Hyperion

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Hyperion-class Advanced Gunship
High Tech Frigate
95,000c
Logistical data
CR per deployment	40%
CR per deployment	40%
Recovery rate (per day)	8%
Recovery rate (per day)	8%
Recovery cost (supplies)	15
Recovery cost (supplies)	15
Deployment points	15
Deployment points	15
Peak performance (sec)	120
Peak performance (sec)	120
Ordnance points	65
Ordnance points	65
Maintenance (supplies/month)	30 (+15)
Maintenance (supplies/month)	30 (+15)
Cargo capacity	10
Cargo capacity	10
Maximum crew	15
Maximum crew	15
Skeleton crew required	5
Skeleton crew required	5
Fuel capacity	15
Fuel capacity	15
Maximum burn	10
Maximum burn	10
Fuel per light year	1
Fuel per light year	1
Combat performance
Hull integrity	2,500
Armor rating	250
Flux capacity	8,000
Flux dissipation	500
Top speed	120
Systems
System	Phase Teleporter
Defense	Front Shield
Shield arc	300
Shield upkeep/sec	300
Shield flux/damage	0.6
Mounts	1x Medium Universal 2x Medium Energy
Hullmods	High Maintenance Delicate Machinery

	A bleeding-edge advanced gunship built around a unique phase teleportation system. The finicky integrated prototype power grid is tricky and expensive to maintain but delivers excellent flux and shield performance. The Hyperion was built to 'punch up', using tactical positioning to pick its fights then engage with a relatively heavy weapon loadout for its class, mounted at the expense of point defense capability. Considered a 'hangar queen', the Hyperion is scorned by quartermasters yet prized by Tri-Tachyon fleet directors who admire the purity of the ambition which can be felt throughout its design and application.
–In-Game Description

The Hyperion-class Advanced Gunship is a High Tech frigate commonly fielded by Tri-Tachyon; it is notable for having the flux stats of a cruiser and the upkeep of one, all in a frigate-sized ship.

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Changelog

Patch 0.96a:  Reduced mass to 200 (was: 300); affects ship/ship and ship/asteroid collisions etc Added built-in Delicate Machinery Patch 0.95.1a-RC5: Increased base value of Hyperion to 95,000 (was: 40,000) Patch 0.95.1a:  increased deployment cost and supplies/month to 20 (was: 15) Phase Teleporter cooldown increased to 10 seconds Changed deployment/base maintenance cost back to 15 Patch 0.95a:  Hyperion: redesigned almost entirely; new sprite Reclassed as "Advanced Gunship". Weapon slots: 2 medium energy and 1 medium universal. All weapon slots are forward-facing hardpoints. Flux stats increased to almost high-tech light cruiser levels. Armor and hull values increased significantly. Speed and maneuverability decreased to be on the low end of the frigate range.