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Revision as of 01:40, 11 March 2018
The Imperial Clipper is the quintessential Imperial ship. It epitomises elegance of form while delivering speed and agility. Because of its balance of speed, luxury and strength it is used for transporting valuable items and personnel of importance across the Empire. With the navy ships these can come as standard, and not available for civilian, or export models.
— In-Game Description
The Imperial Clipper, built by Gutamaya, is one of the Empire's ships and thus are generally sold at Stations that are aligned with the Empire. To purchase the Imperial Clipper players must have earned the rank of Baron with the Imperial Navy.
This ship is quite popular with pirates, traders, and some combat pilots. It is a reasonable pirate ship due to the large cargo capacity and heavy armament. Traders may find this ship appealing due to its superb cargo capacity and defensive capability; while it is more expensive than the Lakon Type-7 it can easily defend itself against a pirate.
Pilots of any profession may appreciate its speed; with fully upgraded Thrusters, it is comparable to that of smaller ships such as the Cobra MkIII and the Imperial Eagle. Additionally, its pitch rotation and yaw speed are higher than most ships, making it feel like a very hefty, weighted-down Eagle with a boost speed that is higher than that of the Viper. Its only manoeuvering drawback, and likely the reason for its low overall agility rating, is its poor lateral thruster capability; the vertical-lateral thrusters are very weak compared to those of other ships. This weakness, combined with very weak shields for its size and wing-mounted hardpoints ill-suited for fixed weapons, limits the Imperial Clipper's efficiency as a PvP combat ship even if the shields are upgraded to maximum. The Imperial Clipper is also currently the fourth widest ship controllable by players, which may pose a challenge with docking.
Speed and manoeuvrability fall off more heavily when loaded than other ships, bringing it back to more common speeds and turn rates when hauling cargo.
Both the ships interior and exterior are luxurious in design, the engines sport a radically different sound than other ships, and the large cockpit canopy features an unobstructed view of space.
The weapon hardpoints are located as follows: One Class 3 large hardpoint on the top of each wingtip nacelle (total of two class 3 mounts), and One Class 2 medium hardpoint on the underside of each wing where the wing attaches to the main fuselage (total of two class 2 mounts). The wingtip mounts are very far from centerline and will have trouble converging their fields of fire unless used with gimbaled or turret mounted weapons. The underside mounts although closer together, also suffer the same field of fire convergence issues although to a lesser degree than the wingtip mounts. Due to this, fixed weapons generally are not easy to use with this ship.
The pilot's seat is offset to the right of the centerline of the ship while the copilot's seat is offset to the left of the centerline.
Purchase Locations
System | Station | Date Seen | Notes |
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Iota Hydri | Iben Hub | 9 Feb 2018 | |
LTT 2322 | Ivins Enterprise | 9 Feb 2018 | |
Arugh | Petlyakov Ring | 24 Sep. 2017 | |
HIP 8758 | Firsoff Orbital | June 26th, 2017 | |
Caspatsuria | Binney Dock | February 21, 2017 | |
Kou Mantes | Espenak Port | February 9, 2017 | 61,342Ls from Arrival Point |
Osane | Bell Vision | 24 Sep. 2017 | Near Aisling Duval HQ Cubeo |
Bediangu | Gent Orbital | February 8, 2017 | |
HIP 20277 | Fabian City | December 17, 2015 | |
Clido Pi | Abbot Port | Nov 08, 2015 | |
Ju Shosi | Davies Dock | Oct 30, 2015 | |
Gende | Baliunas Hub | Oct 30, 2015 | |
LAUSANG | Black Station | 03.03.2016 | |
Wuru | Wendelin Terminal | April 2017 | 10% discount |
Erio | Babakin Hub | May 22, 2015 | |
Beta-1 Tucanae | Adams Orbital | Feb 13, 2016 | |
HIP 105408 | Binney Horizons | Jan 4, 2015 | |
CD-54 9671 | Somayaji Terminal | Jan 7, 2015 | |
CD-60 7742 | Kopal Dock | Feb 5, 2015 | |
ETA-2 Hydri | Bordage Orbital | Jul 4, 2015 | |
Sowiio | Shaw Port | Aug 6, 2015 | |
Kadrusa | Slipher Vision | Feb 8, 2015 | |
Kamadhenu | Shajn Market | jun 26, 2015 | 2017-04-19 Not Available |
Chiut | Andoyer City | Feb 8, 2015 | |
Manianscudo | Miller Port | Feb 8, 2015 | |
Sak Manka | Impey Vision | Feb 8, 2015 | |
LTT 9097 | Fox Gateway | Feb 9, 2015 | |
Liu Di | Sudworth Orbital | Feb 10, 2015 | |
Karadjari | Dufay Vision | Feb 10, 2015 | |
HD 137388 | Delsanti Vision | Feb 11, 2015 | |
Miphifa | Happis | Jun 30, 2015 | |
Avalon | Noctilux | May 24, 2015 | |
Biliri | Fan City | Aug 23, 2015 | |
Lombi | Xin Hub | Feb 12, 2015 | |
Afli | Pu City | Mar 15, 2015 | |
Afli | Quetelet Dock | Feb 15, 2015 | |
Wapiya | Brothers Vision | Apr 4, 2015 | |
Har Pahary | Leonard Station | Feb 19, 2015 | |
Wolf 1301 | Saunders's Dive (independent station) | Mar 12, 2015 | |
Ngaiawang | Mar 15, 2015 | ||
Nezhen | Hand Dock | Mar 8, 2015 | |
Angurongo | Dahm Port | Mar 19, 2015 | |
Yawa | Dean Hub | May 1, 2015 | |
Ross 777 | Bradley Dock | Mar 24, 2015 | |
Shonso | Hill Tinsley Station | Mar 31, 2015 | |
Coelatuvean | Robert Station | Apr 8, 2015 | |
Xuangu (closest to Lave) | Schroter Terminal | May 24, 2015 | |
Mu-2 Octanis | Chiang Orbital | June 7, 2015 | |
Pandemonium | Hirayama Port | June 9, 2015 | |
Orang | Bessel Gateway | June 12, 2015 | |
Dievat | Bothezat City | June 25, 2015 | |
Punavatii | Cayley Enterprise | July 9, 2015 | |
Maityan | Maughmer Ring | July 9, 2015 | |
Zelano | Mueller Station | July 17, 2015 | 10% discount |
Kamito | Newcomb Hub | July 17, 2015 | (not here as of 8/12/15) |
HIP 98621 | FOX Dock | July 19, 2015 | |
Harm | Gentil Hub (22,295,860 cr) | March 10th, 2018 | No Discount anymore |
Nehet | Xuesen Orbital | October 18, 2015 | |
Synteini | Lagerkvist Gateway | November 16, 2015 | |
Aakushu | Flagg Dock | October 30, 2015 | |
Guuguyni | Shen Terminal | December 17, 2015 | |
Kuwemargl | Baillaud Ring | December 19, 2015 | |
LHS 1832 | Coney Gateway | December 19, 2015 | |
CD-86 4 | Cummings Dock | December 24, 2015 | |
Urvane | Lee Dock | January 2, 2016 | |
Wangal | Rothfuss Orbital | January 31,2016 | 10% discount |
V374 Pegasi | MacKellar Hub | May 21, 2016 |
10% discount |
Omnicron Gruis | Shajn Port | June 2, 2016 | |
Nut | Babcock Gateway | June 12, 2016 | (not here as of 4/29/17) |
Naitis | Ford Dock | November 14, 2016 | |
Gongalungul | Andoyer Hub | May 31, 2016 | |
HR 706 | Wright Terminal | 18/11/2016 | 10% discount |
Bhavas | Sugano Orbital | December 19th, 2016 | |
Iado | Boscovich Terminal | January 21, 2017 | |
HIP 11958 | Maunder Terminal | March 19, 2017 | |
Gamma Apodis | Vess Gateway | March 30, 2017 | |
Vashishtha | Stone Dock | April 19, 2017 | |
HIP 5623 | Stross Installation | 26 Sep. 2017 | |
Eotienses | Parkinson Dock | 02 Jan 2018 | 10% discount |
Shinrarta Dezhra | Jameson Memorial | January 26, 2018 | 10% Discount, Founders Permit Needed |
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 Imperial Clipper.
Category | Default System | Default Rating | Default Class | Max Class |
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Medium Hardpoint | Pulse Laser (L) | F | 1 | 2 |
Pulse Laser (L) | F | 1 | 2 | |
Large Hardpoint | Empty | -- | -- | 3 |
Empty | -- | -- | 3 | |
Utility Mount | Empty | -- | -- | 0 |
Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
Bulkheads | Lightweight Alloys | I | 1 | 8 |
Reactor Bay | Power Plant | E | 6 | 6 |
Thrusters Mounting | Thrusters | E | 6 | 6 |
Frame Shift Drive Housing | Frame Shift Drive | E | 5 | 5 |
Environment Control | Life Support | E | 5 | 5 |
Power Coupling | Power Distributor | E | 6 | 6 |
Sensor Suite | Sensors | E | 5 | 5 |
Fuel Store | Fuel Tank [x16] | C | 4 | 4 |
Internal Compartments | Cargo Rack [x64] | E | 6 | 7 |
Shield Generator | E | 6 | 6 | |
Cargo Rack [x8] | E | 3 | 4 | |
Empty | -- | -- | 4 | |
Empty | -- | -- | 3 | |
Empty | -- | -- | 3 | |
Cargo Rack [x2] | E | 1 | 2 | |
Empty | -- | -- | 2 |
- (L) = Loaned
- [x#] = Capacity
- BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner
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