Sonoran

Sonoran
Size (W×H×L)	54 m×9 m×65 m
Cargo capacity	15 TC
Cargo bay extension	N/A
Maximum speed	0.40 LM
Manoeuvrability	Pitch: 1.375 Roll: 2.25 Yaw: 2.25 Thrust: 50
Energy banks	5,50
Energy recharge rate	Excellent (4.5)
Gun mounts	Fore: 1x Rear: 1x
Missile slots	2
Shield boosters available	Yes
Military shields available	Yes
Hyperspace capable	Yes
OXP or standard	OXP
Available to player	Yes
Base price	495,000 Cr

Overview

The Sonoran is mainly designed for the more adventures commanders. While there is enough cargo space for some traders, most of the owners are bounty hunters, hit-men and assassins. Unfortunately some also had found their way in the hand of pirates. With mostly better specifications than the famous Asp Mark II this is an excellent combat craft.

Remarks

some notes from the author:

I'm a big fan of Smivs' Contractor (please think of any similarities as 'homages' rather than 'plagiarisms') but wanted more of a hunter/trader hybrid to look forward to for when my current pilot finally escapes his broke-start adder.

Balancing:
I wanted the Sonoran to be a good hunter/trader but also to fit well with the core ships, and so I limited all the stats to be no higher individually than could be found on core ships (e.g. the Asp's top speed of 0.4 LM), and I then tinkered until a realistic_shipyards formula I saw on the Caduceus page produced the same 150,000₢ as a Cobra Mk3:

Credits

The Sonoran is entirely the work of Robin, all credits therefore belong to him.

• Robin (original author)

Requirements

Oolite Version 1.79 or higher is required.

Download

The Sonoran could be found on the Expansions Manager or alternatively in the Sonoran OXP on box
The ship is also part of the Random Hits OXP.

License

This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).
To view a copy of this license visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0.

Version History

• Version 1.00 / 2013-09-27 / Robin:

initial release

Quick Facts

Includes powerful pirates and hunters

Version	Released	License	Features	Category	Author(s)	Feedback
1.00	2013-09-27	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0	Ship	Ships OXPs	Robin	BB