Diamondback Scout

Diamondback Scout
Overview
Manufacturer	Lakon Spaceways
Years Produced	3300-Present
Type	Combat
Cost	564,320 CR
Specifications
Landing Pad Size	Small
Dimensions	39.0m x 24.3m x 12.3m
Pilot Seats	1
Multicrew	No
Fighter Hangar	No
Hull Mass	170 t
Mass Lock Factor	8
Armour	216
Armour Hardness	40
Shields	92 MJ
Fuel Capacity	16 t
Manoeuvr-ability	5
Top Speed	286 m/s (default) 329 m/s (upgraded)
Boost Speed	384 m/s (default) 441 m/s (upgraded)
Unladen Jump Range	11.35 ly (default) 30.4 ly (upgraded)
Cargo Capacity	0 t (default)
Outfitting
Hardpoints	4× Utility Mounts 2× Small Hardpoints 2× Medium Hardpoints
Internal Compartments	2× Class 1 Compartments 1× Class 2 Compartment 3× Class 3 Compartments

Developed by Lakon Spaceways, the Diamondback Scout is a dual-purpose combat and exploration ship. Its 30 light-year jump range makes it popular with aspiring explorers, while its exceptional manoeuvrability makes it excellent at evading incoming fire. And with two medium and two small hardpoints, the Scout can also pack a punch.

— In-game description

The Diamondback Scout is a long range combat and reconnaissance ship which was released in the Powerplay update.

Overview

The Diamondback scout is a cheap low level exploration vessel available quite early on. Its main purpose is to allow commanders to get into exploration at a tiny price.

As an Explorer the Scout is very effective. At 30lYs without engineering the scout has a high range for its price tag. The downside is that the Hauler and Adder can both outdo it in this aspect. Another downside is the tiny amount of compartment space and small fuel tank which can cause various issues. Overall the Scout is a very good ship to get into exploration with.

In Combat the scout is very effective. It has exceptional mobility and a small body letting it dodge with ease, resulting in a ship that can be incredibly nimble and tough to hit. This helps counteract its rather poor shields and armour. Good heat signature and a lot of utility mounts make it capable of running stealth builds and is very effective in the role. It has good damage with 2 Medium and 2 Small hardpoints which is one of the best for its price tier letting it become an effective fighter. As a stealth build or high range fighter the Scout is perfect and makes a good bounty hunter; but its terrible compartment and cargo space make it a somewhat poor Pirate.

Its uses in trading, mining and Passenger are somewhat poor. With 28t max size it does have higher capacity than the Adder, but It doesn't compare the the Cobra MkIII.

Overall the Diamondback Scout is a great low tier exploration vessel and is equally good as a nimble fighter.

The weapon hardpoints are located as follows: 1 small hardpoint on each side of the cockpit, and 1 medium hardpoint on each side of the cockpit for a total of 2 medium and 2 small. These hardpoints have their aim points arranged in a straight horizontal line with little space between reticle dots making them very usable with fixed mounts. However their side mounting and close spacing also make good mounts for gimbaled and turreted weapons.

Lakon would later release the Diamondback Explorer, which dramatically increases the jump range and combat ability at a higher cost. Alongside it was the Asp Scout, which was intended to be a competitor to the Diamondback Scout, but failed due to its price and mediocre stats.

History

The Diamondback Scout is Lakon Spaceways’ attempt to repeat the success of the Asp range at a medium price point. The result was a combat capable ship with good jump capability and was pitched as a light long range reconnaissance ship. After the ship’s maiden flight it was criticized for not having the same versatility as the Asp, but it has seen modest success in the long range reconnaissance, long range interceptor and fast picket ship roles for organisations not able or willing to invest in the heavy price tag of the Asp.

— In-game history

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Date Seen	Notes
LHS 1604	Gernsback City	January 5, 2018
HIP 6978	Plucker Dock	July 27, 2016	15% Discount
Frey	Garratt Station	March 29, 2016
HIP 62794	MacArthur Terminal	2016 Nov 22
TZ Arietis	Snyder Enterprise	2016 Feb 8
18 Scorpii	Swift Orbital	2016 Feb 6
Caraceni	Kerr Enterprise	October 13, 2015
Hooriayan	Davis Port	October 11, 2015
31 Aquilae	Killough Orbital	November 17, 2016
44 B Ophiuchi	Feustel Gateway	June 12, 2015
64 Arietis	Weyn Dock	September 19, 2015
Alano	Leestman Port	June 8, 2015
Amphisatsu	Goldberg Orbital	June 8, 2015
Angurongo	Dahm Port	June 22, 2015
Ao Qin	Brunner Horizons	September 14, 2015
Arth	Midgeley Dock	June 27, 2015
Belagro	Hermaszewski Station	June 21, 2015
Beta-1 Tucanae	Adams Orbital	June 6, 2015
Carener	Butz Port	August 25, 2015
Cerno	Kanwar Enterprise	June 7, 2015
Chona	Smoot Station	June 19, 2015
Derrim	Nachtigal Hub	June 28, 2015
Diaguandri	Ray Gateway	June 9, 2015	15% discount
Ditia	Arkwright City	June 16, 2015
EQ Pegasi	Merbold Ring	August 18, 2015
EZ Aquarii	Magnus Gateway	January 28 2016
GD 219	McKee Ring	September 29, 2015
Gliese 563.1	Matteucci Ring	Jul 23, 2015
H Draconis	Brislington	June 10, 2015
Helgaedi	Joliot-Curie Enterprise	July 22, 2015
Khan Gubii	Alpers City	September 12, 2015
Kung Te	Bellamy Enterprise	June 24, 2015
Kured	Kuchner Vision	June 7, 2015
LFT 1448	Dirac Enterprise	November 17, 2015
LHS 20	Ohm City	April 8, 2017	15% discount
LHS 262	Boodt Port	June 6, 2015
LHS 2651	Kennan Dock	June 8, 2015
LHS 3505	Olivas City	October 10, 2015
Momus Reach	Tartarus Point	June 6, 2015
Ngaledi	Smith Enterprises	June 5, 2015
Njikan	Smeaton Port	June 6, 2015
PLX 695	Dover	June 16, 2015
Sekhemet	Nasmyth Station	June 12, 2015
Senocidi	Hodgkin Dock	August 29, 2015
Setana	Henson Horizons	June 10, 2015
Tellus	Ahern Enterprise	July 14, 2015
Tepehuacoc	Sauma Orbital	June 24, 2015
Uzumoku	Sevrdup Ring	June 14, 2015
Venegana	Foreman Gateway (I think)	September 19, 2015
Lalande 22701	Hutton Ring	Oct 23, 2016
Wolf 908	Rubin Vision	June 5, 2015
Xihe	Zhen Dock	June 6, 2015
Xi Ursae Majoris	Durrance Dock	June 9, 2015
Kaushpoos	Neville Horizons	November 16, 2015
Chona	Smoot Station	January 2, 2016
Ross 1057	Coriolis Starport	February 3, 2016
LTT 6774	Kotov City	January 1st, 2016
Mokosh	Lubin Orbital	January 10th, 2017
Itza	Ellison Station	September 9th, 2017	15% discount
Shinrarta Dezhra	Jameson Memorial	January 26, 2018	10% Discount, Founders Permit Needed
LFT 1421	Ehrlich Orbital	April 20, 2018
LHS 3447	Worlidge Terminal	June 27, 2018

Outfitting

Main article: Outfitting

All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Diamondback Scout.

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Small Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	1
	Empty	--	--	1
Medium Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	2
	Pulse Laser	F	1	2
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	4	4
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	4	4
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	4	4
Environment Control	Life Support	E	2	2
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	3	3
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	2	2
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x16]	C	4	4
Internal Compartments	Empty	--	--	3
	Empty	--	--	3
	Shield Generator	E	3	3
	Empty	--	--	2
	Advanced Docking Computer	E	1	1
	Supercruise Assist	E	1	1
	Planetary Approach Suite (H)	I	1	1

• (L) = Loaned Module
• [x#] = Capacity
• (H) = Requires Elite Dangerous: Horizons, reserved solely for Planetary Approach Suite

Trivia

• The Diamondback Scout length (39m) is similar to the Space Shuttle orbiter (37m) that was operated by NASA.
• Excluding the Cobra MkIV, the Diamondback Scout is tied with the Type-7 Transporter for lowest amount of Livery options. This is particularly odd as the Diamondback Explorer has a far great amount despite being released much later.
• The Diamondback Scout is the only ship in Elite: Dangerous to have a cargo capacity of 0 as its default loadout.

Videos

Diamondback Scout - SHIP COMERCIAL - ELITE DANGEROUS

The Diamondback Scout

Elite Dangerous Explorer

Gallery

Diamondback Scout profile

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Backside of the Diamondback Scout

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Docked Diamondback Scout

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Damaged Diamondback Scout, top view

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Diamondback Scout's radiator exposed while fuel scooping

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Damaged Diamondback Scout

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Damaged Diamondback Scout, from the side

Lakon Diamondback Scout Blueprint

Diamondback cockpit

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Diamondback Scout and Explorer

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Diamondback Scout and a gas giant