Mirai Guardian theory crafting

[Cugino83]

Looks like stat for the Guardian are out and there is some leaked interior photo too:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0XHM5z-fY


I personally don't agree don't expect this to have some cargo space, but if that is the case it's a good candidate to replace the Titan in my hangar (mostly due to the interior being more refined...).
Stats wise not much impressive outside the guns, be I can live with it.

 

[LurchLord]

On the one hand, goodbye Sabre, hello Guardian is what I had planned.

On the other hand, Guardian has a bed. By my own rules, if a ship has a bed, it needs to be named.
So if my current store credit is sufficient to turn a Sabre into a Guardian, I need to figure out what to call her. Hrmpf.
It's always something.

 

[Duckforceone]

Looks like stat for the Guardian are out and there is some leaked interior photo too:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU0XHM5z-fY


I personally don't agree don't expect this to have some cargo space, but if that is the case it's a good candidate to replace the Titan in my hangar (mostly due to the interior being more refined...).
Stats wise not much impressive outside the guns, be I can live with it.

for looks alone i'm tempted to get it... with the bed, it's even more tempting...

don't mind if it has cargo but that would just shoot it over the moon...

to bad it just doesn't fit inside the ironclad... but going to try anyways.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

So this is not in Erkul yet, but it is in the SC Performance Viewer. So some observations.

It’s listed in the viewer as no cargo, but it does list a weapons locker. No suit locker. My sole disappointment is lack of storage but perhaps it has a nice size ship inventory.

I like the S2 missiles. Rattlers lock at 1/3 the range of any S3, so you can use them up close but still out to 10km.

This ship has +30 EM and IR armor, so it is very unstealthy, up until you switch off guns and shields, when it is suddenly extremely stealthy: EM 6k, IR 2.5k. That is running a single Slipstream stealth reactor. EM goes up significantly with two reactors powered—which has never shown in Erkul. If you want to fly this on the sly, definitely use a single Slipstream and add a hotter, military reactor when you want guns and shields. If you wanted a ship to bushwhack others with missiles, this is the ship. That S2 cooler on S1 reactors provides superb cooling. Adding ADB5s, EM jumps to 9k, which in my book is no longer stealth. So not like the Firebird that it can use guns inside its stealth envelope. Firebird remains the only ship that can fire guns unseen.

Sensors are indeed S2. Much better vision than the Sabre or Talon missileboats.

Speed and maneuverability are significantly better than the Sentinel.

To optimize the Q tank range, I suggest Civilian A Hemera. This is a very long range ship. Swap in a fast drive when you need it. There seems to be room on the floor for storage.

I do not see an elevator anywhere. Seems odd CIG would get this wrong so perhaps PV is wrong and there is an outside access elevator like on the 300 series.

Running in stealth, your biggest signature is cross section. This is relatively uncommon. The ship’s stealth use would be extremely enhanced by Void Armor, moving +30 EM and IR to -30 or so and reducing cross section.

Beautiful interior. I love it.

So the big surprise: there is a second version. The “QI” variant. It includes half as many missiles but S3, and it includes a QED. So this version is a Quantum Interdictor.

Makes me want one of each. I really like this ship, despite it has the worst view of any fighter. So I’ll ask again. Is this really a fighter or is it an explorer?