Fighter

Fighter , front portside Beta 1.166 12/18/2016

The Fighter is a Pre-Built Ship that generates when creating a new world on the Easy Start 1 and Easy Start 2 Custom Games. A Mass of 21,837 kg makes this ship the galactic standard for Ion thruster fighters. It appears that this ship, while not only the first designed fighter craft space craft it contains no oxygen tank or oxygen generator. This forces the pilot to rely heavily on oxygen bottles, but makes up for this weakness in bottle supply and maneuverability. Oddly enough just two  Gyroscopes are enough to accomplish task.

Fighter , portside aft Beta 1.166 12/18/2016

The Gatling guns are connected to their  Small Cargo Containers for use as ammunition bins. The  Rocket Launchers have to be reloaded manually from the front however.

Fighter , top Beta 1.166 12/18/2016

Due to its relatively light load out, it appears that this Fighter was really designed to be a short ranged interceptor. It also goes to show the progress the game has made from Alpha to Beta. Showing an enhanced vision and route Keen Software House has taken with regards to the mechanics of space. The dual  Ejectors which were originally designed to eject the shell casings of the of the Gatling guns demonstrate the antiquity of the design, because Gatling shell casings no longer exist as a debris component.

The amount of thrusters has also been more than doubled; from 16 small thrusters to 31 small Ion_Thrusters. The Large Ion Thrusters also have been doubled from one Large thruster to two Large Ion Thrusters. It should also be noted that this design is pre-dates the introduction of Atmospheric Thrusters and Hydrogen Thrusters. It was from a time when all thrusters were assumed as Ion thrusters and thus were only labeled as thrusters.

Its upgrade also introduced the Remote Control block to this vessel. Its power systems also saw an upgrade with the replacing of ten  Small Reactors with five Small Reactors and one  Large Reactor revamping the power output to 17.25 MW. While replacing the  Collector with a  Connector. Finally, dropping one  Landing Gear for a total of two.

Pre_Beta image of Fighter. (Alpha version of Fighter )

Contents

Maneuvering systems

• 1x  Cockpit
• 3x  Gyroscope
• 2x  Landing Gear
• 2x Ion Thrusters (Large, small grid)
• 31x Ion Thrusters (Small, small grid)

Defensive systems

• 2x  Gatling Gun
• 2x  Rocket Launcher

Power systems

• 1x  Large Reactor
• 5x  Small Reactor

Cargo and conveyor systems

• 6x  Cargo Container, Small
• 1x  Connector
• 18x  Conveyor, Small
• 18x  Conveyor, Small Tube
• 2x  Ejector

Utility systems

• 1x  Spotlight

Inventory

• 10x  5.56x45mm NATO magazines
• 24x  25x184mm NATO ammo containers
• 8x  200mm missile containers
• 1x  Automatic Rifle
• 1x Hydrogen Bottle (Full)
• 3x Oxygen Bottle (Full)
• 1x  Grinder
• 35 kg  Uranium Ingots
• 1x  Welder

Control groups

• Connectors - Contains the ship's Ejectors.
• Support reactors - Contains two of the ship's reactors.

Notes

• The ship's "support reactors" are not attached to its conveyor system. The same goes for its Rocket Launchers, which would need to be reloaded manually.
• The ship has 10 Small Reactors, compared to the Miner's 1 Small and 1 Large. This is likely intended to lower to chance of catastrophic power loss during combat by having extreme redundancy.