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| |image = Small_fighter_01.png
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| |manufacturer = Lakon Spaceways
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| |shields = 30
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| |armour = 45
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| |jumprange = 0
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| |landingpad = [[Fighter Hangar]]
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| |utility = 1
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| |maxtopspeed =
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| |maxboostspeed =
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| |maxcargocapacity =
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| |type = Tiny Fighter|cost = |topspeed = 263 to 273|boostspeed = 544 to 564|manoeuvrability = 40 to 41 deg/s pitch|hullmass = |cargocapacity = 0|fuelcapacity = |small = 2|dimensions = 13.9L - 16.9W - 2.6H m}}
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| The Taipan Fighter is a [[Ship-Launched_Fighters|Ship-Launched Fighter]] included in the [[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]] 2.2 "The Guardians" update<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_FcXnyV5Q Elite Dangerous patch 2.2 - aliens, space stations & more | Gamescom 2016], 2016-08-17</ref> that can be deployed from a [[Fighter Hangar]] module.
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| The Taipan Fighter can be purchased in [[Alliance]] and Independent systems only, but can be restocked in any system.
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| 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.
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| ==Variants==
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| 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.
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="text" | Variant
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="text" | Weapons
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="text" | Utility
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Damage Per Second
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Speed [Boost] (m/s)
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Pitch / Roll / Yaw Rate (deg/s)
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| ! style="text-align: center;" data-sort-type="number" | Cost (CR) *
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| | Aegis F
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| | 2x fixed pulse lasers
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| | [[Point Defence Turret]]
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| | 44
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| |273 [564]
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| |41 / 91 / 18
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| |15,270
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| | Rogue F
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| | 2x fixed plasma repeaters
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| | [[Chaff Launcher]]
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| | 36
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| |263 [544]
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| |40 / 88 / 18
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| |15,270
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| |Gelid G
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| |2x gimballed beam lasers
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| |[[Heat Sink Launcher]]
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| | 25
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| |263 [544]
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| |40 / 88 / 18
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| |15,270
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| |Rogue G
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| |2x gimballed pulse lasers
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| |[[Chaff Launcher]]
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| |12
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| |263 [544]
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| |40 / 88 / 18
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| |15,270
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| |-
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| |Gelid F
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| |2x fixed beam laser
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| |[[Heat Sink Launcher]]
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| |45
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| |263 [544]
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| |40 / 88 / 18
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| |15,270
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| <nowiki>*</nowiki> 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.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/58q7cv/everything_you_need_to_know_about_ship_launched/</ref>
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| == Purchase Locations ==
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Concept art of the Taipan refers to it as the "Independent Fighter".
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| == Gallery ==
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| <gallery>
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| Small_fighter_concept_art_01.png|Concept art featuring a human size reference
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| File:17260x1190.jpg |From v2.2 Beta
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| File:17261x1131.jpg |From v2.2 Beta
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| blueprint-taipan.png|Lakon Taipan Independent Fighter Blueprint
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| File:20170522220855_1.jpg |Underside of a Taipan
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| File:20170522220926_1.jpg |Underside of a Taipan
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| File:20170522220910_1.jpg
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| File:20170522220933_1.jpg |Low front view
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| File:20170522220954_1.jpg |High front view
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| File:20170522221002_1.jpg |Side view
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| File:20170522221103_1.jpg |High rear view
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| File:20170522221117_1.jpg |Pulse lasers firing
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| File:20170522221417_1.jpg |Taipan beginning to fold up while docking
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| File:20170522221418_1.jpg |Taipan fully folded up for docking
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| File:20170522221424_1.jpg |A Taipan folded up after docking
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| Taipan-Fighter-Cockpit.png|Taipan Fighter cockpit
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| Taipan-Fighter-Neptune.png|Taipan Fighter and Neptune
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| </gallery>
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Ships]] | | [[Category:Ships]] |
| [[Category:Pilotable]] | | [[Category:Pilotable]] |
| [[Category:Fighters]] | | [[Category:Fighters]] |
| [[Category:Lakon Spaceways]] | | [[Category:Lakon Spaceways]] |
