Often called the Eagle cruiser's little brother, the Falcon-class cruiser sacrifices armor for speed, neatly filling the light cruiser role in military fleets throughout the Sector.
The "light" designation does not indicate a significant reduction in firepower, however, making the Falcon a valuable tactical asset to any fleet. The ship is easily able to fill a wide variety of roles, from close support to assault, given the proper configuration. The Falcon's top notch engines give it the ability to quickly disengage from battle should its defenses be pressed to a critical point. Swift and elegant, Falcon-class cruisers are often found as lead elements in larger fleet formations, or deployed to reinforce anti-pirate convoys. |
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A survivor of the original 14th Domain Battlegroup which founded the Hegemony, this ship is a prime specimen of the Domain Navy's 'decisive battle' doctrine, particularly exhibited by a series of radical structural modifications performed using pre-Collapse industrial technology.
Often called the Eagle cruiser's little brother, the Falcon-class cruiser sacrifices armor for speed, neatly filling the light cruiser role in military fleets throughout the Sector. The "light" designation does not indicate a significant reduction in firepower, however, making the Falcon a valuable tactical asset to any fleet. The ship is easily able to fill a wide variety of roles, from close support to assault, given the proper configuration. The Falcon's top notch engines give it the ability to quickly disengage from battle should its defenses be pressed to a critical point. Swift and elegant, Falcon-class cruisers are often found as lead elements in larger fleet formations, or deployed to reinforce anti-pirate convoys. |
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Modified for operations in the Askonia system under orders from Supreme Executor Philip Andrada, this hull includes integrated solar shielding as well as a peculiar internal cladding provided by an industrial conglomerate out of Sindria itself. That the chief designer, appointed by the Supreme Executor for his many cycles of loyal service, sits on the board of that conglomerate is simply an example of the unity and efficiency of the Sindrian Polity.
Often called the Eagle cruiser's little brother, the Falcon-class cruiser sacrifices armor for speed, neatly filling the light cruiser role in military fleets throughout the Sector. The "light" designation does not indicate a significant reduction in firepower, however, making the Falcon a valuable tactical asset to any fleet. The ship is easily able to fill a wide variety of roles, from close support to assault, given the proper configuration. The Falcon's top notch engines give it the ability to quickly disengage from battle should its defenses be pressed to a critical point. Swift and elegant, Falcon-class cruisers are often found as lead elements in larger fleet formations, or deployed to reinforce anti-pirate convoys. |
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This Falcon's propulsion system has been given impractical yet showy 'improvements' by some enthusiastic pirate crew; the patchwork of engine components, somehow persuaded to work toward ungainly common purpose, conform to zero safety standards.
Often called the Eagle cruiser's little brother, the Falcon-class cruiser sacrifices armor for speed, neatly filling the light cruiser role in military fleets throughout the Sector. The "light" designation does not indicate a significant reduction in firepower, however, making the Falcon a valuable tactical asset to any fleet. The ship is easily able to fill a wide variety of roles, from close support to assault, given the proper configuration. The Falcon's top notch engines give it the ability to quickly disengage from battle should its defenses be pressed to a critical point. Swift and elegant, Falcon-class cruisers are often found as lead elements in larger fleet formations, or deployed to reinforce anti-pirate convoys. |
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Overview[]
The Falcon is a Midline Light Cruiser. A smaller version of the Eagle, it trades firepower and armor for speed that exceeds many destroyer hulls (which can be further augmented by its Maneuvering Jets) while maintaining cruiser-size hullmod scaling and a burn-speed of 9. This mobility lends the Falcon great capacity to chase down smaller classes of ships, skirmishing with long-range weapons, or making use of strike weapons to exploit gaps in enemy formations. However, the ship's limited flux stats and firepower mean it will struggle if deployed to the center of a battleline where its maneuverability cannot be taken advantage of.
Notes[]
The pirate-model Falcon (P) exchanges the base model Falcon's medium energy mounts for missile and composite mounts, which give it immense striking power for its size. Two built-in hullmods Augmented Drive Field and Unstable Injector give it a burn level and top speed more comparable to a frigate or light destroyer than a cruiser. Furthermore, the Unstable Injector's range penalty has no effect on the Falcon (P)'s missile weapons, making it a free built-in hullmod with almost no drawbacks. When outfitted with as many missiles as possible, the Falcon (P) has devastating flux-less damage potential, the speed to catch most ships in the game, and plenty of ordnance points to spare for a Converted Hangar, making it a popular favorite among players since its release.
Make no mistake, the LG variant is superior to all other iterations simply for the fact that belief in the Supreme Executor JUST WORKS.
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Derelict | Defender · Picket · Sentry · Warden · · Bastillon · Berserker · · Rampart · · Guardian · · Mothership | |
Remnant | Flash · Lux · Spark · · Glimmer · Lumen · · Fulgent · Scintilla · · Apex · Brilliant · · Nova · Radiant · · Battlestation | |
Omega | Aspect · Dextral Shard · Sinistral Shard · Facet · Tesseract | |
Other | Ziggurat |
Change History[]
0.96
- Added Falcon (LG)
0.95.1a-RC6
- Increased top speed to 80 (was: 75), improved acceleration/deceleration substantially
- Reduced supplies/recover and supplies/month to 14 (was: 15)
- Increased flux dissipation to 400 (was: 350)
0.9.1a
- Fixed issue with Falcon (P) sometimes restoring to the base Falcon class
0.9a
- Added Falcon (P) - pirate "hot rod" version with extensive modifications
0.8a
- increased the burn level to 9
Only up to date for version 0.96. It is likely still broadly correct but not verified for the most up to date data yet. Please double check the Version History.