Quicksilver

Standard	Marauder
The Quicksilver is a low-end light warship popular in the Core.
== Description ==
The Megaparsec Quicksilver is a warship built around a single concept: to design the smallest and fastest ship capable of carrying two Particle Cannons. Because of its speed, reverse thrusters, and long weapons range, the Quicksilver can keep a safe distance from most targets and bombard them with particle bursts until they are destroyed. The focus on its weaponry left the Quicksilver with no room for even the most basic shield generator. Unfortunately the Headhunter eventually surpassed the original design intent, but the Quicksilver's better durability to cost ratio, and the existence of long-term contracts, has kept it in use with Syndicate security forces.
== Location ==
The Quicksilver can be purchased at the following ports:
* Ada, Aldebaran
* Buccaneer Bay, Algenib
* Covert, Gienah
* Foundry, Achernar
* Greenrock, Shaula
* Haven, Arneb
* Hephaestus, Markab
* New Tortuga, Misam
* Prime, Betelgeuse
* Reunion, Caph
* Shangri-La, Polaris
* Smuggler's Den, Men
* Sunracer, Mirfak
* Tinker, Diphda
* Greenwater, Fah Soom (Available 180 days after completing the Expanding Business mission chain)
== Outfits ==
These are the standard outfits initially equipped on each Quicksilver.
Guns
Particle Cannon (2)
Turrets
None
Secondary Weapons
None
Ammunition
None
Systems
Hyperdrive
Power
NGVF-DD Fuel CellLP036a Battery Pack
Engines
Greyhound Plasma ThrusterGreyhound Plasma SteeringCapybara Reverse Thruster
== Performance Information ==
These vessels aren't very good for a primary player ship due to their low cargo and bunk space. On the other hand, their combination of ranged weaponry and speed makes them useful as escorts and extra security against pirates.
Of note is that pirates tend to fly these in Syndicate space. A player demanding tribute from a pirate world can find a swarm of anywhere between ten and twenty of these swarming them. Since the version used in Syndicate space use Proton Guns instead of Particle Cannons, the player can find their advanced vessel surround by a cloud of high damage gunships that can deplete even a Korath or Wanderer outfitted ship's shields. The player will need to bring either an overwhelming fleet of their own, or fly a faster ship and isolate the Quicksilvers one at a time in order be victorious.
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Category:Light Warship
Category:Human
Category:Human ships
Category:Ships in Megaparsec Basics
Category:Ships in Core Pirates (shipyard)