Aerie

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The Aerie is a carrier that also functions as a warship in its own right.
== Description ==
The Lionheart Aerie is a light carrier, designed to be just big enough for two fighter bays plus a decent armament of its own. Variations on this same ship design have been in use in the Deep for almost half a millennium, but this model comes with the very latest in generator and weapon technology.
== Location ==
The Aerie can be purchased at the following ports:
* Asgard, Naos
* Haven, Arneb
* Midgard, Aludra
* Valhalla, Epsilon Leonis
== Outfits ==
These are the standard outfits initially equipped on each Aerie.
Guns
None
Turrets
Heavy Laser Turret (2)Heavy Anti-Missile Turret
Secondary Weapons
Sidewinder Missile Launcher (2)
Ammunition
Sidewinder Missile (90)
Systems
D41-HY Shield GeneratorLarge Radar JammerHyperdrive
Power
NT-200 NucleovoltaicLP072a Battery PackKP-6 Photovoltaic Panel (2)
Engines
X3700 Ion ThrusterX3200 Ion Steering
Hand to Hand
Laser Rifle (3)
== Performance Information ==
An Aerie can be an effective vessel depending on how it is used. Compared to most other civilian and Free Worlds carriers, the Aerie carries a heavier base armament at the cost of carrying less fighters. This allows the player to use the Aerie as a more aggressive close-range combatant, but it also means that the player won't have as much fighter support. However, due to the main ship serving as a "meat shield" for the fighters, the pair of fighters can be purchased and customized according to player preference: Boxwings for cargo runs, Daggers or Finches for missile support, and so on.
Pirates are rather fond of Aeries in the north of human space, and they can be an annoying if loaded with fighters armed with missile launchers.
Category:Medium Warship
Category:Carrier
Category:Human ships
Category:Human
Category:Ships in Lionheart Advanced
Category:Ships in Advanced Northern Pirates (shipyard)