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SX1 - Dropship

Multi role exploration / carrier SV for scouting and long range exploration, anti-drone defence, POI assault and mining support (with the companion HX1 SV).

It can also carry two small sentry HVs (HS1 and/or HS2) for defence while parked and mining in the HV.

Details:
- CPU Tier 3, Level 12 Unlock
- Parallax based docking alignment (using LCD projectors) for HX1 HV. Marked docking points under each wing for small sentry HVs.
- 4 gatling guns, 4 homing rocket pods under wings
- Lots of thrust for heavy lift
- Top drone hatch, rear air tight cabin with side doors and ramps
- 4 Cargo containers, Fridge, 10k cargo, 1k ammo
- Locker, O2 station, Small constructor, detector
- Pentaxid Tank, Warp drive, Shield
- Marked upgrade locations for T4 extensions, 2 more weapons mounts on the nose, more lift thrusters (at rear).

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For best flight performance, treat it like a plane/helicopter to maximise the use of the lift and rear thrust rather than relying upon front, side and top thrust which are minimal in comparison (which you will notice in space). I do not recommend this in 4G+ environments (it can fly in 4G, but sometimes suddenly flops downwards). At Level 20+, the much more powerful Eagle heavy drop ship is specifically designed for very high gravity.

At Tier 4, I typically arm it with a pair of pulse lasers on the nose, 4 dumb fire rockets for punching holes in POIs and 4 plasma (for ground troops) on the wing mounts.


There is also have a Tier 2, Level 7 unlock version of this that can be upgraded to this version. It lacks a warp, pentaxid, shield, weapons on wing and has minimal thrusters and no RCS, but can stull carry the HX1 and a couple of sentries to the moon and back with a useful amount of cargo (it still has the same cargo capacity, but struggles a bit if full, so care may be needed for return trip).

Building at level 7 means that I get early access with minimal exotic resources to what later becomes my main POI assault SV at least until I reach level 20 and may continue to use it past that depending on resources as by that time it is well armed.

For the tier 2, level 7 variant see the SX1B - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2018984514