Hornet

The Hornet is the largest ship that is still considered to be a fighter, and is used mostly as an assault platform. With four small weapon ports, it can destroy many ships very quickly. A drawback to the large number of ports is the huge amount of power it will require when using many energy weapons at the same time. For this reason, many Hornet pilots stagger their fire. Another drawback is the Hornet's unremarkable maneuverability, which makes it easy prey when up against smaller fighters, such as the Vulture and Centurion.

Ship Variants

Name	Variant	Faction	Faction Level	Level	Armor	Cargo	Weapons	Mass	Length	Thrust	Turbo Thrust	Max Speed	Spin Torque	Turbo Speed	Turbo Energy
MkI	Basic	- sm=a	- sm=n	3/3/-/-/-	11000	15	4S	6000 kg	17 m	230 N	210 N	65 m/s	7.0 Nm	200 m/s	50/s
MkII	Cargo Transport	- sm=a	- sm=n	4/3/-/-/-	11500	25	4S	6000 kg	17 m	230 N	230 N	65 m/s	7.0 Nm	220 m/s	50/s
MkIII	Assault	- sm=a	- sm=n	4/4/-/-/-	12000	18	4S	5800 kg	17 m	240 N	230 N	65 m/s	7.0 Nm	220 m/s	55/s
Convoy Guardian	Elite	Orion	720	4/5/1/-/-	13000	15	4S	5600kg	17m	240 N	230 N	65 m/s	7.0 Nm	220 m/s	50/s

Note: It is possible to deshield a Queen using a Hornet loaded with 4 Gemini missile launchers; all equipment available at License 3.