Taipan

The Taipan Fighter is Lakon Spaceways' response to the success of Core Dynamics’ F63 Condor and the Imperial Fighter designed by Gutamaya for the Imperial Navy. The export restrictions on those models has left a wide gap in the market that Lakon intends to exploit with the Taipan.

Of the three fighters, the Taipan is not as fast as the Condor nor as maneuverable as the Imperial, but it does have the most armour and shields.

The Taipan Fighter is a Ship-Launched Fighter included in the Elite Dangerous: Horizons 2.2 "The Guardians" update that can be deployed from a Fighter Hangar module.

The Taipan Fighter can be purchased in Alliance and Independent systems only, but can be restocked in any system.

The rear wings of the Taipan have their in-flight position (the non-docking configuration) animated based on the heat level of the fighter. As the ship's heat level increases, the rear wings will decrease the amount they are swept back in a V shape and will become closer to a straight wing shape.

Variants

The Taipan is available in 5 variants, which differ only in weapons and utility modules, and slightly in the top and boost speed. F-variants have fixed weapons and G-variants have gimballed weapons.

Variant	Weapons	Utility	Damage Per Second	Speed [Boost] (m/s)	Pitch / Roll / Yaw Rate (deg/s)	Cost (CR) *
Aegis F	2x fixed pulse lasers	Point Defence Turret	44	273 [564]	41 / 91 / 18	15,270
Rogue F	2x fixed plasma repeaters	Chaff Launcher	36	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270
Gelid G	2x gimballed beam lasers	Heat Sink Launcher	25	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270
Rogue G	2x gimballed pulse lasers	Chaff Launcher	12	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270
Gelid F	2x fixed beam laser	Heat Sink Launcher	45	263 [544]	40 / 88 / 18	15,270

* This is the cost to initially outfit a Fighter Hangar bay for that fighter type/variant, or to change it to a different fighter type/variant. The cost to restock destroyed fighters is 1,030 CR each.

Trivia

• Concept art of the Taipan refers to it as the "Independent Fighter".

Gallery

• Concept art featuring a human size reference
  Concept art featuring a human size reference
• From v2.2 Beta
  From v2.2 Beta
• From v2.2 Beta
  From v2.2 Beta
• Lakon Taipan Independant Fighter Blueprint
  Lakon Taipan Independant Fighter Blueprint
• Underside of a Taipan
  Underside of a Taipan
• Underside of a Taipan
  Underside of a Taipan
• File:20170522220910 1.jpg
• Low front view
  Low front view
• High front view
  High front view
• Side view
  Side view
• High rear view
  High rear view
• Pulse lasers firing
  Pulse lasers firing
• Taipan beginning to fold up while docking
  Taipan beginning to fold up while docking
• Taipan fully folded up for docking
  Taipan fully folded up for docking
• A Taipan folded up after docking
  A Taipan folded up after docking