Dacite - KS-779 Civilian Heavy Miner

KS-779 "Dacite"
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Ship Class	Heavy Fighter
Built by	Civilian
Technical information
Guns/Turrets	6 / 1
Opt. weapon class	8
Max. weapon class	10
Other equipment	1xCD/T 1xCM 1xM
Hull strength	9,000
Max. shield class	10
Cargo space	70 units
Nanobots/Batteries	60/60
Max. impulse speed	80 m/s
Max. thrust speed	199 m/s
Max. cruise speed	350 m/s
Power output	10,400 u
Power recharge	1,100 u/s
Additional information
Ship price	$1,560,000
Package price	$1,693,130

In space, few environments are as deadly as those encountered by miners; intractable instabilities in asteroids can lead to sudden explosions of rocks when exposed to pressure, resulting in massive chain reactions of flying debris weighing in the hundreds on tons and pockets of frozen elements that suddenly roar to life in a violent explosion of light and heat.

Of the hellish places men trod to turn the wheels of industry, few are as nightmarish as the sulfured diamond fields of Rheinland. Given the intense environment necessary to create diamonds, the vessels designed to scout those fields, and to thwart the vessels of those who comb them looking for prey, provoked the evolution of an exceptionally hardy vessel. With redundant sensor and propulsion systems, the ship is designed to remain operational following multiple impacts which would prove catastrophic to many other vessels of the same weight class.

With top notch offensive and defensive capabilities, the design was quickly snatched up by mining companies looking for a vessel designed to operate in any environment that could be conceivably thrown at it.

Weapon hardpoints

• 2 Class 9 Guns
• 4 Class 10 Guns
• 1 Class 5 Turret (forward-firing)

Availability

• Omega-7