M14 Class "Praetorian" Corsair Bomber

M14 "Praetorian" Corsair Bomber
Ship Class	Bomber
Built by	Corsairs
Technical information
Guns/Turrets	8 / 0
Opt. weapon class	2
Max. weapon class	4
Other equipment	2xCD/T 1xCM 1xM
Hull strength	21,000
Max. shield class	10
Cargo space	105 units
Nanobots/Batteries	100/100
Max. impulse speed	80 m/s
Max. turn speed	58.01 deg/s
Max. thrust speed	199 m/s
Max. cruise speed	350 m/s
Power output	45,390 u
Power recharge	1,880 u/s
Variants
Adv. Light Fighter	Decurion
Heavy Fighter	Centurion
Adv. Heavy Fighter	Gladiator
Adv. V. Heavy Fighter	Titan
Freighter	Correo
Additional information
Ship price	$6,440,000
Package price	$6,558,420

Necessity to counter enemy Capital Ships forced the Corsairs to develop their own Bomber model. The Praetorian is far superior to Titan in terms of hull strength and power supply capacity. However, the upgrades affected maneuverability in an adverse way, and this ship can barely defend itself if caught without escort by enemy Fighters.

Handling

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Review The handling of the Praetorian can be described as below average for it's class, but it's power output and hull strength make up for it. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Ferongr

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Review Even though this ship has a low agility, underestimating her is unwise. The strong power core makes her one of the most deadly to any vessels up from heavy gunboats. With the high recharge rate, you can fire 2 SNACs before running out of energy, thus making anti-cap fights much shorter, and more power to deal with NPCs. 2 Praetorians are enough to take down a Dreadnought. However, if you are not familiar to heavy ships, you'll find this ship quite hard to dodge fire and counter fighters. Adv: Good power and armor Small profile Torp hardpoint position, helps a lot in dogfight Higher firing accuracy than most others Disadv: Low agility Recommended to skilled bomber pilots, a even match for the Falcata. Good against caps. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Cyber Dragon

Review (4.88)

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Corsairs' finest Cap ship hunter isn't so great compared to other Medium bombers. The major pros are guns placement and ship size / shape – which is full of holes and not so easy to hit. However, the agility is so poor that it's comparable to Heavy bombers. The biggest con though is the Snac placement, having one of the worst in the game – at the end of wings. Armor is alright, a little above average. All in all, a bomber that feels really sluggish when flying it.

Pros: Guns placement, Size

Cons: Agility, Snac placement

Rating: 5/10

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Review by Antonio

Hardpoints

• 6 Class 2 Guns
• 2 Class 4 Guns
• 2 Cruise Disruptors OR Bomber Torpedoes

Purchase Includes

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1 Scanner ($500) 1 Adv. Protector H. F. Shield ($118,380)

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