life. After all these updates the game is hardly recognizeable! So I'm enjoying figuring out all of the new things and mechanics. Hope you guys enjoy =D]
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    Great looks, nice interiors, and a turret! Yay! I don't know what makes the difference between 4 and 5 star fighters.. But maybe I was hoping for a bit more for weapons, especially if it's meant to act as a heavy fighter.

    I tested weapons against QC Cargo containers and several ships of different sizes, and felt like Falcon was doing a fairly okay job against ships of similar size, but couldn't damage anything even slightly bigger if the target had shields. It's clear that Falcon stands out as a fighter class though - similar sized shuttle ships will not stand a chance against Falcons arms.

    When testing the defensive capabilities against military-grade corvettes, Falcon showed promise in not exploding immediately. Combining the armors and shields with a good stable radar jammer, pilots will appreciate the slight increase in survival chance.

    Overall, it does fill the requirements to be classified as a fighter, but it's weapons might be a bit too underpowered for filling the role of a heavy fighter, and it sacrifices crucial evasive speed for defensive capabilities that are probably not quite enough for survival in real conditions.
    skaterboy118
    skaterboy118
    Thanks! Great review! As mentioned I'm still learning quite a lot of the new mechanics such as weapons linking to make different variants and such so I wasn't too sure, I guess I should grab some other heavy fighters and check out their weapons and such for comparison. I'm sure I can release a mk2 variant with more firepower =D