My goal with this ship was to make the smallest fighter I possibly could and still give it bite. A secondary goal was to make it look half way decent. I think I succeeded on both fronts.
This ship is 100 mass only and has a four to one thrust ratio. If only the AI flew evasively, this fighter would be nearly impossible to hit. As it is, it is no slouch for such a small ship, packing 9000 shields and three anti-missile turrets. For offense, it has two dumbfire ion missiles firing every second to help knock down shields, but it's main gun is a beam/cannon/overdrive system that will penetrate armor sufficiently to kill ten to fifteen system blocks every second, even without breaking the surface armor, assuming shields are down of course.
This ship is 100 mass only and has a four to one thrust ratio. If only the AI flew evasively, this fighter would be nearly impossible to hit. As it is, it is no slouch for such a small ship, packing 9000 shields and three anti-missile turrets. For offense, it has two dumbfire ion missiles firing every second to help knock down shields, but it's main gun is a beam/cannon/overdrive system that will penetrate armor sufficiently to kill ten to fifteen system blocks every second, even without breaking the surface armor, assuming shields are down of course.
