Duress Light Fighter ML01

ML01 Duress
Type	Civilian Light Fighter
Primary User	Civilian
Introduction	2785
General Characteristics
Crew	2 (Pilot & Passenger)
Cost	c60,000
Performance
Maximum Yaw	80 dps
Maximum Pitch	80 dps
Maximum Roll	80 dps
Acceleration	60 k/s2
Velocity
Maximum	380 KPS kps
Afterburner
Maximum Afterburner	759 KPS kps
Armament
Guns
Stream Laser (2)
Mounts	2
Default Missile Loadout
Snipe Missiles (3) [Difficulty Level 3/3/5] Brute Mk. II Missile (1) [Difficulty Level 7] Python Missile (1) [Difficulty Level 9] Disrupter Missile (1) [Difficulty Level 10] High Explosive Mine (10) [Difficulty Level 3]
Mounts	6
Components
Modules
Mounts	4
Defense
Shields
Fore	175 cm equivalent
Aft	175 cm equivalent
Right	175 cm equivalent
Left	175 cm equivalent
Armor
Front	87.5 cm
Rear	87.5 cm
Right	87.5 cm
Left	87.5 cm

The Duress is the most expensive light fighter available on the private market in the Tri-System. However, its strong shields and very small profile make it very hard to damage for any attacker and this way worth every credit.

Several notable Tri-System pilots fly the Duress, including Jak Perdies and Hengist Magnusson. Due to its nature as a light fighter, however, the Duress often falls into less reputable hands. In 2790, a pair of Duresses and a pair of Heretics abandoned a load of synthetic organs bound for an Anhur Orphanage to pirates. Finbhar Cratchett, the orphanage director, placed a bounty on their heads. Pirate clans also fly the craft - another even quartet of Duresses and Heretics, this time flown by Jincilla pilots, posed as mercenaries to lure the transport ship Lubanna into a trap. A Kindred Duress assisted in that group's attack on Messineo Couriers, Ltd.'s ex-mining base at Nav Point 225. None the less, other legitimate mercenaries do continue to fly Duresses - a pair escorted Davis & Co. Armaments and Supplies ships against Jincilla attacks in 2790. Duresses also see use in the private sector - a businessman, who was hunted in that same year for having harassed Bernice Barlow, flew the fighter as a personal transport.

The Duress entered service before 2785.

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