Duress Light Fighter ML01
Duress | |
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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.