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{{quote|The Fer-de-Lance is a heavy combat ship manufactured by Zorgon Peterson. With four medium and one huge hardpoint, the ship is a veritable powerhouse, able to mount a challenge even to the Anaconda and Federal Corvette. If the vessel has a drawback it is that it is highly speciailised - consumers are advised that the Fer-de-Lance Is unsuited to activities other than combat.|In-Game Description}}

The '''Fer-de-Lance''' is a heavy combat [[Ships|ship]] manufactured by [[Zorgon Peterson]]. It features a hull that is more resistant to damage from Class 1 and 2 [[weapons]] than other medium ships,<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=120789&p=1873136&viewfull=1#post1873136 Sandro Sammarco in the Official Forums]</ref> and alongside its newer sister ship, the [[Mamba]], it is one of only two medium ships capable of mounting Class 4 weaponry. Although fast, manoeuvrable, well-armed, and well-shielded, the Fer-de-Lance suffers from a few significant drawbacks: poor jump range, a small fuel tank, and a limited number of internal compartments for its size. This makes the Fer-de-Lance difficult to recommend for any role outside of [[combat]].

The Fer-de-Lance is outstanding in its role as a combat vessel. Its damage output is among the highest of all medium sized ships thanks to its high number of hardpoints including one Class 4, which have excellent convergence when firing allowing the use of fixed mounts on all of them. Among medium sized ships, only the [[Federal Gunship]], [[Python]], [[Krait MkII]] and the Mamba can compete with the Fer-de-Lance in terms of firepower, although the Fer-de-Lance is more manoeuvrable than all but the Krait MkII, meaning in practice it is usually more capable of dishing out damage than the others. This does not take [[Ship-Launched Fighters]] into consideration, a capability that the Federal Gunship and Krait MkII possess while the Fer-de-Lance does not. The Fer-de-Lance is also less agile than the [[Alliance Chieftain]] and [[Federal Assault Ship]], but still has the advantage in firepower over them.

The Fer-de-Lance is reliant on its shield for defense. Its base shield is by far the highest of all medium sized ships, and it has 6 utility mounts compared to the average 4 on most medium sized ships, allowing it to install more [[Shield Booster]]s for even more protection (since shield boosters increase shield by percentages, they are also more effective on the Fer-de-Lance than on ships with lesser shields). The result is that Fer-de-Lance builds can exceed 1000MJ of shield even without engineering, but with engineering it can reach over 2000MJ. The Fer-de-lance's armor is comparably mediocre, as its base armor is not quite as durable as the Federal ships, the Alliance ships or the Python, and its abysmal optional internal compartments leave little room for [[Hull Reinforcement Package|Hull]] or [[Module Reinforcement Package|Module]] Reinforcement Packages, unlike the others.

The Fer-de-Lance's sole downside in combat is its low [[Mass Lock|mass lock factor]] of 12, meaning it will not be able to mass lock any medium combat ships aside from itself and the [[Mamba]], or any large ships other than the [[Imperial Clipper]]. Consequently, the Fer-de-Lance makes for a poor [[Pirate|pirating]] vessel since, in addition to its limited cargo capacity, it is relatively easy for most other ship models to either escape from or interdict.

The Fer-de-Lance also functions brilliantly as an anti-[[Thargoid]] ship, having huge damage output and it can easily deal with Scouts, and has no trouble equipping as much AX weaponry as possible. In the right hands, the Fer-de-Lance is one of the few ships capable of soloing a [[Thargoid Interceptor]]. In addition, it is widely agreed in the PvP community that the Fer-de-Lance is the single best PvP ship in the entire game, even more so than the much more expensive [[Anaconda]], [[Federal Corvette]] and [[Imperial Cutter]] , due to the Fer-de-Lance's superior manoeuvrability.

The Fer-de-Lance is specialized in its role as a fighter and is virtually unusable in any other role. Its jump range falls just short of 21 ly without engineering, the fourth lowest of all current ships, making it one of the worst vessels for exploration. It cannot effectively chase targets across the bubble or hunt down bounties, and will have serious trouble jumping away to the nearest [[Interstellar Factors|Interstellar Factor]] to clear its own bounties. It has a cargo capacity of 70t max, which is extremely poor for its price and size, making it an unsuitable ship for pirating, trading, and mining. The Fer-de-Lance is essentially a bigger [[Vulture]]; unbeaten in combat potential for its size but is terrible in every other role. The ship therefore is perfect for Bounty Hunters and can rack up profits in Resource Sites extremely fast. It makes a very poor [[Pirate]] when compared to other similar ships however due to its terrible cargo space and low Mass Lock and the fact that the extreme firepower is often overkill in the role. For Thargoid fighting, it's a perfect ship, and can easily outperform the [[Alliance Chieftain]] and [[Type-10 Defender]] in this role.

| [[Planetary Approach Suite]] (H) || I || 1 || 1

*''(H) = Requires [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]], reserved solely for [[Planetary Approach Suite]]''

fer_de_lance_amend_Comp.jpg|Concept art from newsletter 57

Fer-de-Lance-ship-top-view.png|Fer-de-Lance top side view

fdl2.jpg |View of Fer-de-Lance showing medium hardpoints

Fer-De-Lance-rear-side-docked.png|Fer-de-Lance rear side close up

Fer-De-Lance-Launches-From-Planet.png|Fer-de-Lance launches from a planet

2015-04-08_00001.jpg|A Huge Gimballed Cannon mounted on the Fer-de-Lance

fer-de-lance_panorama.jpg|Cockpit by CMDR Klepto

File:ShadowWolf-Kell-EliteDangerous32.exe_DX11_20151106_224349.jpg |A Fer-De-Lance preparing for a hyperspace jump.  Note the blue light beams and blue lit hull sections that only appear while the frameshift drive is charging.

bp-fer-de-lance.png|Zorgon Peterson Fer-De-Lance Blueprint

Fer-de-Lance-Cockpit.png|Fer-de-Lance cockpit

Fer-De-Lance-in-Witch-space.png|Fer-de-Lance in Witch-space

Elite-Dangerous-Walking-in-Station.png|Zorgon Peterson, Fer-de-Lance ad in a station art

Black-Fer-de-Lance-Ship-Top.png|Black Fer-de-Lance top