Viper Mk IV

  Template:QuoteThe Viper MkIV, built by Faulcon DeLacy, is a heavy fighter craft designed for ship-to-ship combat superiority. Its improved internal capabilities, such as its ability to fit a class-4 power plant, make it more capable as a multirole fighter compared to the Viper MkIII, of which it is the successor.

The Viper MkIV has a delta-shaped hull which is significantly wider than the MkIII. The cockpit is situated just behind the bow, slightly raised. Compared to the MkIII, the MkIV's cockpit is less exposed.

The MkIV lands on two small rear struts and one large front strut which doubles as a boarding ramp to the cockpit.

By default, the MkIV has weaker shields than the MkIII due to its higher hull mass. However, the MkIV is capable of fitting a larger, class-4 shield generator, unlike the MkIII's class-3. This, combined with an improved hull, gives the MkIV superior protection.

These improvements over the MkIII come with the drawbacks of slightly reduced manoeuvrability and speed. The MkIV also features a larger hull, which makes it a bigger target. Like the MkIII, it has poor heat dissipation. Prolonged usage of high-output modules easily pushes the ship's temperature over its cooling capacity.

The Viper MkIV's hardpoint options are identical to its predecessor. It has two small hardpoints located on either side of the cockpit and two medium hardpoints located beneath it. However, unlike the Viper MkIII (which has underside-mounted class-2 medium hardpoints on a horizontally flat plane), the class-2 medium hardpoints of the MkIV are on a slightly angled part of the hull.

The Viper MkIV's underside-mounted class-2 medium hardpoints have a fairly narrow field of fire. Because they are placed further down the ship, gimballed and turreted weapons cannot aim very far above the center crosshair without the front of the ship obstructing their line of fire. The two class-1 small hardpoints, which are placed in front of the cockpit of the ship, do not suffer from this problem.

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Date Seen	Notes
Shenich	Wafer Terminal	15/11/2016
Cebalrai	Hornblower Dock	15/12/2015
Pareco	Webb Station	18/03/2016
Chowei	Swigert Port	16/12/2015
Kokojina	Ali Ring	15/12/2015
Orcus	Tombaugh Station	15/12/2015
Leesti	George Lucas	15/12/2015
Cubeo	Medupe City	16/12/2015
Kakas	Kube-McDowell Enterprise	17/12/2015
TZ Arietis	Snyder Enterprise	16/12/2015
Liburodo	Landsteiner Mines	16/12/2015
Eta Serpentis	Haipeng Port	17/12/2015
Lembava	Goldstein Port	19/12/2015
HR 6828	Celsius Hub	19/12/2015
Noatiaca	Haisheng Orbital	19/12/2015
Ugrivirii	Jefferies Port	19/12/2015
1 I Centauri	Ampere Dock	19/12/2015
Kelish	Alphonsi Orbital	19/12/2015
WW Piscis Austrini	Ivins Vision	21/12/2015
Baldr	Keldysh Gateway	22/12/2015
Kremainn	Wohler Terminal	26/12/2015
LFT 37	Onnes Gateway	02/06/2016
Wuru	Schuster Hub	24/12/2015
Nu	Syromyatnikov Horizons	30/12/2015
Sol	Mars High	May 12, 2016
Wolf 562	Hopkins Port	26/01/2016
Wolf 865	McCulley Ring	02/01/2016
Ross 775	Gamuw Gateway	09/01/2016
LHS 452	Behring Gateway	20/01/2016
GD 219	McKee Ring	16/01/2016
LTT 15278	Zholobov Enterprise	18/01/2016
Neto	Ising Vision	02/03/2016
Togher	Bondar Terminal	24/07/2016
Tamor	Seven Holm	7/31/2016	15% discount
Lwen	Oliver Enterprise	28/12/2016

Outfitting

Main article: Outfitting. All ships are highly customizable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Viper MkIV.

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Small Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	1
	Pulse Laser	F	1	1
Medium Hardpoint	Empty	--	--	2
	Empty	--	--	2
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	4	4
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	4	4
FSD Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	4	4
Enviroment Control	Life Support	E	2	2
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	3	3
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	3	3
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x16]	C	4	4
Internal Compartments	Cargo Rack [x8]	E	3	4
	Cargo Rack [x8]	E	3	4
	Shield Generator	E	3	3
	Empty [m]	--	--	3
	Cargo Rack [x2]	E	1	2
	Empty	--	--	2
	Basic Discovery Scanner	E	1	1
Planetary Suite	Planetary Approach Suite	I	1	1
[x#] = Capacity'[m] = Military Compartment reserved for Hull Reinforcement Package, Module Reinforcement Package, or Shield Cell Bank.

Trivia

• The Viper MkIV was added to Elite Dangerous in the 1.5 Update.
• At the EGX event David Braben said it "trades a bit of manoeuvrability and speed for better internals, but it's got the same hardpoint layout as the standard Viper".
• In Newsletter #92 it was stated that every Kickstarter beta backer or above will find a Viper MkIV docked at a starport for free.

Gallery

• Viper MkIV as shown during the EGX event
  Viper MkIV as shown during the EGX event
• Viper MkIV
  Viper MkIV
• Aft view
  Aft view
• Ventral view
  Ventral view
• Viper MkIV with a Black Friday paintjob.
  Viper MkIV with a Black Friday paintjob.
• A Viper within a Small Ship hangar.
  A Viper within a Small Ship hangar.
• Faulcon DeLacy Viper Mk IV Blueprint
  Faulcon DeLacy Viper Mk IV Blueprint