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Imperial Cutter

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Template:QuoteThe Imperial Cutter is manufactured by Gutamaya, and is the Imperial Navy's counterpart to the Federal Corvette.[2] 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.[3]

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 hangar bay 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 some limited use of it as a combat ship, especially in the piracy role. 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
Vaka Zenbei Orbital 16/08/2016 10% discount
Wong Guin Heiles Terminal 20.05.2016 10% discount
Harm Gentil Hub 11/09/2016 15% discount
CF 464 Bartini Enterprise 16.05.2016 10% discount
Atfero Dowie Vision 14/05/2016 10% discount
Jotunheim Big Harry's Monkey Hangout 02/01/2016
Shinrarta Dezhra Jameson Memorial 25/02/2016 10% discount
HIP 101846 Frazetta Ring 18/01/2016 10% discount
CD-86 4 Cummings Dock 24/12/2015
Marrallang Coggia Terminal 20/12/2015

Miphifa

Happis 15/12/2015
Facece Patrick's Depot 16/12/2015
Pangilagara Tange Vision 15/12/2015
Zvaithhogg Laming Vision 16/12/2015

Maiku

Austin

16/12/2016

Nehet Xuesen Orbital 16/12/2015
Mehuenomici Bohr Gateway 27/01/2015
Beta-1 Tucanae Adams Orbital 16/12/2015
Nu Syromyatnikov 16/12/2015
Guuguyni Shen Terminal 16/12/2015
Ehecatl Hackworth Orbital 4/25/2016
Kuwemargl Baillaud Ring 12/19/2015
LAUSANG Black Station 03.03.2016 10% discount
LHS 1832 Coney Gateway 12/19/2015
LTT 9810 Kerimov Dock 20/12/2015
Cuchua Any 12/21/2015 10% discount
Dvorsi Fowler Orbital 12/20/2015
Omicron Columbae Alexander Dock 12/28/2015
Lao Zi Rand Terminal 05/01/2016 10% discount
Gongalungul Andoyer Station 01/12/2016
Jeterait Barnard Port 01/30/3302
CD-87 103 Shajn City 2/3/2016
Achenar Bell Terminal 26/03/3302
HR 706 Laming Orbital 16/3/2016 10% discount
Kamocan Charlier City 1/04/2016
Wangal Any 7/15/16 discount
Orang Bessel Gateway 29/07/2016
Oto Gauss City 26/09/2016 10% discount
Picaurukan Aristotle Terminal 29/08/2016 188,072,505 CR
Brestla I Sola Prospekt 02/08/2016
V374 Pegasi Mackellar Hub 03/10/2016 188,072,505 CR
Asase Ya Hell Port 21/10/2016

References

  1. ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=209378&page=2&p=3222741#post3222741
  2. ↑ "The Imperial Cutter fulfils a similar role as the corvette for the Imperial Navy" - http://inara.cz/galaxy-shipyard/75
  3. ↑ https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=191898

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