Changes: Taipan

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The Taipan short-range fighter is Faulcon deLacy's response to the success of Core Dynamics' F-63 Condor and the Imperial Fighter designed by Gutamaya Shipyards for the Imperial Navy. The export restrictions on those models has left a wide gap in the market that Faulcon deLacy intends to exploit with the Taipan. Although most independent navies lack the large, capital-class carriers of the two larger superpowers, a range of smaller ships can be fitted with hangars to deploy small numbers of the craft. The Taipan can also act as a short-range critical-response fighter for starports and surface installations.

— In-game description

The Taipan is a Ship-Launched Fighter manufactured by Faulcon DeLacy.^[1] Designed as a general-purpose fighter for independent navies, the Taipan has also been widely adopted by the Alliance Defence Force. It has a relatively lower top speed and maneuverability rating than the F63 Condor and the Gu-97, but boasts better durability, allowing it to withstand prolonged battles and survive hits that would instantly shred other fighter models. It can only be deployed from a Fighter Hangar equipped on a larger ship.

Overview

Among Ship-Launched Fighters, the Taipan is not as fast as the F63 Condor nor as maneuverable as the Imperial Fighter, but it does have the greatest armour and shield strength, allowing it to absorb more damage and still remain combat effective.

As an SLF, the Taipan does not possess a Frame Shift Drive, and thus cannot jump to Supercruise or Hyperspace. Its operational area is limited to the vicinity of its deployment point, such as a station, outpost, carrier, or ship-mounted Fighter Hangar.

The rear wings of the Taipan will move based on the amount of the fighter's heat level. As the fighter's heat level increases, the rear wings will form from a V-shape into a parallel shape. This allows the fighter to more effectively release heat into outer space, slightly hindering the fighter's manoeuvrability until cooled down.

Variants

The Taipan is available in 6 variants, which differ only in weapons and utility modules, and slightly in the top and boost speed. F-variants have fixed weapons and G-variants have gimballed weapons.

Variant	Weapons	Utility	Damage Per Second	Speed [Boost] (m/s)	Pitch / Roll / Yaw Rate (deg/s)	Cost (CR) *
Aegis F	2x fixed pulse lasers	Point Defence Turret	44	273 [564]	41 / 91 / 18	15,270
AX1 F	2x AX Multi-cannon	None	55	279 [577]	42 / 93 / 19	15,270
Rogue F	2x fixed plasma repeaters	Chaff Launcher	36	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270
Gelid G	2x gimballed beam lasers	Heatsink Launcher	25	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270
Rogue G	2x gimballed pulse lasers	Chaff Launcher	12	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270
Gelid F	2x fixed beam laser	Heatsink Launcher	45	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270

* This is the cost to initially outfit a Fighter Hangar bay for that fighter type/variant, or to change it to a different fighter type/variant. The cost to restock destroyed fighters is 1,030 CR each.^[2]

Purchase Locations

The Taipan can be purchased in Alliance and Independent systems only, but can be restocked in any system.

System	Station	Date Seen
Shinrarta Dezhra	Jameson Memorial	Always available
Brestla	i Sola Prospect	Always Available
Ross 112	Egan Orbital	Dec. 2, 2019
LHS 2931	Lee Station	Dec. 2, 2019
Ross 1008	Yamazaki Hub	Dec. 2, 2019
Huokang	Steiner City	Dec. 2, 2019

Notes

The Taipan was introduced in the Elite Dangerous: Horizons update "The Commanders" (2.2).^[3]

Trivia

Concept art of the Taipan referred to it as the "Independent Fighter".
The Taipan's design similarities to Lakon Spaceways ships caused many players to assume that it was a Lakon product, but descriptions in the game and on cosmetic items in the Frontier Store for the fighter confirm that it is from Faulcon DeLacy.

Videos

Introducing Fighters - Elite Dangerous Short cinematic

Elite Dangerous - Fighter no-hud - 4k

CTRL+ALT+SPACE Elite Dangerous Film competition 2017 Viaggio in Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous Flying a Taipan at RES

Gallery

References

[1] Screenshot of Taipan flavor text

[2] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/58q7cv/everything_you_need_to_know_about_ship_launched/

[3] Elite Dangerous patch 2.2 - aliens, space stations & more | Gamescom 2016, 2016-08-17

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 {{Quote|The Taipan short-range fighter is Faulcon deLacy's response to the success of Core Dynamics' F-63 Condor and the Imperial Fighter designed by Gutamaya Shipyards for the Imperial Navy. The export restrictions on those models has left a wide gap in the market that Faulcon deLacy intends to exploit with the Taipan. Although most independent navies lack the large, capital-class carriers of the two larger superpowers, a range of smaller ships can be fitted with hangars to deploy small numbers of the craft. The Taipan can also act as a short-range critical-response fighter for starports and surface installations.|In-game description}}
-The '''Taipan''' is a [[Ship-Launched Fighters|Ship-Launched Fighter]] manufactured by [[Faulcon DeLacy]].<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/jWgaxuG.png Screenshot of Taipan flavor text]</ref> Designed as a general-purpose fighter for independent navies, the Taipan has also been widely adopted by the [[Alliance Defence Force]]. It has a relatively lower top speed and maneuverability rating than the [[F63 Condor]] and the [[Gu-97]], but boasts better durability, allowing it to withstand prolonged battles and survive hits that would instantly shred other fighter models. It can only be deployed from a [[Fighter Hangar]] equipped on a larger ship.
+The '''Taipan''' is a [[Ship-Launched Fighters|Ship-Launched Fighter]] manufactured by [[Faulcon DeLacy]].<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/jWgaxuG.png Screenshot of Taipan flavor text]</ref> Designed as a general-purpose fighter for [[independent]] navies, the Taipan has also been widely adopted by the [[Alliance Defence Force]]. It has a relatively lower top speed and maneuverability rating than the [[F63 Condor]] and the [[Gu-97]], but boasts better durability, allowing it to withstand prolonged battles and survive hits that would instantly shred other fighter models. It can only be deployed from a [[Fighter Hangar]] equipped on a larger ship.
 ==Overview==
-Of the three fighters, the Taipan is not as fast as the [[F63 Condor]] nor as maneuverable as the [[Imperial Fighter]], but it does have the most armour strength and shields out of any other fighter model.
+Among Ship-Launched Fighters, the Taipan is not as fast as the [[F63 Condor]] nor as maneuverable as the [[Imperial Fighter]], but it does have the greatest armour and shield strength, allowing it to absorb more damage and still remain combat effective.
+As an SLF, the Taipan does not possess a [[Frame Shift Drive]], and thus cannot jump to [[Supercruise]] or [[Hyperspace]]. Its operational area is limited to the vicinity of its deployment point, such as a station, outpost, carrier, or ship-mounted [[Fighter Hangar]].
-The Taipan Fighter can be purchased in [[Alliance]] and [[Independent]] systems only, but can be restocked in any system.
-The rear wings of the Taipan will move based on the amount of the fighter's heat level. As the fighter's heat level increases, the rear wings will form from a V-shape into a parallel shape. This allows the fighter to more effectively release heat into outer space, slightly sacrificing the fighter's maneuverability until cooled down.
+The rear wings of the Taipan will move based on the amount of the fighter's [[heat]] level. As the fighter's heat level increases, the rear wings will form from a V-shape into a parallel shape. This allows the fighter to more effectively release heat into outer space, slightly hindering the fighter's manoeuvrability until cooled down.
 ==Variants==
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 == Purchase Locations ==
+The Taipan can be purchased in [[Alliance]] and [[Independent]] systems only, but can be restocked in any system.
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-!Notes
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-|All Types
 |Shinrarta Dezhra
 |Jameson Memorial
+|Always available
-|Feb. 6, 2018
-|10% discount
 |-
-|All Types
 |Brestla
 |i Sola Prospect
+|Always Available
-|Feb. 6, 2018
-|20% surcharge
 |-
+|Ross 112
-|All Types
+|Egan Orbital
-|Nganji
+|Dec. 2, 2019
-|Christian Dock
-|Mar. 9, 2017
-|
 |-
+|LHS 2931
-|All Types
+|Lee Station
-|Donar's Oak
+|Dec. 2, 2019
-|Pleiades Sector IR-W D1-55
-|Dec. 15, 2017
-|
 |-
+|Ross 1008
-|All Types
+|Yamazaki Hub
-|Diaguandri
+|Dec. 2, 2019
-|Ray Gateway
-|Dec. 8, 2017
-|
 |-
+|Huokang
-|All Types
+|Steiner City
-|Didio
+|Dec. 2, 2019
-|Comer Hub
-|Feb. 20, 2018
-|
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