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[[File:Krait.png|300px|right|thumb|Krait]]
[[File:Mamba.png|300px|right|thumb|Mamba]]
Rejigs of the Krait and the Mamba creating fighter-explorer variants for them

== Overview ==
The core set of player ships don't really include any "classic fighters".

:The Adder is nimble but slow and extremely fragile.
:The Asp is fast and (arguably too) tough but steers like a freighter.
:The Fer de Lance does a pretty good job but costs even more than the Asp, doesn't pitch that well and has... passenger cabins.

:The closest to a fighter is arguably the Moray, a ship that was granted a non-canonical speed boost in Oolite. Its design doesn't exactly scream 'fighter' though, does it?

There are two other candidates that were given negative adjustments in translation to Oolite: the Krait and the Mamba.

Both lost most of their cargo (and missile in the case of the latter) capacity and gained little else.

Elite didn't need a varied player-ship selection but maybe Oolite could benefit from one, so if we're going to dock them most of their cargo space then maybe a good excuse for doing so would be to grant them a hyperdrive.

2 New Ships:
*The Krait Explorer
*The Mamba Explorer

Reduced energy banks and with a pulse laser by default, they are both more manouverable than an Asp and faster than an Adder.

Priced either side of a Cobra Mk I (which they are both faster than), when well equipped they make serviceable couriers, bounty hunters or even pirates. The Mamba also regains it's two missile pylons from [[Classic Elite]].

Their other game effect is as NPCs to reduce the firepower of some pirate encounters and (especially) reduce the instances of being chased by Kraits with fuel injectors - the explorer variants are (usually) more inclined to hold fuel in reserve for their hyperdrives.

It's the manouverability that really grants the fighter experience and the hyperdrive that prevents the player from paying for it.

Equip some fuel injectors, missile(s) and a half-decent laser and enjoy!

== Download ==
Through the in-game [[Expansions Manager]] or from here: [[File:Oolite.oxp.redspear.fighter explorers.oxz]]

== Links ==
*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21392 BB Thread (2023)]
*Author: [[User:Redspear|Redspear]]

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 == Links ==
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21392 BB Thread (2023)]
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21392 BB Thread (2023)]
 *Author: [[User:Redspear|Redspear]]
 *There ''are'' other OXP Explorers -

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 [[File:Krait.png|300px|right|thumb|Krait]]
 [[File:Mamba.png|300px|right|thumb|Mamba]]
-Rejigs of the Krait and the Mamba creating fighter-explorer variants for them
+Rejigs of the Krait and the Mamba creating fighter-explorer variants for them!
-== Overview ==
+== Preamble ==
 The core set of player ships don't really include any "classic fighters".
-:The Adder is nimble but slow and extremely fragile.
+:The [[Adder (Oolite)]] is nimble but slow and extremely fragile.
-:The Asp is fast and (arguably too) tough but steers like a freighter.
+:The [[Asp (Oolite)]] is fast and (arguably too) tough but steers like a freighter.
-:The Fer de Lance does a pretty good job but costs even more than the Asp, doesn't pitch that well and has... passenger cabins.
+:The [[Fer-de-Lance (Oolite)]] does a pretty good job but costs even more than the Asp, doesn't pitch that well and has... passenger cabins [[File:icon_eek.gif]].
-There are two other candidates that were given negative adjustments in translation to Oolite: the Krait and the Mamba.
+There are two other candidates that were given negative adjustments in translation to Oolite: the [[Krait (Oolite)]] and the [[Mamba (Oolite)]].
 Both lost most of their cargo (and missile in the case of the latter) capacity and gained little else.
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 Elite didn't need a varied player-ship selection but maybe Oolite could benefit from one, so if we're going to dock them most of their cargo space then maybe a good excuse for doing so would be to grant them a hyperdrive.
 New Ships:
 *The Krait Explorer
 *The Mamba Explorer
-Reduced energy banks and with a pulse laser by default, they are both more manouverable than an Asp and faster than an Adder.
+Reduced energy banks and with a pulse laser by default, they are both more manoeuverable than an Asp and faster than an Adder.
-Priced either side of a Cobra Mk I (which they are both faster than), when well equipped they make serviceable couriers, bounty hunters or even pirates. The Mamba also regains it's two missile pylons from [[Classic Elite]].
+Priced either side of a [[Cobra Mk.1 (Oolite)]] (which they are both faster than), when well equipped they make serviceable couriers, bounty hunters or even pirates. The Mamba also regains it's two missile pylons from [[Classic Elite]].
 Their other game effect is as NPCs to reduce the firepower of some pirate encounters and (especially) reduce the instances of being chased by Kraits with fuel injectors - the explorer variants are (usually) more inclined to hold fuel in reserve for their hyperdrives.
-It's the manouverability that really grants the fighter experience and the hyperdrive that prevents the player from paying for it.
+It's the manoeuverability that ''really'' grants the fighter experience in a dog-fight - and the missing hyperdrive that prevents the player from paying for it.
 Equip some fuel injectors, missile(s) and a half-decent laser and enjoy!
+ Size (W×H×L) 			65m×12m×55m
+ Cargo capacity 			4 TC	(10TC in Classic Elite)
+ Cargo bay extension 		N/A
 == Download ==
 Through the in-game [[Expansions Manager]] or from here: [[File:Oolite.oxp.redspear.fighter explorers.oxz]]
 == Links ==
 *[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21392 BB Thread (2023)]
 *Author: [[User:Redspear|Redspear]]
 {{Ship-OXP}}

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