Marauder

The Marauder is a Battlecruiser designed to be well-rounded.

Marauder
Health
Shields	1,500
Hull	2,500
Maneuverability
Top Speed	90
Acceleration	30
Turn Speed	0.30
Armament
Light Turrets	2 Light Laser 1 Light Cannon
Med. Turrets	1 Medium Cannon 1 Dual Medium Laser
(F) Spinal	4 Small Phaser
(G) Spinal	4 Medium Cannon
Max Turret Range	6,175
Recom. Range from Target	5,250
Utility
Cargo Hold	250
Warp Drive	Yes
Stealth	No
Average Turret DPS	44
Average Spinal DPS	151
Explosion Radius	40
Cost
Estimated Manufacturing Fee	$1138
Estimated Manufacturing Fee	$1138
Warehouse Level	3
Warehouse Level	3
Estimated Total Cost	$16199
Misc
Description	The Marauder is the outdated and more aggressive brother of the Bastion. While its archaic design and generation systems were discontinued by major manufacturers in favor of the Bastion's more consistent throughput, the Marauder still exists for avid pirates who wish to push their destruction to the maximum for a compact and relatively affordable manner.
Creator	Original: 1XhorrorX1 Current: PataNautic
Version Added	.65b
VIP Required	No
Loyalty Required	3% + Level 1 Starbase

Description

The Marauder is a small, nimble Battlecruiser with a balance of turret and spinal firepower and a heavy emphasis on Hull health.

Appearance

The interior is simple, with a teleporter pad that takes you into a room that has a carpet and a few screens as well as the pilot seat.

Advantages

• Cheap.
• Balanced damage output.
• Majority of DPS comes from Spinals
• High Hull for its class.
• Explosion Value of 34

Disadvantages

• Vulnerable at the bottom.
• if you miss Spinals, you are missing out on a big chunk of your dps
• Low shields.

Strategy

• Use this ship in swarms to take down larger ships.
• Don't attack ships that have lots of small Turrets.
• Avoid Shield breakers.

Version History

• Name fixed in .69d.
• Rebalanced in .75a5.
• Marauder Speed increased (65 -> 90) Marauder Acceleration increased (25 -> 30) .75a12

Trivia

• The name of the ship used to have a space before it. That meant that players must add an extra space when using the :cost command. It also meant that the ship appears on the top of the "spawn ship" list because of alphabetical order. (this is probably fixed?)
• A Carrier called the Warlord has a design that looks very similar to this ship; also, a Fighter called the Harbinger, which is found exclusively on the Prometheus, shares a similar model.
• The Marauder has a slight resemblance to the Daedalus from Stargate, while the Warlord is almost identical to it.