New ship plans

[Xavier.Fierceshot]

Interceptor ships, even lighter than light fighters. They have virtually no armor or weapons, but are small, agile, and strong in numbers. I'm talking about a ship with Bloodhound or starflier armor that can mount maybe 2 class 8 guns at max. Another feature could be that they travel at 400 Cruise engine speed. Class 6 Light Fighter shield max. No cruise disrupter, but it comes with a special thruster that adds an actual speed boost to afterburners (maybe 50 extra speed boost?). My reasons for no CD is that it could easily be abused to chase down escaping transports. It wouldn't need Counter measures either because you could thruster away from fights if need be. You could also dodge missiles fairly easily, so Counter measures might give it an unfair advantage over missile users. There would be a mine layer, so that way you can mount Screamers on them so that you can actually do Hull damage with the guns. My idea of the balancing of a ship like this would be that they are twice as weak as a Light Fighter, so that way they can be destroyed very easily. A ship that is extremely hard to hit, but when you hit it, it could mean doom to the pilot. To further ensure that they are balanced, there could be a feature that instantly blows them up if they were to collide with a missile or a mine. Picture 4 of these interceptors attacking a Sabre. There would be a flurry of lasers hitting the Sabre from all directions, severly hurting it. The Sabre launches a mine, and two of the interceptors accidently hit it. They are instantly destroyed, leaving 2 of the Interceptors to try and take it down. This should be very difficult as 2 Interceptors should be meant to fight a Light Fighter and win. I'm not sure, it could be unbalanced, but I would kill for a ship that had a speed boost over other fighters.

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