Freighters

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Freighters are small trading vessels, typical of the cargo ships that were pilotable in the original Freelancer. They are relatively inexpensive, but their limited cargo holds yield relatively small profites in comparison to Transports. Freighters can be fairly agile (although some of the largest models are not), and they all have a cruise speed of 400 m/s (the fastest speed available). However they are usually lightly armed and armored, and can be destroyed by almost any serious combat vessel.

Another oddity about freighters is their shields, freighter shields range from class 1 to class 6, instead of class 1 to class 10 like fighter shields, This is because freighter shields classes 7 - 10 are reserved for transports and capital ships. But don't start hyperventilating thinking you will be stuck with that class 6 Advanced Sentinel Freighter Shield because freighter shields keep progressing even though they are still marked "class 6". Really, this is a good thing, it means if your freighter can handle a class 6 shield, it can handle any freighter shield. If you want to know what class your freighter shield really is, just look at the shield of the same name sold for light or heavy fighters.

Rules-wise, a Freighter is a trade vessel marked as a freighter by the Freelancer ship types, but with less than 650 units of cargo space, while larger cargo ships are classed as Transports.

Freighters

All of the cargo-hauling Freighters have Countermeasures, and most of them have Cruise Disruptors and Mine Droppers.

Name	Faction	Guns/ Turrets	CD/T	M	Turn Speed	Cargo	Hull	NB/SB	Price	Notes
Anki	Civilian	3/5	1xCD	1xM		499	18,500	95	$2,301,750
Aurochs	Gallia	2/5	1xCD	1xM		399	24,500	125	$2,501,750
Bactrian	Unlawful	4/4	1xCD	1xM		529	21,000	110	$2,055,250
Camara	Civilian	0/6		1xM		629	22,000	115	$1,881,250
Civilian Freighter	Civilian	2/6	1xCD	1xM		539	18,500	90	$1,784,170
Clydesdale	Bretonia	3/5	1xCD	1xM		549	21,500	110	$1,603,150
Correo	Corsairs	4/4	1xCD	1xM		499	24,500	115	$3,001,750
Courier	Gallic Brigands	2/6	1xCD	1xM		519	20,000	100	$2,306,750
CSF	Junkers	3/6	1xCD	1xM		499	24,000	130	$2,681,750
CSV	Junkers	2/1				179	9,000	70	$186,670
Dromedary	Border Worlds	3/5		1xM		205	3,600	23	$2,178,170
Drone	Kusari	2/6	1xCD	1xM		599	18,000	90	$1,778,170
Garanchou	Gas Miners Guild	2/4	1xCD	1xM		549	18,500	90	$1,811,190
Grizzly	Liberty	4/4	1xCD	1xM		254	21,000	195	$3,316,770
Humpback	Rheinland	2/6		1xM		374	19,800	80	$588,690
Mule	Unlawful	4/4		1xM		224	5,200	35	$47,090
Ragnar	Rheinland	3/6	1xCD	1xM		599	29,000	150	$3,001,750
Rhino	Liberty	3/5		1xM		224	5,000	35	$51,270
Tarvos	The Council	4/4	1xCD	1xM		369	22,500	115	$2,201,750
X-Shuttle	Civilian	6/3	1xCD/T	1xM		504	18,900	95	$1,973,690

Repair Ships

Repair ships are classified as Freighters by the rules, although they are not typically used for hauling cargo. Instead they are typically used for carrying consumables onto the battlefield to resupply combat ships.

Repair ships do not have Countermeasures, Cruise Disruptors, or Mine Droppers.

Name	Faction	Guns/ Turrets	CD/T	M	Turn Speed	Cargo	Hull	NB/SB	Price	Notes
Briller	Gallia	0/3				399	21,200	4100	$3,531,750
Repair Ship	Civilian	0/3				349	18,800	4000	$3,031,750

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