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Harpoon X - "HLA" V1

Description
Full Name: "Harpoon X-Type, Helmeted Long-Range Assault"
Grid Type: Small Grid
Class: Corvette / Fast Attack Craft
Construction: ~80% Light Armor, ~20% Heavy Armor
Propulsion/Power: 35 Large Hydrogen Thrusters, 62 Secondary Ion Thrusters
Landing: Horizontal or Vertical
Ordinance: 19 Rocket Launchers (Standard, no mods), forward-facing
Appearance: Low Profile, Digital Camoflauge painted for open Space environment

This is a large size, Small Grid ship for direct and aggressive attack duty. It is not agile, but it is very fast, and is able to maintain high velocities while simultaneosuly orbiting and attacking larger targets head-on.

The power, control, and weapons layout is designed in tandem with the chassis to provide minimal exposure to enemies when delivering full firepower - as long as the crosshairs are pointed on-target.

While low-speed handling may seem sluggish, this craft can maintain stable and accurate trajectory at high velocities. Using a "turn and burn" style of piloting, the craft can maintain a high velocity orbit around larger adversaries on the Y-axis. This distills movement and attack to a simple procedure of forward thrust and steady crosshair rotation, as you run circles around your opponent while unloading rocket fire straight ahead. To control orbit speed, upward or downward thrusters can be engaged.

This design also allows for survival capabilites - the craft can be used to ram directly through obstacles and adversaries while maintaining it's mobility systems, should munitions be disabled. Throw Ice into the oxygen generators to keep the hydro running, and there is electrical backup as well.

The single cockpit is nearly fully sheilded by a layer of heavy armor, and there is space below deck for a small crew to maintain power systems, repair under cover, or deploy for support.

This craft's main weaknesses are it's lack of manueverablility at low speed, and in small spaces. It is best used for assaulting larger craft in open space. Do not let enemies get beside or behind you, or they may be able to disable propulsion systems.

The craft is capable of landing / takeoff from planet surfaces or near heavy gravity, but is not optimized for this. A steep angle of upward thrust from the planet's surface will be required, especially when landing. This craft's main purpose is high speed space battle.

**Vehicle Statistics / Model subject to change as further updates are published**