Mamba: Difference between revisions

| cost                = 55,000,000

| dimensions          =  

| hullmass            = 280

| armour              = 270

| armourhardness      = 65

| shields            = 280

| manoeuvrability    =  

| jumprange          = 6.43

| cargocapacity      =  

| fuelcapacity        = 8

| size1              =  

| maxtopspeed        = 367

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{{quote|A classic prototype being brought back to life, the Mamba is one of the fastest ships in production. With one huge, two large, and two small hardpoints, it also packs a punch. This emphasis on firepower and speed means the ship can hit hard and fast, vanishing before the target has a chance to react.|In-Game Description}}

The '''Mamba''' is a [[Ships|ship]] manufactured by [[Zorgon Peterson]].

The Mamba's design draws inspiration from [[Zorgon Peterson]]'s famed [[Fer-de-Lance]] and places an emphasis on bringing heavy firepower to engagements.  

In Combat, the Mamba It is the second medium ship after the Fer-de-Lance to be capable of mounting Class 4 weaponry, and the third ship overall after the Fer-de-Lance and [[Beluga Liner]] to feature six utility slots. In addition to its single huge hardpoint, the Mamba also possesses two large hardpoints and two small hardpoints. This arsenal places it in a narrow niche above the Fer-de-Lance and below the [[Federal Gunship]] in terms of raw damage potential for a medium ship. Being a redesigned racing ship the Mamba boasts incredible speed able to outspeed most other ships letting it easily hunt down or escape from others. This comes at a cost to manoeuvrability, however, slightly reducing its overall combat effectiveness. The biggest downside is its Armour; which is significantly lower than the FDL making it much easier to take down. Combined with its lower manoeurvability, the Mamba can be a glass cannon in many situations.

Like the FDL, the Mamba is suited to [[Bounty Hunting]] and little else as all of the former's drawbacks are only exasperated here. Featuring a miserable 64T maximum cargo capacity the Mamba is completely unusable for [[Trading]] or [[Mining]] purposes and is an extremely unviable [[Pirate]]. Furthermore even if all measures are taken to conserve weight, the Mamba has a maximum jump range of a tiny 18.15lY. This is the lowest Jump range of any FSD capable ship. As a result, when optimised for combat the Mamba can struggle to even jump to neighbouring systems and can be a nightmare to travel across even small distances in space. Furthermore, while it does boast better damage with its new hardpoints, against [[Thargoids]] it is worse as AX weaponry is only available at size 2 at the largest, hurting its matchups against [[Thargoid Interceptor|Interceptors]]. If one has the time and patience to get guardian weapons, however, the situation become better with the ability to equip 2 large and 2 small guardian weapons, or 3 large and 1 small guardian weapons depending on preference.

Cost wise the Mamba is only slightly more expensive than the FDL making it simply become a choice between the two. Overall the Mamba boasts slightly better damage output and greater speeds than FDL but has lower manoeurvrability, reduced armour and a pathetic jump range and cargo capacity as well as being a worse anti-xeno ship. The downsides do outweigh the benefits, however which ship to choose comes down to preference in most situations.

All of the Mamba's hardpoints are located on the ship's dorsal surface. The two small hardpoints are forward of the cockpit, the two large hardpoints are on either side of the cockpit, and the huge hardpoint is behind the cockpit. Four of its utility mounts are on its ventral surface, whilst the remaining two are near the rear of the upper chassis.

 

The two pilot seats are on the ship's centerline, in a blister-style dorsal cockpit, as opposed to the Fer-de-Lance's slightly-offset pilot's seat. The primary pilot seat is at the front, while the secondary copilot seat is directly behind it and slightly elevated. The Mamba's cockpit includes a secondary pilot seat, giving the ship [[Multicrew]]-capability.

| [[Pulse Laser]] (L) || F || 1 || 2

| [[Pulse Laser]] (L) || F || 1 || 2

| rowspan="5" | [[Internal Compartment]]s

| [[Cargo Rack]] [x32] || E || 5 || 5

| [[Cargo Rack]] [x16] || E || 4 || 4

| ''Empty'' || -- || -- || 2

*''(L) = Loaned''

*The Mamba will be released with the Chapter Four (3.3) update of ''[[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]'' in Q4 2018. Purchasing it requires owning ''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]''.

*The Mamba first appeared in ''[[Elite]]''. It was originally a term for a loose collection of small single-seat high-speed racing ships using the classic 'wedge' or 'delta' hull shape, but the design was later standardized by Raddlett and Rayburn Shipyards in [[Reorte]] in the early 3100s. The design has since been acquired by and 'reimagined' by [[Zorgon Peterson]].

*[[Engineers|Engineer]] [[Bill Turner]] kept a vintage Mamba among the collection of ships stored at his base, Turner Metallics Inc, on [[Alioth]] 4 a.<ref>[[Elite Dangerous: Premonition]]</ref>

*The Mamba features the lowest Jump range of any jump capable ship as well the lowest maximum cargo capacity and highest base speed of any medium ship  

*The base colour of The Mamba is identical to that of the FDL, as well as boasting very similar engines.

File:Introducing_the_Mamba_-_4K

File:Mamba top view.png|The Mamba's dorsal surface

Elite-Dangerous-Ships-Mamba-Anaconda-Vulture-Krait-Phantom-Asp.png|Ships group with Mamba

File:Mamba official front.png|The Mamba docked

Mamba_Front_Ship.png|Front of the Mamba

Mamba Cockpit.png|Inside cockpit of the Mamba

Mamba Rear Engines.png|Back and thrusters of the Mamba

Mamba-ship-rear-thrusters.png|Mamba rear thrusters

Mamba-ship-stairs.png|Mamba ship stairs

Mamba-Ship-Sideview.png|Mamba sideview

File:Mamba underside view.png|The Mamba's ventral surface

File:Mamba rear view.png|The Mamba's main thrusters

MambaCockpit.jpg|Cockpit of the Mamba

ED-Ships-Size-Comparison-FDL-Python-Mamba.png|Ship size comparison FDL, Mamba and Python

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