Keelback

Template:QuoteThe Keelback is a freighter ship with enhanced combat capabilities based on a Type-6 Transporter chassis. It debuted in the 1.5 "Ships" update on December 2015. It was first mentioned in a list from the Answers from the Devs where it said it is an upcoming ship.

As this had never been heard of, people speculated that it was an alternative name to the Panther Clipper. However, on a stream David Braben revealed that it is a ship similar to the Lakon Type-6 Transporter, but with better weapon hardpoints. It also has a better power plant at the cost of fewer internal compartments.

The ship has firepower similar to most of small combat ships, boasting two small and two medium hardpoints. Two medium hardpoints are located on top of the ship, very close to the cockpit, and two small hardpoints are located on the bottom of the ship a bit further back than the medium hardpoints. One of three utility mounts is located on the nose of the ship directly above the frontal landing gear piece, and two more on top and at the back.

This ship is capable of mounting a fighter hangar.

It also has rotating engine pods on each side that seem to help with manoeuvering.

Purchase Locations

It can usually be purchased at Large population (5m +) and greater systems.

System	Station	Date Seen	Notes
LHS-262	Boodt Station	1/24/2017
Kolyawa	Remec Gateway	1/14/2017	15% discount
Chamunda	Gidzenko Ring	15/12/2015
Tacahuti	Jones Terminal	15/12/2015
Karid	Araki Port	15/12/2015
Liburodo	Landsteiner Mines	16/12/2015
Cubeo	Medupe City	16/12/2015
Ross 129	Yang Hub	12/01/2016
Itza	Ore Terminal	17/11/2016	15% discount
Harma	Gabriel Enterprise	16/12/2015
Kakas	Kube-McDowell Enterprise	17/12/2015
Phra Mool	Darlton Orbital	17/12/2015
Eravate	Cleve Hub	17/12/2015
Korovii System	Moore Gateway	17/12/2015
LP 128-9	Fisher Port	18/2/2014
HIP 16607	Thome Gateway	19/12/2015
Minarii	Ferguson Horizons	19/12/2015
LP 336-4	Bolotov City	21/12/2015
Byel Taca	Melroy Horizons	22/12/2015
Wababa	Roelofs Station	23/12/2015
61 Virginis	Furukawa Port	24/12/2015
Jen Elabog	Sarich Port	24/12/2015
Iota Persei	Walker City	25/12/2015
Kremainn	Wohler Terminal	26/12/2015
Cemiess	Shoemaker City	30/12/2015
CPD-28 332	Hopkins Station	30/12/2015
Tarutaalli	Mayer City	8/01/2016
Kurichchan	Levinson Gateway	16/01/2016
109 Piscium	Ising Dock	16/01/2016	15% discount
Neche	Descartes Station	28/01/2016
Freng	Bear City	03/04/2016
34 Pegasi	Henderson Dock	04/23/2016
Meliae	Whitson Hub	14/2/2017
Cubeo	Medupe City	18/3/17

Outfitting

Main article: Outfitting

All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Keelback.

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
	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	4	4
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	4	4
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	4	4
Environment Control	Life Support	E	1	1
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	3	3
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	2	2
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [16x]	C	4	4
Internal Compartments	Cargo Rack [16x]	E	4	5
	Cargo Rack [16x]	E	4	5
	Cargo Rack [4x]	E	2	4
	Shield Generator	E	3	3
	Cargo Rack [2x]	E	1	2
	BDS	E	1	2

Main article: Outfitting

• [x#] = Capacity
• BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner

Gallery

• Frontal view
  Frontal view
• Rear of the ship
  Rear of the ship
• Top of the ship
  Top of the ship
• Bottom of the ship, note the enormous fighter bay
  Bottom of the ship, note the enormous fighter bay
• Thrusters have certainly been revamped compared to the T6...
  Thrusters have certainly been revamped compared to the T6...
• ...unlike the cockpit
  ...unlike the cockpit
• An image of a Wild Keelback In its Natural Habitat.
  An image of a Wild Keelback In its Natural Habitat.
• Lakon Keelback Blueprint
  Lakon Keelback Blueprint
• Keelback Hangar
  Keelback Hangar
• Keelback cockpit
  Keelback cockpit