Piranha Bomber Wing

Piranha Bomber Wing
Designation	Bomber
Logistical Data
Ordnance points	10
Fighters in wing	3
Crew per fighter	2
Combat Performance
Base replacement time (seconds)	15
Combat speed	150
Formation	CLAW
Maximum engagement range	4000
Weapons	1x Standard Bomb Bay
Hull integrity	500
Armor	75
Flux capacity	200
Flux dissipation	100
Advanced Stats
Mass	30
Attack run range	2500
Acceleration	200
Deceleration	200
Max turn rate	40
Turn acceleration	120

	The Piranha deploys unpowered conventional bombs en masse, relying on momentum to deliver the payloads. The maximum damage potential is extreme, but most targets can either avoid or shoot down many of the bombs.
–In-Game Description

Notes

The first bomber most new players will encounter due to being widely used by pirates. A full salvo impact will deal horrific damage, comparable to three Reaper-class Torpedo. Fortunately they can generally be dodged by nimble ships or alternatively the bombs shot down by high rate of fire, high damage point defence such as Vulcan Cannon.

Actually surprisingly decent against stations, as the large number of bombs can very easily overwhelm point defences, and the chance of missing is reduced immensely by attacking a stationary target.

With a bit of micromanaging, the Piranha can also be quite effective at intercepting other incoming bombercraft, target one of the bombers and send the Piranhas to engage, once they've released some of their bombs, recall them, and watch as the enemy squadron haplessly blunders into the cloud of explosives.

Change History

0.8.1a-RC5

• Armament changed from 1x Standard Bomb Bay, 1x Light Machine Gun to 1x Standard Bomb Bay
• Standard Bomb Bay Arming Time set from null to 0.1

0.8a

• reworked

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