Falcon 7 D (SV)

Shielded, Heavily Armored, High-G Fighter Craft

Unlock Level 20, CPU Tier 4

With NPC weaponry eating shields for breakfast, it turns out that SV survivability boils down to how many hardened steel blocks are located between the nose of your ship and yourself. Thus, introducing a heavy duty version of the Falcon 6 Blackbird, now boasting solid hardened armor. All fancy plastic blocks have been replaced by hardened steel with greater diameter in many places. The nose has been extended to include even more hardened steel, the weapons moved to the rear. Additional generator and thruster redundancy means this ship will stay alive and fighting even when a considerable portion has been blown off.

Features

• 120 m/s² Omnidirectional Acceleration
• Shields
• Solid Hardened Steel Armor
• 4x Plasma Cannons
• 4x Homing Rocket Launchers
• 6x Minigun Turrets
• 6000 SU of Ammo capacity
• >1 hour of shielded flight while actively charging
• >5 hours of shielded flight
• >8 hours of unshielded flight
• Sensor
• Wireless Connector
• O2 Tanks + Station
• Pressurized Cabin with space for two passengers
• Armor Locker
• Fridge

Use the signal-controlled hatch in the top center section to enter/exit the craft. You'll probably need a jet pack. Keep an eye on your ship's nose, which usually attracts most enemy fire. If you start losing horizontal thrusters, you might want to retreat.

Reforged Eden

As is, this ship will not perform well on Reforged Eden. However, a new variant, the Falcon 7 RE, is now available.

Notes

This ship is the result of much trial and error, going full circle through various alternate weapon loadouts and more armor blocks with every iteration. As it turns out, in default configuration, plasma is currently the fastest way to burn through POI shields at 51 seconds of non-stop fire to shield collapse, not accounting for necessary reloads. The ship needs to be able to survive that long. Even with its considerably reduced acceleration due to the heavier body, it is still very nimble at >12g, and until shields are depleted, any hit will work. After that, if a 90 degrees angle of attack on POI turrets is not possible, even parking in front of it until it goes boom is now an option. The Minigun turrets should keep troops and small drones off your ship while you actively destroy more dangerous targets.