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USC Medusa Interplanetary Fighter Mk1

Created by the United Systems Corporation in large "Oculi" class construction stations, the "Medusa" Mk1 is a heavy fighter and bomber used by the USC in heavy front on raids on enemy and pirate stations. While the armour is only light, it is thick enough to defend against multiple missile hits before the ship sustains serious damage (the cockpit is exposed, however). The ship's real advantage is its speed, with three large hydrogen thrusters powering it forwards and accelerating it from 0-100m/s in only a few seconds. However, beyond that, maneuverability does suffer, and this was improved in the later classes.
In terms of weaponry, the Medusa Mk1 is armed with 2 twin reloadable rocket launchers on the wings, serving to give it armour penetrative power, and many gatling guns - 2 on the side, 2 pairs on top, 1 central below the cockpit and 2 underslung. These are all fired at once to shred even the thick armour of large freighters, and can quickly make mincemeat of any small ships. However, it should be noted that ammunition is used up quickly due to the sheer number of weapons.
One final note is that the ship, due to heavy weight and extreme frontal hydrogen thruster power, uses up huge amounts of hydrogen. An on-board oxygen generator is supplied, however it is unlikely that this will be able to sustain a survival player for very long.
The ship is entirely vanilla, with no mods required. I hope to release both modded and other vanilla variants in the future.