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Imperial Cutter

Role: Superheavy Multipurpose

The Imperial Cutter fulfills a similar role as the Corvette for the Imperial Navy. The design philosophy reflects Imperial sensibilities as it is faster and more elegant than the Corvette, but doesn’t quite match it in firepower. As with other Imperial warships the Cutter is also used for projecting soft power, via diplomatic missions and support for friendly powers. It is possible, although rare, for a well connected client or patron to own one of these ships. Like the Corvette it can deploy two small fighter sized ships.

Imperial Cutter: Front Imperial Cutter: Side Imperial Cutter: Top Imperial Cutter: Bottom Imperial Cutter: 3D

	Tiny	Small	Medium	Large	Huge
Hard points	0	0	4	2	1

Scale

	Length	Width	Height
Dimensions	192.6m	111.1m	33.4m

Landing pads

Core internals	Class	Base fitting
Power Plant	8	8E
Thrusters	8	8E
Frame Shift Drive	7	7E
Life Support	7	7E
Power Distributor	7	7E
Sensors	7	7E
Fuel Tank	6	6C

Optional internals	Base fitting
Class 8	8E Shield Generator
Class 8	7E Cargo Rack
Class 6	5E Cargo Rack
Class 6	Empty
Class 6	Empty
Class 5	Empty
Class 5	Empty
Class 5 [military]	Empty
Class 5 [military]	Empty
Class 4	2E Cargo Rack
Class 3	1E Basic Discovery Scanner


A Rated	180 m/s → 224 m/s	359 m/s	9 ^o/s	20 ^o/s	50 ^o/s
B Rated	173 m/s → 216 m/s	346 m/s	9 ^o/s	19 ^o/s	49 ^o/s
C Rated	169 m/s → 212 m/s	339 m/s	8 ^o/s	19 ^o/s	48 ^o/s
D Rated	165 m/s → 207 m/s	331 m/s	8 ^o/s	19 ^o/s	46 ^o/s
E Rated	161 m/s → 202 m/s	323 m/s	8 ^o/s	18 ^o/s	45 ^o/s
All figures take from base layout with each thruster rating