Imperial Cutter
Template:QuoteThe Imperial Cutter is manufactured by Gutamaya, and is the Imperial Navy's counterpart to the Federal Corvette.[1] It is currently the second largest player-piloted ship available, behind only the Beluga Liner. It was added in the 1.5 "Ships" update in December, 2015.[2]
The Cutter is a heavily armed ship, featuring four medium hardpoints: two on the nacelles and two on the chin; two large hardpoints on top of the ship and a single huge hardpoint on the chin. Notably, the exterior lights on the ship change color from blue to red once hardpoints are deployed. It has 8 utility mounts and is one of the 7 ships compatible with fighter hangar for ship-launched fighters as of the release of Horizons: Guardians.
With a staggering 792 tons of max cargo capacity, the Imperial Cutter has the largest cargo bay of all playable ships in the game, an almost 50% increase in size from the Type-9 Heavy, while having significantly better defensive and offensive capabilities and speed than the latter. This makes it an ideal ship for traders. However it is also the most expensive ship in the game at a cost almost three times higher than a Type-9, and requires very high rank with the Empire to purchase.
Unlike the Type-9, it is extremely well-shielded, very fast for its size (though not maneuverable as it will take more than 8 seconds at minimum to make a 180 degree turn and more than 17 seconds for a 360 degree turn), and reasonably well-armed, giving it far greater survivability and allowing use of it as a combat ship, especially in the piracy role, as well as being more than capable of rivaling a Corvette or Anaconda in combat. In addition, with plenty of internals available to mount mining accessories while still leaving the largest open for cargo holds, excellent speed for moving from asteroid to asteroid, and a sufficiency of medium weapon mounts, the Cutter is an excellent choice for mining.
The pilot's station is offset to the right of the ship's centerline. Currently, the primary and secondary fire group HUD brackets are misaligned with their centerline being far above where the weapon reticles appear. This means that it is not possible to use the center of the side brackets to align the ship with a destination as doing so will cause the ship to fly under the target and not straight at the target. Instead, for alignment in supercruise, use the center space between the repeating series of bars that appear to indicate speed and movement as a general guide to line up the ship with distant destinations along with the nav compass.
Purchase Locations
| System | Station | Date Seen | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| V374 Pegasi | MacKellar Hub | May 15, 2017 | Courier, Clipper and Eagle also here |
| Harm | Gentil Hub | 09 May 2017 | 15% discount = 177,624,034 cr |
Outfitting
All ships are highly customisable through the Outfitting menu of Station Services. Listed below is the default load-out for the Imperial Cutter.
| Category | Default System | Default Rating | Default Class | Max Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Hardpoint | Pulse Laser (L) | F | 1 | 2 |
| Pulse Laser (L) | F | 1 | 2 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 2 | |
| Large Hardpoint | Empty | -- | -- | 3 |
| Empty | -- | -- | 3 | |
| Huge Hardpoint | Empty | -- | -- | 4 |
| Utility Mount | Empty | -- | -- | 0 |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 0 | |
| Bulkheads | Lightweight Alloys | I | 1 | 8 |
| Reactor Bay | Power Plant | E | 8 | 8 |
| Thrusters Mounting | Thrusters | E | 8 | 8 |
| Frame Shift Drive Housing | Frame Shift Drive | E | 7 | 7 |
| Environment Control | Life Support | E | 7 | 7 |
| Power Coupling | Power Distributor | E | 7 | 7 |
| Sensor Suite | Sensors | E | 7 | 7 |
| Fuel Store | Fuel Tank [x64] | C | 6 | 6 |
| Internal Compartments | Shield Generator | E | 8 | 8 |
| Cargo Rack [x128] | E | 7 | 8 | |
| Cargo Rack [x32] | E | 5 | 6 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 6 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 6 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 5 | |
| Empty | -- | -- | 5 | |
| Cargo Rack [x4] | E | 2 | 4 | |
| BDS | E | 1 | 3 |
- (L) = Loaned
- [x#] = Capacity
- BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner
Gallery
- Imperial Cutter Concept Art
- On the bridge of the Imperial Cutter
- Cutter on the Surface
- Imperial Cutter
- Ditto, hardpoints deployed. Note the lighting color change
- One huge and two medium hardpoints right below the cockpit
- Two medium hardpoints on engine nacelles
- Two large hardpoints on top of the ship
- Cutter ready for an FSD jump, heat radiators deployed
- Cargo scoop/docking bay
- Cockpit view, UI turned off
- On a landing pad, note the little lights
- Imperial Cutter
- Cobra next to cutter
- Flying near planet
- imperial cutter with some type 6 ships
- combat with a wanted Anaconda
- View inside the bridge if cutter
- Right side of cutter bridge
- Huge Hardpoint Detail
- Ready to go!
- Cutter On Pad
- Black Friday paintjob
- Rear of a black Cutter
- Black Imperial Cutter over Earth-like
- Imperial Glory
- Imperial Cutter side profile while landed on a planetary body
- Auxiliary Station Detail view
- Rear of a Cutter highlighted by a planet's rings
- Beauty in Black
- On Patrol
- Pristine metallic light effect in an engineers hangar
- thruster's chemtrail's light effect
- Gutamaya Imperial Cutter Blueprint
- Imperial Cutter Chrome
- Imperial Cutter cockpit
- Vibrant Green Cutter (Weitz Landing, Kapperapai)
References
- ↑ "The Imperial Cutter fulfils a similar role as the corvette for the Imperial Navy" - http://inara.cz/galaxy-shipyard/75
- ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=191898