Blade Heavy Fighter PL4b

PL4B Blade
Type	Heavy Fighter
Primary User	Kindred
Max Velocity	480 KPS
Max Afterburner Velocity	960 KPS
Acceleration	64 kps2
Max Y/P/R	95/95/95 dps
Guns	Mass Ion Cannon (4) Binary Signal Emitter Mk. II (1) [Difficulty 9]
Missiles	Snipe (1) Brute Mk. II (1) [Difficulty 3] Python (1) [Difficulty 5] Disrupter (1) [Difficulty 7] Banshee (1) [Difficulty 9] Stingray Torpedo (1) [Difficulty 10] High Explosive Mine (10) [Difficulty 3]
Armor	187.5 cm
Shields	125 cm
Decoys	Decoy Mk. II (10)
Cloak	No
Jump Drive	Yes
Crew	1 (pilot)
Devices	Signal Filter (1) [Difficulty 7] Shield Enhancer Mk. III (1) [Difficulty 5]

Blade in Kindred colors, Tri-System circa 2790.

The Blade is the Kindred’s signature fighter. Blades are used for the most important, most dangerous and most illegal missions in the Tri-System. They are particularly common when the Kindred is interested in performing a high level assassination – their extensive weapons array allows them to engage multiple target spheres in a single operation. Because of the thread now faced by the Kindred, the military offers a double bounty for destroying Blades.

Blades are typically armed with a quartet of Mass Ion Cannons, giving them short-range, but significant, firepower.

Origin's Official Guide to Privateer 2: The Darkening

Blades are medium-fast, and you have to get behind them to deal them a serious blow. (Otherwise, you're too busy dodging gunfire to stay on one for very long). Unless you're a wealthy hotshot, they'll likely have significantly better guns, so don't go head to head with one if you can afford it.

Blades don't really have much armor, so they are easy to kill if you can keep from being killed yourself. If you run into multiple Blades, however, you've got problems.