Tarsus

Up to date for latest version, 0.97a.

Tarsus-class Freighter
Low Tech Destroyer
18,000c
Logistical data
CR per deployment	20%
CR per deployment	20%
Recovery rate (per day)	5%
Recovery rate (per day)	5%
Recovery cost (supplies)	3
Recovery cost (supplies)	3
Deployment points	3
Deployment points	3
Peak performance (sec)	420
Peak performance (sec)	420
Ordnance points	40
Ordnance points	40
Maintenance (supplies/month)	3
Maintenance (supplies/month)	3
Cargo capacity	350
Cargo capacity	350
Maximum crew	80
Maximum crew	80
Skeleton crew required	30
Skeleton crew required	30
Fuel capacity	80
Fuel capacity	80
Maximum burn	8
Maximum burn	8
Fuel per LY / Jump cost	3
Fuel per LY / Jump cost	3
Combat performance
Hull integrity	4250
Armor rating	400
Flux capacity	1800
Flux dissipation	125
Top speed	45
Systems
Defense	Omni Shield
Shield arc	120
Shield upkeep/sec	83
Shield flux/damage	1.2
System	Burn Drive
Mounts	4x Small Ballistic
Hullmods	Civilian-grade Hull

	Tarsus-class ships are well known as perhaps the most flexible and durable freighters in the Sector. The secret to their reliability is that they were intended by Domain designers as hazard duty ships, presumably to supply frontiers and those front line fleets send to quash the ever-present rumbling of insurrection on the far reaches of the Domain. Almost unmatched among civilian ships in bulkhead structural density and armor rating, Tarsus-class freighters are entrusted with important hauls and usually travel in convoys, a further buttress to the safety they afford to their crew and cargo. Minimal weapon mounts permit the ship to mount a nominal PD weapons package. Rarely, Tarsus-class ships are outfitted with combat oriented hull or armor boosting modifications, which make them more difficult to maintain.
–In-game description

Built to last, the Tarsus-class Freighter contains high armor and hull stats for a civilian ship.

Overview

Compared to the Buffalo, the Tarsus sacrifices 50 cargo space for greater survivability; at 4,250 hull and 400 armor compared to the Buffalo's 3,000 hull and 125 armor, the Tarsus is built to break through an enemy encirclement and survive with its cargo intact. The Tarsus' Burn Drive system further highlights its ability to survive by allowing it to quickly increase its speed and flee from enemy pursuers.

Its four Small Ballistic mounts, though capable of being armed with offensive weapons, is better suited for Point Defense to better the Tarsus' chance of survival should it be pitted up against fighters or missiles capable of disabling its engines or blowing apart its armor.

While not a combat freighter like Mule or Gemini it has a good chance to survive long enough to flee from combat.

Strategy and tips

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Changelog

Patch 0.95a:  Increased cargo capacity to 350 Increased fuel use to 3/ly (was: 2)