Imperial Courier

Template:Quote The Imperial Courier is a fast multipurpose ship just barely larger than the Sidewinder. It is the third-lightest-hulled playable ship (after the Sidewinder and Hauler) thus far but its upgrades are heavier.

The Imperial Courier is armed and very well shielded for its small size, making it a great and evasive fighter in combat. In terms of agility it ranks somewhere close to the Viper MkIII. While it has a good pitch rotation speed, its slightly weaker vertical-lateral thrusters cause the Courier to drift more than the Viper. Even though the Courier has the same top boost speed as Viper, due to its low hull mass relative to modules, it is slightly slower and can't boost as often as the Viper, dropping down from the top speed faster.

The Imperial Courier's shields are much better than the Viper MkIII's and Cobra MkIII's, being almost on par with those on a Vulture. Unlike the Vulture, the Imperial Courier does not have as severe of power management issues, and is thus better able to equip shield boosters and Shield Cell Banks.

The weapon hardpoints are located in the following places: 1 medium hardpoint at the front of each engine nacelle, and 1 medium hardpoint underneath the nose.

Purchase Locations

System	Station	Date Seen	Notes
Almad	Heinkel City	December 27, 2015
Manianscudo	Miller Port	December 27, 2015
Yaque	Hague Gateway	December 27, 2015
Xuanduna	De Lay Terminal	July 31, 2015
Summerland	Henry O'hare's Hanger	June 6, 2015
Kokobii	Bauman Station	July 20, 2015
Tagoman	Brorsen Port	January 23, 2017
Murato	Tietjen Ring	June 6, 2015	Not always available
Biliri	Fan City	Dec 31, 2015
Dongzi	Penrose Ring	June 5, 2015
Kuwemargl	Baillaud Ring	June 6, 2015
Bielonti	Ahmed Dock	June 8, 2015
Pandemonium	Hirayama Port	June 9, 2015
Yen K'uie	Siddha Gateway	June 9, 2015	Not always available
Synteini	Both Major Stations	June 9, 2015
Njiri	Helin Dock	June 21, 2015
Miphifa	Happis	June 23, 2015
Buricasses	Walotsky Gateway	June 23, 2015
Kuparilda	O'Neill Port	July 1, 2015
Chona	Smoot Station	July 1, 2015	Not Available, January 4, 2016
Regir	Grushin Dock	July 3, 2015	Not available, December 1 2016
Hip 20277	Fabian City	July 6, 2015
Orang	Dilworth City	July 10, 2015
Facece	Peters Base	July 13, 2015	Requires System Permit
Vaka	Zenbei Oribital
Marrallang	Coggia Terminal	September 27, 2015
Kamocan	Danforth City	October 22, 2015
LTT 9810	Kerimov Dock	May 15, 2016
Baldr	Keldysh Gateway	September 3, 2016	15% Discount Not always available
Beta-1 Tucanae	Adams Orbital	December 4, 2015
CD-86 4	Cummings Dock	December 24, 2015
Misisture	Gelfand Dock	January 9, 2016
Wangal	Rothfuss Orbital	January 31, 2016	10% discount
LTT 9156	Korolev Hub	February 6, 2016
HR 706	Wright Terminal	January 20, 2017	10% discount
Iado	Boscovich Terminal	January 21, 2017
Aonii	Jackson Port	January 23, 2017
Hollos	Bharadwaj Hub	January 25, 2017	All available Empire ships

Outfitting

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Medium Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	2
	Pulse Laser	F	1	2
	Empty	--	--	2
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	4	4
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	3	3
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	3	3
Environment Control	Life Support	E	1	1
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	3	3
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	2	2
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x8]	C	3	3
Internal Compartments	Cargo Rack [x4]	E	2	3
	Cargo Rack [x4]	E	2	3
	Shield Generator	E	2	2
	Cargo Rack [x2]	E	1	2
	Cargo Rack [x2]	E	1	2
	BDS	E	1	1

Gallery

• Sneak peek concept art of cockpit from Newsletter #65
  Sneak peek concept art of cockpit from Newsletter #65
• Possible Empire Courier Sketches
  Possible Empire Courier Sketches
• Sneak peek from Newsletter #67
  Sneak peek from Newsletter #67
• Sneak peek cockpit view from Newsletter #71
  Sneak peek cockpit view from Newsletter #71
• Sneak peek cockpit view from Newsletter #71
  Sneak peek cockpit view from Newsletter #71
• Ship model concept art
  Ship model concept art
• File:Imperial Courier 01.jpg
• Imperial Courier deployed hardpoints.
  Imperial Courier deployed hardpoints.
• File:Imp-courier-topview.png
• File:Imp-courier-rearview.png
• File:Imp-courier-frontview.png
• File:Imp-courier-sideview.png
• File:Underside of Imperial Courier.jpg
• File:Imperial-Courier zpschq7esel.jpg
• Fuel Scooping showing the Heat Vents
  Fuel Scooping showing the Heat Vents
• Bounty Hunting Imperial Courier
  Bounty Hunting Imperial Courier
• File:EliteDangerous64 2016-04-29 17-56-38.png
• Gutamaya Imperial Courier Blueprint
  Gutamaya Imperial Courier Blueprint

See also

• The Imperial Courier from previous Elite games on Alioth Wiki