Sparrow

The Tarazed Sparrow is a light interceptor. It is one of the three ships available at the start of the game, along with the Star Barge and the Shuttle.
== Description ==
Classified as an interceptor rather than a fighter because it has its own hyperdrive instead of needing to be carried inside a larger ship, the Tarazed Sparrow is the smallest and cheapest combat ship available. Because of its limited cargo and passenger space, the primary way for a Sparrow pilot to pay the bills is to upgrade the weapons and hunt pirates... or become one. In either case, it is a perilous way to earn a living.
Government reports indicate that as many as two out of every three first-time ship buyers who choose to pilot a Sparrow lose their ship (and often, their life as well) within the first month of owning it. Pilots who have survived longer than that tend to swear by replacing the stock weapons with missile launchers.
== Location ==
The Sparrow can be purchased at the following ports:
* Ada, Aldebaran
* Chiron, Alpha Centauri
* Clark, Seginus
* Delve, Scheat
* Foundry, Achernar
* Freedom, Almaaz
* Glaze, Aldhibain
* Hephaestus, Markab
* Luna, Sol
* Mainsail, Alhena
* Midgard, Aludra
* New Boston, Rutilicus
* New Britain, Dabih
* New Tortuga, Misam
* Reunion, Caph
* Rust, Kraz
* Sunracer, Mirfak
* Tinker, Diphda
* Valhalla, Epsilon Leonis
* Wayfarer, Tarazed
* Zug, Zubeneschamali
* Geminus, Castor (before the bombing)
* Greenwater, Fah Soom (Available 180 days after completing the Expanding Business mission chain)
== Outfits ==
These are the standard outfits equipped on a Sparrow.
Guns
Beam Laser (2)
Turrets
None
Secondary Weapons
None
Ammunition
None
Systems
D14-RN Shield GeneratorHyperdrive
Power
nGVF-BB Fuel CellLP036a Battery Pack
Engines
Chipmunk Plasma ThrusterChipmunk Plasma Steering
== Performance Information ==
The Sparrow boasts the fastest top speed of the starting ships, although it has a similar speed, turning rate, and acceleration to the Shuttle. Out of the three, it is the best suited for combat, but asteroid mining is one of the best ways to make money in the Sparrow. It has the highest cost of the starter ships so there is less of a money buffer for players unused to budgeting for the loan incurred at the start of the game.
In Endless Sky, the capacity for carrying passengers can be altered by adding a Bunk Room outfit, where it was unchangeable in Escape Velocity. The Sparrow, as a combat ship, has only a handful of bunks. With three bunks, it is tied with the Star Barge, but inferior to the Shuttle as a passenger ship. It also has the smallest cargo capacity out of the three starter ships. 
The Sparrow is the cheapest interceptor in the game, and it is the first warship that players can access. Because of this it has a very basic combat function with little room to upgrade or expand the vessel's capabilities.
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