Light Fighters

[kikatsu]

the scimitar is my light fighter of choice, and I've flown a few...this one certianly gets the job done.

Currently my hacker scimitar has 1 imp dep, 1 cannonball, 1 ripper, 2 Hellflurry class 8s and the class 5 hellflurry turret

she's a small and compact ship, with excilent firepower. The rippermine certianly has nice damage, and won't instant kill you as badly as the nuke mine when it blows up in your face.

the cannonball missile I've found is one of the more usefull changes I've made to the load out recently. with it, you can do a considerable high damage burst, usually the nessisary thing to bring down VHFs. Alternate firing the CB and some cruis disruptors and you'll be in good shape. I've been using train CDs but a Mosq. CD may be a better idea....it hits more often, does more damage, and the blast range is smaller, meaning you won't loose the engine kill if it hits too close.

the important thing is to keep the other guy off ballance...CDs and the odd mine in some passes, also mix up your approches, don't fly head onto him.


keep the shape of the ship in mind too. you want to strafe more often in a direction that will complement it...for the scimitar, up and down and for the Sea Serpent left and right


sorry this kind of stuff is hard to discribe...usually it's instinctive piloting for me