Bactrian

Standard	Marauder
The Bactrian is one of the largest human ships, but it requires the trust of the Deep to be gained before it can be purchased.
== Description ==
The Lionheart Bactrian is the last of the great city-ships, a design hearkening back to the early days of space colonization when a long-distance vessel needed to be a self-contained world, able to survive at times for weeks without encountering an inhabited planet. It is not only a freighter, but a carrier, and a capable warship either at short range or at a distance. Naturally, this versatility also makes it extremely expensive, and the Bactrian is not normally for sale to ordinary citizens who have not been vetted by the local government of the Deep.
== Location ==
The Bactrian can be purchased at the following ports:
* Asgard, Naos
* Midgard, Aludra
* Valhalla, Epsilon Leonis
== Outfits ==
These are the standard outfits initially equipped on each Bactrian.
Guns
None
Turrets
Heavy Laser Turret (4)Heavy Anti-Missile Turret (2)
Secondary Weapons
Sidewinder Missile Launcher (2)Torpedo Launcher
Ammunition
Sidewinder Missile (90)Torpedo (30)
Systems
D94-YV Shield GeneratorLarge Radar JammerRamscoopHyperdrive
Power
Fusion ReactorLP144a Battery Pack
Engines
X4700 Ion ThrusterX5200 Ion Steering
Hand to Hand
Laser Rifle (15)
== Performance Information ==
If the Mule is the ship that can do everything but can't do anything particularly well, the Bactrian is its superior in every way. The Bactrian has enough crew, cargo room, outfit space, and fighter bays to fill virtually any function the player wishes it to do. This ship can be a cruiser analogue, a carrier, a heavy cargo ship, or a mixture of all three. The drawbacks to this vessel are its high cost, large target profile, and the fact that it is locked behind a lengthy mission string. Though pirates do have a very small chance of flying the Bactrian, their large crews make them difficult to capture. Job board mission targets and defense fleets are a reliable way of encountering this ship.
== Notes ==
* Purchasing the Bactrian requires a City-Ship License. To obtain the license, you have to complete a quest chain found in the Deep.
* The Bactrian is usually considered one of the best human ships due to its high versatility, boasting high cargo, outfit and passenger space and armed with powerful missile weapons. It has approximately three times the cargo capacity, fighter bays, and shields of a Mule, with five times the passenger space, double the outfit space and guns, and 50% more turrets, though at four times the cost and five times the crew requirements.
* Bactrians can also be captured from pirates in the northeast pirate systems, though they appear infrequently and often times have large, well-armed crew complements. Prior to the Free Worlds developing the Nest et al., demanding Tribute from larger pirate planets (eg Greenrock) will spawn a Bactrian as part of the defense fleet (if you blow it up, jump out of the system and come back and try again).
* Bactrians are the most expensive capital ship available for purchase in Republic space, being more expensive than even the Navy Carrier.
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Category:Utility
Category:Carrier
Category:Human ships
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Category:Ships in Lionheart Advanced