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Fighter which grew out of custom-built primarily designed for racing purposes but adopted and armed by pirates due to its high speed and maneuverability. Cargo space was added later when [[Raddlett and Rayburn Shipyards]] (based at [[Sector1/Reorte|Reorte]]) standardized the variences and began manufacturing the craft in large numbers.
 
Fighter which grew out of custom-built primarily designed for racing purposes but adopted and armed by pirates due to its high speed and maneuverability. Cargo space was added later when [[Raddlett and Rayburn Shipyards]] (based at [[Sector1/Reorte|Reorte]]) standardized the variences and began manufacturing the craft in large numbers.
  
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During coding of Classic Elite 'dry-dock' code was used to view some of the ships during development (referred to as *VIEW on [http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/text/index.htm Ian Bell's] web site). A movie for the Mamba generated using *VIEW run under the BBC emulator BeebEm3 is available [http://www.box.net/shared/1p12h03d4s here].
 
 
  
  
 
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Revision as of 05:46, 2 November 2010

Mamba
Elite-mamba.png
Dimensions 55 x 12 x 65
Cargo capacity 10 TC
Armaments Ergon laser
Maximum speed 0.32 LM
In-service date 3110 AD, Reorte
Ship Federation
Maneuverability CF 9
Crew 1
Drive motors Seeklight HV
Thrust
Hull stress factor TKi 10 C-Holding
B100+
Hyperspace capable No
Game versions Classic

Overview

Fighter which grew out of custom-built primarily designed for racing purposes but adopted and armed by pirates due to its high speed and maneuverability. Cargo space was added later when Raddlett and Rayburn Shipyards (based at Reorte) standardized the variences and began manufacturing the craft in large numbers.

Dry Dock

During coding of Classic Elite 'dry-dock' code was used to view some of the ships during development (referred to as *VIEW on Ian Bell's web site). A movie for the Mamba generated using *VIEW run under the BBC emulator BeebEm3 is available here.