AP-430 "Thresher" Core Destroyer

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AP-43000 "Thresher" Bounty Hunter Destroyer
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Ship Class	Cruiser
Built by	Bounty Hunters Guild
Technical information
Guns/Turrets	0 / 8
Opt. weapon class	9
Max. weapon class	9
Other equipment	1xCD 1xCM
Hull strength	260,000
Max. shield class	9
Cargo space	700 units
Nanobots/Batteries	650/650
Max. impulse speed	80 m/s
Max. thrust speed	140 m/s
Max. cruise speed	350 m/s
Power output	1,400,000 u
Power recharge	95,000 u/s
Additional information
Ship price	$155,000,000
Package price	$160,082,250

When the Bounty Hunters Guild started to operate in Nomad space, they encountered unexpected hardships - even the most advanced Hammerheads were unable to survive in hostile environment. Because of the enormous potential profits, the Bounty Hunters invested into developing a new Destroyer-class ship that was later constructed in Liberty military shipyards. With their new destroyers, the Bounty Hunters felt much more confident among their Nomad, Corsair and Order enemies, being able to hunt Nomads and even fulfill bounty contracts against the Corsairs in the most remote parts of known space.

Handling

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Review Before buying a Thresher (or any other BHG capital ship), you should ask your self one question: what will you use it for? Where you'd like to fly it? You should read Bounty Hunters Guild Core ID at this point. With any BHG capital your space shrinks down to non-house systems. Capital ships are heavy military vessels and not allowed in-house. Your RP will be pretty limited to Omicros and Omega-56, as that is Cores Zone of Influence. Core is the private BHG army, they are not house hunters, so that's it, like it or not. But, concerning a fact who (and what) will you encounter in Omicrons, fun is guaranteed. You'll see a lot of blood, colored in red, purple and green. Red would be yours, but... never let it distract you! And there's quite a lot of systems to "arrange" mentioned encounters. Thresher is good choice for that, as it is: 1. agile 2. small 3. hard to hit (sharp and slim like Duchess of Cambridge, God bless her!) 4. low power core 5. weak armor 6. low amount of regens 7. just 2/6 turret mounts If it sounds like an overgrown gunboat to you, it's because it is. Gun covering is well balanced: all guns shoot front and back, half guns on both sides. But, facing your BHG ship's sides to enemy is bad idea anyway. Keep your self low profiled to enemy, maintain safe distance from other capitals and dodge a lot. Thresher can't sustain heavy fire, but it can go in and out fast. It can punch hard and retreat before shields drop down. Some shield-running after every attack will help recharge both power and shields. Never forget: This is just a support ship, not a tank. So, use it for support and you will always get back to your base in one piece, together with rest of your fleet. Your favorite combination of long-range anti-capital and short-range anti-fighter guns can help your bomber squad a lot. Spam missiles at capitals from safe distance, try to damage their hard-points. Or use Pulses, or Light Mortar. Or all three. At least, help keeping enemy's shields down, so your bombers can concentrate on enemy's hull. And when your bombers come back to your hug, with dozen enemy fighters on their tails - help them defend. If enemy swarms bombers on you, make some wild TS-ing, shoot back and they will soon search for some easier target. If things get very rough, well... RUN. With long-range setup I strongly recommend Thresher as your future FLAG ship. If supporting just your battleship, maintain safe distance but don't forget your friend is counting on your CD. Use your agility to come in and out, drop some CDs, make a nice diversion or two, empty your power-core, but generally leave close-fight for your better armored friend. When you master dodging/shooting with Thresher, change your setup. Try 2cerb/6BHG-turrets, use chainfire and have the best fun light cruiser can offer. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Review by Pepe

Hardpoints

• 6 Cruiser Turrets
• 2 Cruiser Turrets

Purchase Includes

Spoiler:
1 Advanced Deep Scanner ($82,250) 1 Cruiser Molecular Shield ($5,000,000)

Availability

Spoiler: Buying Locations
Base Owner System Location Alabama Shipyard Bounty Hunters Guild Guard Omega-56 Border Worlds