RF03 - Mercury - Heavy Fighter

Built for REFORGED EDEN!

This build will only work in Reforged Eden V1.4 or later.

The Mercury was developed to deal with the Abysal Zirax found on plasma planets, It has a high count of energy weapons to quickly dispatch shielded targets and then 4x Rail guns to snipe turrets. Built to handle up to 3Gs of gravity, its ideal for peaking over ridge lines to snipe enemy installations!

Be aware, Abysal Zirax have extremely powerful weapons and while the Mercury is shielded it can be easily destroyed by Abysal defences if not properly and cautiously used.

Use the terrain to get close to Abysal installations, take them on 1 at a time, do not take more than 1 plasma hit on the shields before retreating. Another option is to keep the target at 500m range and dodge the plasma fire by constantly changing direction. This does not work however, if the target has lasers instead of plasma.

With careful piloting you can disarm abysal POIs without taking any damage.

The ships armor is at the front, if hits cannot be avoided then use the nose of the ship to absorb hits while retreating.

To build this ship, you will need 5 small quantum cores in addition to a full set of CPU extenders. It is a pure combat vessel with no provisions for manufacturing, medical or storage.